Episode 59: Use the Force, Mickey

This week, someone forgot to check and make sure that the audio was coming from the real microphone, not her laptop’s built-in mic.  *facepalm*  Sorry about the audio quality, guys! In the meantime, we’ve made some progress on our Hobbitalong projects–though some more than others–and haven’t quite gone into panic mode yet.  There are also […]

This week, someone forgot to check and make sure that the audio was coming from the real microphone, not her laptop’s built-in mic.  *facepalm*  Sorry about the audio quality, guys!

In the meantime, we’ve made some progress on our Hobbitalong projects–though some more than others–and haven’t quite gone into panic mode yet.  There are also a couple digressions about certain epically historically nerdy TV we plan to use to keep charging along.  And there’s a couple other projects we’ve been using to keep our sanity.

Of course we have a rundown of some of the greatest, geekiest Halloween costumes we saw on the internet and commentary about the huge buyout that happened between Disney and Lucasfilm.  There’s a new airline safety briefing that you’ll want to pay attention to if you’re a Tolkien fan, as well as a maybe, kinda, very speculative cameo by a huge Tolkien geek for a later Hobbit movie, and a small indie movie that was able to use the geekiest. location. ever.  for filming.  And if our American listeners aren’t entirely sick of campaign ads, we have a funny parody one for you, starring one of geekdom’s heroes.

Finally we have a Hobbit themed yarn/fibre club to tempt you (along with some other geek-inspired rovings and yarn!) and a couple delicious yarns as well as a non-knitting gift idea from a repeat offender–er, previously lusted-after dyer.

The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Knitalong has begun!  There’s no required pattern or yarn, just the goal of completing a project of your choice before The Hobbit opens in theatres on December 14th.  Feel free to post progress and pictures here on the blog, or chat about your projects in the thread over on the Ravelry group!

Want to share your thoughts on the movies/tv/science geekery we’ve discussed, or found something geeky to share? Comment here at the blog, email us at [email protected] or participate in the thread on our Ravelry group!  Want to know when new episodes go live or see the occasional bit of news?  Check out our Twitter feed (@knit1geek2)!  And as always, we have merch in our Zazzle.com and Zazzle.ca stores. 

Show Notes

The Red Cross: www.redcross.ca

http://www.icrc.org/eng/

Karen’s Lothlorien Cape: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lothlorien-cape

Tempest colorway: http://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/index.php?main_p…

Victorian Farm at Christmas: http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/archive.shtml

Mean Girls Yarn Club: http://meangirlsyarnclub.blogspot.ca/

Battle Weary Dragon Shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/battle-weary-drag…

Malabrigo Lace in Sealing Wax colorway: http://www.malabrigoyarn.com/sub_yarn.php?id_sub_yarn=25

Nathan Fillian as Captain Canada: http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/nathan-fillion-as-captain-…

NPH Halloween costume: http://hypervocal.com/news/2012/neil-patrick-harris-hallo…

The Leg Lamp Costume: http://www.inquisitr.com/383367/paralympians-a-christmas-…

A Christmas Story: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/

Reverse Trick Or Treating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaxk4Na40Wc

Disney buying Star Wars: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/10/disney-buys-lucasf…

2015 Movie Mash Up!: http://www.themarysue.com/justice-league-avengers-2015/

Air New Zealand LOTR safety video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/air-new-zealand-…

The biggest Tolkien geek ever to get a cameo?: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-colbert-mak…

Two PhD students shoot a film at CERN: http://www.themarysue.com/decay-cern-zombie/

Red band trailer for Hansel and Gretel: http://ca.ign.com/videos/2012/10/29/hansel-and-gretel-wit…

Joss Whedon’s endorsement: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/28/joss-whedon-romn…

Shadawynfiberarts on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ShadawynFiberArts?section_id=118…

Gnome Acres, 221B Baker Street colorway: Ack! Sold out.

And Bird Fibre Nests: http://www.etsy.com/listing/64238293/eco-friendly-bird-ne…