Episode 97: Cosmetics for Cosplay - A Primer

In this episode, Jade gives a report on San Francisco ComiCon and the girls briefly discuss cosmetics for cosplay. In the second half of the episode, the girls catch up on their crafting projects.

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Upcoming Events

• Big Bad Con
  • October 14-16, Marriott Walnut Creek, game signups are live now!
  • http://www.bigbadcon.com/

• ConVolution 2016 - Sept. 30 - Oct 2 - Burlingame Hyatt. Theme: Monsters! http://www.con-volution.com/

• LosCon - Thanksgiving Weekend in Los Angeles http://www.loscon.org/

Topics:

• Jade gives a report on San Francisco ComiCon. 
• Jade & Sandy give a short primer on cosmetics for cosplay and historical costuming -- the whys and the very basic things you should get:
• Start with good skin care -- This step requires you know your skin type (normal, dry, or oily?) and the appropriate way to care for it.
• A good primer for your skin
• Foundation that matches your skin tone
• Good translucent finishing powder

Get Crafty

Fiber Optics

Jade ran out of sock yarn and had to buy more. Oh noes!

Finished Objects
Sandy	Pattern: vanilla socks with tabi toes for eric Yarn: Brunswick Nylamb Notes:  they fit perfectly! I took careful notes so that I can do this again.
Jade	Pattern: On the Beach by Isabella Kraemer Yarn: Miss Babs Yowza Notes: Finished. Ends woven in. Still need photos
Sandy	Pattern: five squares for a shared baby blanket with friends Yarn: vanna’s choice in black, white, greys and scarlet Notes: a cable square, a houndstooth check in crochet, a mosaic knit maze, a log cabin in garter, a granny with a maze pattern in front post stitches   My friends have done: a fibonacci stripe sequence in grayscale, a moth in crochet, cables, graduated gray in granny stripes, and more.   I’ll be joining it when it’s done, in scarlet.
jade	Pattern: vanillasocks Yarn: dragonfly fibers “mardi gras mambo” Socks need citric acid soak.
Jade	Pattern: Fingerless Gloves - Vanilla Yarn: Mardis Gras Mambo
WIPs
Jade	Pattern: Vanilla Socks Yarn: Kroy Paton.
Sandy	River Run scarf, Knit Picks Gloss Fingering, Dusk colorway: over halfway done
Jade	Project: Big Herringbone Cowl by Purl Soho Yarn: Same yarn as my pullover. Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/JadeCat9/big-herringbone-cowl Notes: Easy once you get the hang of the stitch.
Sandy	New WIP: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/paulina-8 It’s a CocoKnits t-shirt with a great hi-low hemline. I’m knitting it in Great Adirondack Yarn Co. Torino, Silver Fox, a merino and silk blend
Sandy	80% finished with a Vintage Stripes crochet blanket http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vintage-vertical-stripe-crocheted-blanket I need to work on something else so that I can get more wool scraps! :) It’s 30 by 65 and I need it to be 40!
Sandy	Picking up my hexipuffs for the beekeeper now that I have scrap sock yarn

Episode 91: Women in Comics

In this episode, Sandy & Jade talk about women in comics as well as some of the latest comicbook apps, then Jade gives a con report of Silicon Valley ComiCon. In the second half of the show, they talk about their projects -- knitting, cosplay, and the ilk.

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The girls are back with new technology -- a new recording laptop. They are going to slowly start to replace their podcasting equipment.

Announcements

• Hugo nominations are open through March 31, 2016 -- http://midamericon2.org/the-hugo-awards/hugo-nominations/

Women in Comic Books
Previews is doing Women in Comics month for March by interviewing a lot of comic book artists, writers, publishers, etc., who just happen to be women. Some great interviews:
http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/1264

In addition, some other women in comics include:

• Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Bitch Planet, Valentine De Landro on art, Image Comics.
• Fiona Staples, on Saga
• G.Willow Wilson, on Ms Marvel.
• Jill Thompson: Beasts of Burden, Scary Godmother,
• Colleen Doran: A Distant Soil, drew the recent Stan Lee biocomic
• Kaja Foglio: Girl Genius co-creator
• Donna Barr: Stinz, The Desert Peach, Afterdead
• Gail M-F’in Simone

Comic Book Apps
Comic book apps have changed how people are reading comic books, much the same way the Kindle and e-books have changed how people read books. Jade & Sandy used to have a lot of long boxes to keep their comicbooks.

• Comixology (also has manga) 
• Comics Plus Marvel Unlimited (has subscription to entire back catalog) 
• Comic Rack 
• Comic Zeal 
•  iComics Manga: Crunchyroll and Viz Digital, Weekly Shounen Jump, Yen Press has manga and Japanese light novels

 
Silicon Valley ComiCon 

Jade provides a report on her experiences at SVCC. You can read her blogpost about SVCC.

