Episode 71: The Half-Price Chocolate Fairy

SPOILER ALERT! Spoilers for the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug sneak peek run from 19:37 to 37:52. SPOILER ALERT! Some spoilery discussion of Iron Man 3 runs from 38:20 to 40:19. This week Maggie has finally finished the Cardigan of Doom!  Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!  She’s also finished one of the many baby blankets she’s knitting, and […]

SPOILER ALERT! Spoilers for the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug sneak peek run from 19:37 to 37:52.

SPOILER ALERT! Some spoilery discussion of Iron Man 3 runs from 38:20 to 40:19.

This week Maggie has finally finished the Cardigan of Doom!  Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!  She’s also finished one of the many baby blankets she’s knitting, and can’t start the next one just yet, so she’s on the hunt for something new to knit.  However, that’s not a hugely urgent thing as somebody has started spinning on a borrowed wheel.  Muahahahaaaa another one to the dark side!  Karen, meanwhile, is almost done a pair of socks (well, her usual definition of “done”, which usually doesn’t include kitchenering toes) and has picked up a project that’s been lying dormant for a couple weeks.  There may also have been a little yarn acquisition that totally doesn’t count toward the “not buying yarn” thing.

In Geek Squee we have a report from the live sneak peek Peter Jackson gave of the next Hobbit movie and some discussion of some new, spoilery information about a certain character in Iron Man 3.  There’s also a plea from geek icon Nathan Fillion for what he’d like as a birthday present from his fans, a trailer from the new Wolverine movie and a science-oriented winner of an annual Peep diorama contest.

In Cravings, Covets and Crushes, we have a chance to vote for some Lego sets we’d love to see, an amazing Hobbit-themed jacket (seriously people, GO LOOK AT THIS) and some yarn that is dyed-to-order and so gorgeous omg.

And finally, we have a really sweet, geeky story from a listener that made us all wibbly.  Thanks for sharing it with us, Ryan! Best Geek Dad Ever!

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SPOILER ALERT! Spoilers for the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug sneak peek run from 19:37 to 37:52.

SPOILER ALERT! Some spoilery discussion of Iron Man 3 runs from 38:20 to 40:19.

Show Notes

Episode 71: The Half Price Chocolate Fairy

Adventures in Knitting

Maggie’s one by one slice of crazy pie: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MASalter/easy-ruffle-coat

Chalice Baby Blanket: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-chalice-blanket

Maggie’s newest addiction: http://seiiprice.7c.org/1-kromski-sonata-spinning-wheel-walnut-finish-wbag-review-2965.html

Newbie’s next project: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stargazing-shawlette

Karen’s cachoeira socks: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTcachoeira.php

Lakeshore shawl: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/knitwit1912/lakeshore-shawl

Woolmeise from the Loopy Eye: http://www.theloopyewe.com/browse/yarn/wollmeise/lace/

Wreck it Ralph: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/

Geek Squee

Hobbit Sneak peek: http://www.thehobbit.com/sneak/

Pepper Potts suits up: http://screencrush.com/iron-man-3-tv-spot-pepper-potts-suit/

Wolverine trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KOlXn8qLc

Nathan Fillion’s birthday wish: http://my.charitywater.org/NathanFillion The first charity is full and complete but he has made a new one: http://my.charitywater.org/nathan-fillion

Peeps diorama: http://geekologie.com/2013/03/tis-the-season-8-year-old-wins-marshmall.php

Craving Covets and Crushes

Lego female figures in science jobs: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/15401#

Balin’s Coat: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/balin-2

Twisted Fiber Art, Inc: http://www.twistedfiberart.com