Sunday, June 30, 2013

Geek Girl Crafts Podzine: Issue 4!


The FOURTH edition of the Geek Girl Crafts Podzine is now available!




In this issue, we have:
  • Notes from the Editor
  • Podcasting: an How-to Overview  -- Interested in podcasting? Jade gives you a high-level overview of how to get started.
  • Mathematics and Science in Yarn -- Jade discusses how mathematicians and scientists are using fiber arts to discover more about certain theories, and are actually disproving whole theories with crocheted items!
  • Crafting Memories with Scrapbooking -- During our interview with Jean Martin, she spoke about her love for scrapbooking, and now she expounds more about the topic. She creates scrapbooks from all the photos she takes at every fannish event.

Download the PDF file

You can also find our podzine at, http://efanzines.com/GGCP/
And you can also peruse all the other interesting fanzines available!


Interested in Contributing to the Next PodZINE?

Let us know how you like it! And if you want to contribute to our podzine, we're currently taking submissions for articles, photographs, fan art, flash fiction, and whatnought, for everything geek AND craft related.
  • Contact Us: ggcpodcast AT gmail.com
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Episode 41: Bright Eyes



In this long awaited episode, the girls have a special guest host, where they geek out about the Memorial Day Con-a-poolza, and then talk about their plans for costuming in the upcoming months.We also have a special road-trip report from España on the first leg of her journey. We apologize for the delay in recording. There were some scheduling around sicknesses and lost voices.


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Get Geeky!

The girls and Bill talk about their experiences during the Memorial Day weekend conventions:

And we talk about some of the conventions that are happening in the area
  • WesterCon in July --- http://www.westercon.org
  • Convolution in November --- http://www.con-volution.com/
    • With special guest hosts: the Frouds and Wendy Pini

Get Craft!

Make it Sew

The three talk about upcoming  conventions and their plans for costuming for the upcoming cons

Fiber Optics:

  • Sandy is making progress on her  Apres Surf Hoodie , but an unknown infestation of bugs in her apartment has her entire stash and projects bagged up.
  • Jade is forever working on her Knit Swirl Coat and her Aran sweater and isn't making much progress with anything else. She does talk about her 3-glove curse, however.

Special Report!

España sends us a report on the first leg of her journey to Spain.
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Episode 40: España-Less



In this first episode without España, the Sandy & Jade go into hyperdrive about crafting and making.


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Get Geeky!

Events 



Get Craft!

Fiber Optics:

Sandy

  • Finished one side of the button band for her Cosby Sweater
  • Finished a pair of socks for her friend in Scotland
  • Has picked up her UFO -- the Apres Surf Hoodie

Jade

  • Knitting:
    • Still working on the Knit Swirl Coat, but it now has to stay at home because it's too big, plus the weather has gotten too hot to carry around a sweater
    • Finished two pairs of vanilla socks with the following yarns. She'll see how they wear after some time wearing them.
      • Lisa Souza Sock!-- great sock yarn.
      • Manos del Uruguay, Alegria -- even better sock yarn
    • Finished the Shalom cardigan with 1/2 sleeves
    • Blocked a 4-foot diameter blanket
    • Started an Aran Sweater by Alice Starmore (St. Brigid) with 5 separate charts.
  • Spinning
    • 2-ply DK weight yarn for an Old Shale Stole (merino silk)
    • 3-ply cashmere & merino -- which is spinning like BUTTER.

REVIEW:

Jade reviews the KnitCompanion app for the iPad, as she is using it on her Aran sweater. She'll write up a full review on her blog in the next day or so.

Make It Sew

Jade took apart a previous costume (her Ghwazee) so she could remake parts of it with more internlining for a stiffer fabric as she didn’t have enough to make a completely new one.
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Episode 39: Book Club - Throne of the Crescent Moon

In this week's episode, the girls take a moment to squee over their latest squee-worthy items.  Espana has a special announcement to make. And then, the girls review the book, Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. (WARNING: There are spoilers in this podcast!).

Unfortunately, the girls talked a bit too long about the book, so there's no crafting in this episode, but they'll make up for it next time.



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Get Geeky!

Events 

Book Club! 

The girls review the first book of the 4-book club series -- Throne of the Crescent Moon (Crescent Moon Kingdoms)

This episode has spoilers, so if you haven't read it yet, you might want to skip this episode.

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Episode 38: Mini-Crafting

In this episode, we have a special guest, Jean Martin, who talks about her life in fandom, how she got involved, and how it's changed her life....along with the usual crafting, costuming, and their merry in making.


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Get Crafty!


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Monday, April 8, 2013

Episode 37: Conversations with Jean Martin

In this episode, we have a special guest, Jean Martin, who talks about her life in fandom, how she got involved, and how it's changed her life....along with the usual crafting, costuming, and their merry in making.



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Get Geeky

Events 

If you'd like to find out more about Jean:

For more information about PEERS and their fundraising campaign>


Get Crafty!

Jean's Scrapbooking Links

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Geek Girl Crafts Podzine: Issue 3 -- GAMING Edition

The third edition of the Geek Girl Crafts Podzine is now available! This time, it's our Gaming Edition!





For this issue, we have focused on more on the gaming aspects of Geek:
  • Get Off My Lawn -- España talks about her gaming experience
  • LARP'ing 101 -- Interested in LARP'ing? Johanna gives you a quick 101 Lesson
  • From Atari to MMO-RPGs -- Jade talks about her early days of playing Atari games and how she moved onwards to MMO-RPGS
  • Building Armor -- Mea Cottman talks about how she costumes from her gaming
  • NetRunner Review --- John gives us a review of the NetRunner Game

Download the PDF file

You can also find our podzine at, http://efanzines.com/GGCP/
And you can also peruse all the other interesting fanzines available!

Interested in Contributing to the Next PodZINE?

Let us know how you like it! And if you want to contribute to our podzine, we're currently taking submissions for articles, photographs, fan art, flash fiction, and whatnought, for everything geek AND craft related.

  • Contact Us: ggcpodcast AT gmail.com
  • Deadline: April 30, 2013
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