Episode 106: Guarding the Galaxy

In this episode, the girls discuss the movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, in detail. So, WARNING…there are some serious spoilers for this movie! After some spoiler-ific discussions, they move onto their latest crafting, sewing, and making projects.

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Get Geeky

Events:

• Maker's Faire, San Mateo County Fairground. May 20-21, 2017.
• Kublacon: gaming: Memorial Day Weekend • May 26-29, 2017 • Hyatt Regency SFO

• Fanime: http://www.fanime.com/ (San Jose Convention Center, downtown San Jose)
• Clockwork Alchemy (DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose)
• Baycon: San Mateo Mariott (10 min drive from Kubla)

Guardians of the Galaxy

The girls love this movie and highly recommend that you go see it too! There are some excellent themes for this movie. Sandy suggests reading this article (also containing spoilers)

Get Crafty

Fiber Optics

Finished Objects
Jade	Nada. Nothing. Zip. Zilch
Sandy	Project: Project Linus blanket Pattern: traditional granny squares
WIPs
Sandy	He' mo Leanan Kilt Hose Garthenor Organic Shetland DK Safely turned one of the cuffs and am now working my way down the leg.
Jade	Pattern: Viajante Yarn: Miss Babs Katahdin -- Morticia Notes: Working on the lace and beading. It’s taking forever. I’m 3” into the lace, and have another 2” to go. Check out the blog for how to bead with dental floss.
Sandy	Hexipuffs out of my leftover Opal yarn. This is in my everyday bag.
Jade	Project: Vanilla Socks Pattern: mine Yarn/Colorway: Plymouth Stilleto Notes: Waay back when, several episodes ago, which translates into several months, I started working on this pattern, then put it on hold. Not quite Second Sock Syndrome, but I was working on other projects For self striping yarns, check out Susan B Anderson’s Smooth Operator Socks: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/smooth-operator-socks

Make it Sew

Jade's made some t-shirt mods. You can read more on her blog!

Episode 93: Captain America - Civil War

In this episode, Sandy & Jade discuss Captain America: Civil War. There are SPOILERS in this episode! In the second half of the show,the girls catch up on their latest knitting / crochet projects, and Jade talks about her latest costuming project for her cosplay.

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Get Geeky

Events:

• Espana’s UK wedding was this past weekend. Congrats to our errant hostess!
• Fanime - May 27-30, 2016. San Jose Convention Center, http://www.fanime.com
• Clockwork Alchemy - May 27 - 30, 2016, Double Tree, San Jose http://www.clockworkalchemy.com
• BayCon May 27-30, 2016, Santa Clara http://www.baycon.org
• Kublacon, May 27-30, 2016, Hyatt Regency SFO, http://www.kublacon.com
• Maker’s faire! 5/20-22, at the San Mateo Fairegrounds.

Captain America: Civil War -- SPOILER ALERT! The girls discuss this movie in-depth. So if you haven’t seen it AND don’t want to be spoiled, then fast forward. But here’s their summation of the movie.

• Jade: Loved it.
• Sandy: Go See it!

Get Crafty

Fiber Optics

Finished Objects
Jade	Nothing. Nada. Zip Zilch...
Sandy	Finished my Apres Surf Hoodie: I love it! I’ve worn it on a few outings and it’s perfectly light wear for cool spring nights.
WIPs
Jade	Pattern: Vanilla Socks Yarn: Does this black make my rainbow look big? (self-striping) White Birch Fibers Notes: She loves the yarn, love the stripes, and is slipping stitches to get a more slightly uneven striping pattern
Sandy	Cast on a River Run scarf for travel knitting. Very easy! http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/river-run-lace-scarf Knit Picks Gloss Fingering, colorway Dusk
Jade	Pattern: On the Beach by Isabella Kraemer Yarn: Miss Babs Yowza Notes: She picked up this top-down sweater again and is making very slow progress on it. She ripped the whole thing out and started from scratch, and is now doing the waist shaping. Her plans are to citric acid soak (AGAIN) the body and sleeves before she starts the color work.
Sandy	Work and gaming knitting: vanilla socks for Eric in a very old skein of yarn-- Brunswick Nylamb in the color Cranberry.   Fixed the heel.
Sandy	Started (and am nearly halfway done with) a Vintage Stripes crochet blanket http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vintage-vertical-stripe-crocheted-blanket I’m using up so much of my single ball scrap wools on this!
Sandy	Cast on a slip stitch stash hat for charity. (Syrian knitting group on ravelry) http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slip-stitch-stash-hat Using all my worsted scraps to make a sunset color theme. http://www.ravelry.com/groups/hats-and-more-for-war-torn-syria Going to alternate knitting for Afghans for Afghans and Syria this summer.

Make It Sew

• Jade’s Bodysuit adventures: Jade is doing a Kim Possible cosplay group with a friend! She will be cosplaying Shego, while her friend does Kim Possible.
• She’s nearly done with her Shego bodysuit, and it’s coming out very nicely -- in terms of patterning and fit.
• She to make her own gloves -- very easy in Spandex!
• Currently, she is finishing off the attached boots.
• Dress Diary: http://geekgirlcrafts.blogspot.com/search/label/shego

Episode 77: Avengers Review

In this episode, the girls geek out about the movie, "Avengers: Age of Ultron". There is a MAJOR SPOILER ALERT for this episode. After reviewing the movie, the girls talk about their current set of projects from knitting to cosplay.

