Episode 67: Not a Sweater to Wear Around the In-Laws

In this episode we’re digging out from under a dumping of snow and breaking boards with our elbows and feet.  Or, well, Maggie is, on that last one (YAY BLUE BELT!).  We’re also working on some knitting.  In Maggie’s case she has one finished object (that came in handy for her not-used-to-Canadian-winters mother recently) and is still slogging along […]

In this episode we’re digging out from under a dumping of snow and breaking boards with our elbows and feet.  Or, well, Maggie is, on that last one (YAY BLUE BELT!).  We’re also working on some knitting.  In Maggie’s case she has one finished object (that came in handy for her not-used-to-Canadian-winters mother recently) and is still slogging along on the Cardi That Doesn’t End (yes, we sing the song, too).  Oh, and she’s finished a certain nerdy sock monkey.  Karen, meanwhile, is being her usual non-monogamous self and has a new sock project as well as a very old shawl project, along with making some new knitting converts.

In Geek Squee, we have a very…unique and rather grotesque advertisement for The Walking Dead, new about an upcoming stop-motion animation steampunk comedy with some stellar talent providing voices as well as another go at a childhood classic that we are…not really thrilled about.  There’s also an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice from another angle (no zombies in this one), an adorable spoof of Downton Abbey by the people at Sesame Street, a set of weapons designed for girls, and a little science fact to go with a legendary weapon.  But we’re not done yet!  There’s a certain monarch was found in a place that would not be the first place to look in this particular game of hide-and-seek, confirmed after some amazing genealogical sleuthing, a cartoon appearance by one of our favourite actors (doing an impression of another favourite actor!) and a hilarious parody of Les Miserables by…the South Korean Air Force.  No, really.

In Cravings, Covets and Crushes, we have a neat little pattern book written by one of our listeners that might be of interest for those that want to dip their toes into stranded colourwork or want some guided help adding colour patterns to basic knits, as well as a somewhat more…unique (and NSFW) colourwork sweater that has been getting a lot of attention around the knittiverse.

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Episode 67

Show Notes

Adventures in Knitting:

The cardi that doesn’t end: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MASalter/easy-ruffle-coat

Daughter Heir socks: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-daughter-heir

Spock Monkey: http://knit1geek2.mt-pockets.org/?p=490

The Yarn Harlot knits a Baker scarf: http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2013/01/10/and_that_is_all_she_wrote.html

Cachoera socks from Knitty: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTcachoeira.php

Tabletop on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F80C7D2DC8D9B6C

Lakeshore shawl by Glenna C: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lakeshore-shawl

Knit Picks Shimmer (shallows colorway):

Geek Squee:

The Walking Dead display in Union Station: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/02/07/amc-promote-return-walking-dead-zombie-inspired-countdown-leo-burnett-toronto

Steampunk stop-motion fantasy: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/07/laika-plan-stop-motion-and-cg-for-dickens-meets-monty-python-steampunk-fantasy-the-boxtrolls/

Geek groan aka ANOTHER How the Grinch Stole Christmas: http://www.themarysue.com/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-remake/

Disney’s Frozen: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/

Longborn (Pride and Prejudice via Downton):

Sesame Street does Downton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqL-1aSbn0

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: http://www.lizziebennet.com/

For the budding archer: http://urbantaggers.blogspot.ca/2013/02/nerf-rebelle-heartbreaker-bow.html

Neil DeGrasse Tyson tweets regarding Thor’s hammer:  http://www.geekologie.com/2013/02/neil-degrasse-tyson-thors-hammer-mjolnir.php

King Richard’s remains: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/world/europe/richard-iii-search-announcement

And his reconstruction: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/02/05/technology-richard-iii-facial-reconstruction.html

Benedict Cumberbatch on the Simpsons: http://www.hypable.com/2013/02/08/benedict-cumberbatch-snape-the-simpsons/

South Korean Air Force sings Les Mis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZunEARBb6I

Cravings Covets and Crushes:

Vide: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/vide-booklet

The Pearl Clutcher Cardigan: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pearl-clutcher