Episode 10: A Short? Episode?

In this episode, Sandy & Jade thought they would do end up doing a short show without Espana, but instead discover they can talk just as much!

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Part 1: Geek On

Geek Girl Crafts Podcast has reached Double Digits! YAAAY!!!

Events

• Further Confusion Jan 12-14 --, San Jose Convention Center, California.
• Galifrey -- Pres Day weekend (Feb 17-20)
• PantheaCon -- Pres day weekend @ the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, CA
• Dundracon Feb 17-20, San Ramon Marriott
• Stitches West -- Feb 23-26, Sta Clara Convention Center

Books
Sandy has been doing a LOT of reading lately. She really liked the following books:

•  Scott Westerfeld’s biotech/steampunk trilogy plus bonus art and epilogue, 
• http://scottwesterfeld.com/
• The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness: 
• http://www.amazon.com/Knife-Never-Letting-Go-Walking/dp/0763639311
•  The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, part 1 of the Inheritance trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
• http://nkjemisin.com/books/the-inheritance-trilogy/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/
•  Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz trilogy, by Garth Nix $0.99 ebook. Garth Nix has been featured on PodCastle shorts. Both Jade & Sandy love his work
• http://www.amazon.com/Sir-Hereward-Mister-Fitz-ebook/dp/B005IXSNY4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324438501&sr=1-1

Movies:

•  Jade saw the Muppet Movie (http://disney.go.com/muppets/) and highly recommends it. In addition, the Muppet YouTube channel is a lot of fun

T.V
Sandy's been watching:

• Leverage,
• Castle,
• Dr Who 11th doctor
• Anime:
• Hunter x Hunter 2011,
• Sora no Woto,
• GoLion

For anime fans, check out

• crunchyroll website (http://www.crunchyroll.com/)
• Hulu’s anime section (http://www.hulu.com)
• GoLion Youtube channel

Part II: Geeky Crafting

Knitting:

Jade is working on:

• Hiker’s Waistcoat in the round
• Finished a pair of socks for her nephew
• long tail socking cap
• scarves on the knitting machine (still)

Sandy is working on:

•  crocheted snowflakes, boiling starch and pinning it out.
  A GREAT site for all things “snowflake”: http://crochet.tangleweeds.com/index.html
• repairing a commercial scarf for a friend. The yarn is metallic yarn (and unpleasant! Sandy, however, has a better description for them in the show)

Spinning
Jade: Finally got back to spinning on Frank, and she has about 4 oz done.

Beading:
Jade: Spent time with her SIL working on beads over the Thanksgiving Holidays

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