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Get Geeky

Events:

• Retzlaff Winery - June 6, 2015 - Fleeces, Food, & Fun. 10-4. $5.00 per person.
• Valhalla Ren Faire  - May 30-31, June 5-6 - Tahoe.
• BayCon - Memorial Day weekend 2015. May 22-24, 2015 (note: last day change) at the Santa Clara Convention Center
• Fanime - memorial day weekend 2015. May 22-25, 2015 -- SJ Convention Center
• Kublacon same days, http://www.kublacon.com/ , Burlingame hyatt regency, $40 per the weekend.
• Convolution 2015 - Burlingame October 5-6, 2015
• Westercon 68 in San Diego July 4th Weekend
• Worldcon in Spokane  August 19-23

Avengers Review

In today's episode, the girls review the Avengers: Age of Ultron. They loved the movie and highly recommend it, insofar as sequels go. They do discuss some major spoilers in this episode, so, if you haven't seen the movie yet, just skip ahead to the crafting section, which is about 35 minutes into the show.

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Get Crafty!

The girls have not just ONE, but TWO craft-a-longs in progress....  Check out the Geek Girl Crafts forums on G+ and Ravelry:

• Geek Girl Crafts Podcast Community
• Ravelry Forums

Harry Potter Craft-a-Long

Sandy wants you to geek out about Harry Potter! Make your favorite Potter Universe item, whether it be knitting, sewing, baking, or otherwise. Check out the official Harry Potter Universe website at: https://www.pottermore.com

Who Crafts?

Jade gets in on the craft-a-long, but Doctor Who style. Got sewing? knitting? crochet? Want to make fish fingers and custard? Or your favorite souffle recipe? Share with us! And for those interested, she's posted her pattern for her fingerless long gloves, so make your own Doctor Who scarf gloves

Fiber Optics

Finished Objects
Jade	Baby Sweater for dear friends Cascade 220 Superwash paints
Jade	Two separate hats for BIL Pattern 1: Turn a Square by Jared Flood Pattern 2: zSports by ArtQualia Designs -- has “lightning design” -- a light form of colorwork. Yarn: Cascade 220 Worsted in Navy, Puget Sound, Marigold, and White. Different colors for the hats Notes: Did tubular cast on for stretchyiness. Website for NFL colors
WIPs
Sandy	Pattern: gryffindor house sweater: front of sweater Yarn: Cascade Longwood sport Notes: finished the back, a few inches shy of the arm holes.
Jade	Pattern: Viking Hat Yarn: Shepard’s Wool Worsted by Stonehedge Fiber Mill -- OMG SUPER SOFT YARN...SQUISHY -- Roasted Pumpkin Navy Blue Notes: Provisional cast on for folded over brim.
Sandy	Pattern: HexiPuffs for the beekeeper quilt! Yarn: Varied Sock yarn 13% done, I’ve run out of scrap sock yarn and thus need to go make new things for a while. Notes: Using HabitRPG to turn everyday chores into a RPG game that gives you XP for things you do everyday.
Jade	Pattern: Vanilla socks Yarn: Cascade Socks - Self striping socks Notes: Finished one sock. Made tabis. Still working on second sock.
Sandy	Pattern: Couvrette with Dahlias from Mrs. Beeton’s book of needlework Yarn: #20 cotton thread, size 7 steel hook Progress: one dahlia done Notes: at my blog http://www.beetonblogofneedlework.org/
Jade	Pattern: Louisa by Cocoknits Yarn: Shibui - Linen, Cloud, and….. Progress: Slow going. Still working on the initial decreases.

Make it Sew!

• Quilt! -- Jade found a fully piece baby quilt at my favorite thrift store. Someone started to do the quilting but stopped? So, she bought it, and did a very bad job of stippling it myself before sending it to the expectant parents.

Cosplay:

• Gogo Tomago from Big Hero 6. Jade thrifted a HALL COSTUME of Gogo. Not for stage, but for walking around.
• At her local thrift store, Jade found: black running shorts and a good-enough black leather jacket for her main outfit. TOTAL: $10.00
• Used a seam ripper to add a “gap” in the running shorts, then sewed red satiny ribbon to the edges to simulate the stripes. (Ribbon: $2.00)
• Found opaque purple tights at the costume shop near her house. ($6.00)
• Got some cheap dark grey leggings at Kohls ($10.00)
• Found purple 2” elastic at Joanns that she used to make her sweatbands ($5.00)
• Wig from Arda Wigs ($25.00)
• Appropriate purple wefts from Epic Cosplay ($6.00)
• Makeup -- CVS sale (purple eye shadow, salmon-blush, pinkish lipstick  -- $15.00
• Clothing: $18.00 / Accessories: $51.00
• Finished in two days.  Makeup & wig will be re-useable in other cosplays.
• Princess Mononoke:
• Finished up the earrings. She had found the ‘perfect’ size shell earrings but in a different color, then used 99c nail polish (the french tip) to paint the shell earrings to the right color
• Used SCULPY to make the necklace teeth/claws
• Made head band/arm bands using black elastic and some circular round shell beads.