Episode 63: Amateur Holidays

In this episode, Jade & Sandy discuss upcoming events, then geek out about the upcoming Halloween Holiday. Then they discuss their crafting projects, including their soon-to-be "Tools of the Trade" mini episodes. We invite you to give a listen!

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Get Geeky

Upcoming EVENTS:

• Dickens Faire -  
• http://www.dickensfair.com/
• Nov. 22 - Dec. 21
• LosCon - 
• http://loscon.org/41/
• Nov. 28 - 30, 2014
• HALLOWEEN!  October 31!!!

Halloween Costuming:

• Video tutorial links from Good Housekeeping: primarily makeup, little to no costume! http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/halloween-costumes-with-makeup
• http://takebackhalloween.org/ great ideas, a lot of them from things you can get at a thrift store or your closet
• Cross play for girls -- Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Robin Hood, Indiana Jones,
• Historical women -- Rosie the Riveter (cambray shirt, jeans, red kerchief),

Women in Gaming

• Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic and the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video webseries that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. There are MULTIPLE videos that talk about women in the pop culture, especially in video games. We’ve talked about her before.
• http://www.feministfrequency.com/
• Support women working in gaming (like Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu)
• http://www.womeningamesinternational.org/index.html

Get Crafty

Jade and Sandy are pleased to announce a mini-series of episodes called "Tools of the Trade", which will be available through the Geek Girl Crafts feed. Each episode will cover a short 15-20 minute overview of a given craft, the tools you need, and how to get the basics started! Let us know if you have any specific interests you want us to discuss.

Fiber Optics

FINISHED	OBJECTS
Jade	Project: Two strand hat Yarn: Colinette Hullabaloo - Aran weight (Wool + Black Welsh  + Cascade 220 black -- nice & squishy
Sandy	Matchy Matchy socks
Jade	Project: Stripey Sparkly Socks http://www.ravelry.com/projects/JadeCat9/stripey-sparkly-socks Yarn Review: Seems to hold up to washing thus far. Dye job not 100%
WIPS
Jade	Project: 2nd Sparkly pair of socks! Yarn: Plymouth Stilletto -- different colorway Progress: Finished one sock.
Sandy	Project Name: Cosby sweater back again! Yarn: anything!
Jade	Scottish Thistle - Lace shawl - #kiltmenowKal Link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/unleaving Yarn: 100% British Cashmere DYED with Scottish Highland Water
Jade	Project Started new sweater -- 3-in1 sweater by Atelier Alfa: Link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/3-in-1-3 Progress: Just started. Swatched & Cast on.
Jade	Project: Louisa by Cocoknits Yarn: Shibui -- yarn tasting @ Purlescence Progress: Just finished washing her swatch:

Bead It

Sandy made a illefiore necklace! She'll probably do a "tools of the trade" on continuous knot beading.

Episode 62: ConVolution 2014, Special Report

In this special 20 minute episode, Sandy & Jade do a "live" recording at ConVolution 2014. They are joined by the Masquerade Director, Radar Wylie, and Jade's partner-in-cosplay. They discuss ConVolution's first ever masquerade, Jade & Bill's costume/cosplay entry, and give a general report of the convention itself.

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Episode 61: Playing Catchup

In this heavy crafting episode, Jade & Sandy play catch up on the events of the past month. They talk about their knitting, crafting, and sewing projects, and hint at the special upcoming episode recorded with some special guests at one of the local conventions.

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Get Crafty

Fiber Optics

FINISHED	OBJECTS
Jade	Stained Glass Gloves using a Fake Isle technique http://www.ravelry.com/projects/JadeCat9/stained-glass-2 Domo-kun hat for Eldest Niece. This is Jade's first intarsia project Yarn: Cascade 220 superwash
WIP	OBJECTS
Jade	Vanilla socks using the the Fish Kiss Lips heel: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fish-lips-kiss-heel Yarn: Plymouth Stiletto -- a Stripy, Sparkly yarn!
Sandy	Matchy-matchy socks for Sandy For #OperationSockDrawer and the MatchyMatchy KAL, http://ravel.me/nogitsunegirl/ds  The Dennis sock in Schoeller+Stahl Fortissima Shadow Color ….it’s toe time!
Jade	Scottish Thistle - Lace shawl - #kiltmenowKal  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/unleaving  Yarn == 100% British Cashmere DYED with Scottish Highland Water :-)
Sandy	Emerald Sea tank top from Knitty Summer 2007. Need to reknit the back piece due to extra fabric. http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer07/PATTemeraldseas.html

Make it Sew! -

• Sandy finished the world's ugliest duvet, and is working on putting together a tutorial.
• Jade is finished her Han Solo costume two weeks before the convention! You can find details on her blog at: http://geekgirlcrafts.blogspot.com/search/label/HanSolo
• Now she's looking at upcoming projects
• She is also working on some leather crafting projects: http://geekgirlcrafts.blogspot.com/2014/09/learning-how-to-leather-tooling.html