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Get Crafty

Fiber Optics

Finished Objects
Sandy	No finished objects.
Jade	My Own design cowl -- Yarn: Miss Babs Sojourn. ...REVIEW YARN Pretty Wreckless Bare Lace & Colorwork --She hit her stitch dictionaries for simple lace designs, then winged it. She had to FROG whole sections when unhappy.
WIPs
Jade	Pattern: GAP-tastic cowl Yarn: Eco Wool in Ecru -- left overs from the Hemlock Blanket by Jared Flood Modifications -- Double moss stitch instead of the single moss stitch. Notes: Working on it during down times while playing video games.
Sandy	Nearly finished with the Gramps sweater in Miss Babs Yowza, colorway Smurf and Turf, using some dark purple Patons Classic Wool for a contrast
Jade	Pattern: Vanilla Fingerless gloves Yarn: Miss Babs Sojourn Notes: Using left overs from the cowl to start a matching set of fingerless gloves --- stripes
Sandy	Work and gaming knitting: vanilla socks for Eric in a very old skein of yarn-- Brunswick Nylamb in the color Cranberry.   Reducing down from the heel flap to the feet. YE GODS KNITTING FOR MEN IS SLOW
Jade	Pattern: On the Beach by Isabella Kraemer Yarn: Miss Babs Yowza Progress: RIP rip rip. Knit knit knit. Jade had to reknit the first part of the sweater repeatedly as she was unable to cast on the correct size.

Make It Sew: 

• Jade had a treadle sewing machine that she gave to Gigi Knitmore. It was a beautiful machine with an Egyptian lotus theme. 
• Jade made a case for her archery riser using quilted remnants from the store. 
• Currently, Jade is ripping apart an existing commercial bodysuit to use as a pattern. 

Cosplay Projects 

• Jade & some friends did some headcasting for prop building.

Episode 90: Con Intense

In this episode, the girls geek out about their February Cons -- GallifreyOne and Stitches West. Jade talks about the events at GallifreyOne, then Jade & Sandy talk about the things they saw (and bought) at Stitches West 2016. They wrap up the episode with their in-progress knitting projects

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GallifreyOne --

Jade gives a con report of GallifreyOne 2016, including some of the panels where she helped present, the costumes seen, and the guests.

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Con Report Stitches West 2016

• Podcast host meetup. Jade met a lot of cool podcast hosts
• Twinset Jan
• Knitting Butterflies
• Downcellar studios
• Knitted Knockers Design Project - Knittedknockers.org
• Notable Points:
• Slipped Stitch Studios - amazing geek based accessories for the Geeky Knitter
• Stephen & Steven -- amazing fashion sense in their designs

What did we get?

• Jade
• Yarn on the House yarns - enough for a sweater.
• Miss Babs - sweater yarn & 2 skeins of SOJORN (cashmere & silk)
• Abstract Fibers - sock yarn
• White Cellar Self striping Yarn
• MUG
• Sandy
• six pairs of Norwegian-style (and actually made in Norway!) clasp buttons for the Fjallsippa sweater.  
• Yarn from the Verdant Griffon: Skein of Bugga in Along the Nile, Skein of Skinny Bugga in Prince Charming’s Trousers, skein of Mithril in Straw into Gold
• Signed copy (and a nice chat): New Lace Knitting by Romi Hill.  I WANT TO KNIT THE WHOLE DAMN BOOK.  You bet I’m reviewing this. She was also selling the much-admired Pleiades and Muse shawl patterns for half off, I picked up Melpomene.
• The Forest Weave sweater pattern by Yumiko Alexander of Dan Doh. (which I asked about the meaning in Japanese-- it means “warm earth”).  This is a really texturally interesting cabled-sideways piece and she makes it in plant fiber, which is always welcome to my too-warm self.      

Photos of my adventures are on the geekgirlcrafts twitter feed.

Finished Objects
Sandy	Baby socks out of worsted weight for Afghans for Afghans Did a quick pair of Faraway Baby socks in worsted weight Wool of the Andes for Afghans 4 Afghans, colorway Jalapeno. This was mostly done to show a friend how to shortrow in less than five minutes. If you have to show someone how to shortrow in an emergency, this might be the pattern to use.
Jade	Nada…..
WIPs
Jade	Pattern: GAP-tastic cowl Yarn: Eco Wool in Ecru -- left overs from the Hemlock Blanket by Jared Flood Modifications -- Double moss stitch instead of the single moss stitch. Notes: Working on it during down times while playing video games.
Sandy	Done with the body and one sleeve of a Gramps sweater by Tin Can Knits, size toddler, in Miss Babs Yowza, colorway Smurf and Turf, and some dark purple contrast yarn. A trawl through my button box yielded the perfect blue buttons
Jade	Pattern: Vanilla Socks Yarn: Regia 4 color Notes: Finished 1st sock. Still need to finish the second. BROKE another set of needles.
Sandy	Work and gaming knitting: vanilla socks for Eric in a very old skein of yarn-- Brunswick Nylamb in the color Cranberry.   Done with first heel flap, pretty darn close to done on second.
Jade	Pattern: My own design. Colors & Lace? Unsure name yet Yarn: Miss Babs Soujourn -- colorway: Pretty Reckless & Natural. Notes: HAD to cast on something. Enough for a cowl. Ended up designing myself.