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May

Episode 73: Joyriding in the TARDIS

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So this week we have something a little different. As crazy scheduling and life stuff prevented us from getting together and doing a traditional podcast around the weekend of the Knitters’ Frolic, we took the show on the road to our knitting group, most of whom were with us at the Frolic.  There’s discussion about [...]

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25

Apr

Episode 72: Drawing Up the Invasion Plans

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This week after debating how knitting would work in zero gravity, we hop into the knitting with some recent acquisitions on Karen’s part as well as a finished project, the start of a new project and some progress on some works in progress.  And pretty much all of these are socks.  There’s also a large [...]

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8

Apr

Episode 71: The Half-Price Chocolate Fairy

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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. 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 [...]

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1

Apr

Episode 70: The Geek Event of the Season

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This week, Maggie is so, SO close to finishing the Cardigan of Doom, after Karen made a perilous journey to the knitting store to get her another skein (one does not simply walk into the yarn store, after all).  That hasn’t prevented her from shopping another knitter’s stash for  yarn for another sweater, though, or [...]

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18

Mar

Episode 69: Exactly What You’re Expecting

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This week, well…it’s episode 69.  There are a few things not to listen to around the kids/in-laws right off the bat, but we swear, we lay off the innuendo after the first couple minutes. …Well, mostly. Meanwhile in knitting, a certain project of Maggie’s is sleeping on the couch, as it has thrown yet another [...]

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5

Mar

Episode 68: Anti-Zombie Border Patrol Recruitment

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This week, the Spock Monkey is with its new owner (stay tuned after the outro to hear the handover, as well as a little of our knit night) and Maggie is still.  working.  on.  the.  cardigan.   Karen, meanwhile, is working on a bunch of projects, as is only to be expected, though her Cachoeira [...]

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22

Feb

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

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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 [...]

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4

Feb

Episode 66: This Tauntaun Sleeps Two

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This week, once we get past some slightly off-topic talking about the weather, Maggie is attempting to be monogamous (we’ll see how long that lasts, considering she’s looking for projects that will use her sock yarn ends) and has finished a project but perhaps not the way she wanted it to be.  Meanwhile, Karen has [...]

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21

Jan

Episode 65: You Can Pry Our Stash From Our Cold Hands

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We’re back!  Not all of us are running at 100%, but we’re back!  And we have lots of knitting to catch up on!  There’s Christmas knitting finished, unfinished and not attempted, Hobbit socks that are well on the go or nearing completion, and some new projects started.  There’s also an update about one of our [...]

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18

Jan

Update: Old episodes have returned and a new one is on the way!

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Some of you may have noticed that some of our older episodes mysteriously disappeared earlier this week.  Good news: they’re back, as Admin Monkey was able to have the hosting service restore them from backups.  They should all be in place and available through the website, RSS feed and iTunes.  If you have any problems, [...]

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3

Jan

Episode 64: Here at the End of All Things

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In this episode, we’re spending the End of the World the only way we really can: talking about knitting and geeky stuff. Of course that doesn’t mean we haven’t been knitting!  Maggie’s had a success with a sock and an epic battle with a skein of yarn as well as some progress on a hat [...]

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23

Dec

Episode 63: A Long Awaited Journey (and a special holiday treat!)

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SPOILER WARNING!  We discuss spoilers about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey starting at 45:56 and ending at 1:03:15 First off, there’s a note for those who want to help the residents of Newtown, CT; if you’ve been avoiding the news like Karen has, just skip the first 30 seconds of the episode.  We don’t mention [...]

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19

Dec

Knitters Assemble! Help for Newtown, CT.

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There won’t be much mention of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut this past week on the podcast (for a variety of reasons, including not even being able to write this without crying!), but our hearts go out to everyone touched by this tragedy. At the time we recorded, there wasn’t a lot of information about [...]

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19

Dec

Hobbitalong Update

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We came.                       We saw.                       We squealed. And you’ll be able to hear us squealing about the episode when it’s uploaded in a couple days. Click on any of the pictures to see the [...]

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11

Dec

Episode 62: 50 Shades of Jingle

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…Or why we put the explicit tag on every episode. This week we’re joined by our friend Lily who went with Karen and another member of our knitting group (hi, Kris!  Hope the elf-duties weren’t too horrible!) on a yarn crawl of a few of Toronto’s fine yarn stores.  There is much purchasing and enabling [...]

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4

Dec

Episode 61: Giftapalooza!

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This week we’re creeping ever closer to the finish line on our Hobbitalong projects, and have either picked up other projects to keep us sane or are starting to think about what we’re going to do when we’re done our deadlines.  Karen also headed out on a yarn excursion this weekend and came back with, [...]

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26

Nov

Episode 60: Not Our Turkey Day

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This week we’re still chugging along at our Hobbitalong projects, though we’ve taken on a couple other projects to ease the strain (or are about to).  Or for distraction at the movies, which results in a handy tip for other knitters.  Karen also springs a surprise on Maggie, namely a mention of us in a [...]

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12

Nov

Episode 59: Use the Force, Mickey

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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 [...]

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5

Nov

Episode 58: Pass the Candy Corn

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This week, Karen and Maggie are joined again by Newbie Lauren, who’s been having some trials and tribulations with her knitting.  Maggie, meanwhile has been making progress on her Hobbitalong project, while Karen’s is…progressing.  Slowly.  Oh, and we got to name a new Blue Moon Fiber Arts colourway. Of course there’s a certain item of [...]

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22

Oct

Episode 57: The Return of the Maggie

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This week, Maggie’s back with an update about her trip, some yarn she scouted in the wild, and what she’s been working on.  Karen’s also made a little jaunt to somewhere closer to home, as well as some trials and tribulations when it comes to her Hobbitalong project and yet another project to start. In [...]

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14

Oct

Episode 56: Karen Promised Not to Break the Newbie

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This week, Karen’s joined by Newbie Lauren, who has a finished project (yay!) and some frustrating knitting tales (not so yay).  Karen, meanwhile, has made progress on a couple projects, including her Hobbitalong slice of crazy pie as well as yet another project to add to the list. In geeky news, there are actual characters [...]

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6

Oct

Episode 55: Dancin’ Klingons

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This week there is actual progress on the Hobbit-along projects (if, in Karen’s case, you call getting the yarn in the mail progress), and Maggie has made some serious progress on the 1×1 ribbing of doom! (It’s now 2×2 ribbing of doom.)  Karen, meanwhile, doesn’t have much progress to report on otherwise. Boo. It was [...]

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29

Sep

Episode 54: A Long Expected Knitalong

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This week Karen’s slogging along at a couple old projects, while Maggie has started some new ones.  Also, the Hobbit-along has begun!  Well, at least Maggie’s started; Karen’s still waiting for yarn. There’s also a new Hobbit trailer, a certain crime drama looking for a lookalike for a certain Captain Tightpants and some new projects [...]

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22

Sep

Episode 53: Tribble Stash

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This week, we have a newbie!  Lauren joins us at K1G2 World Headquarters and gets a first-person view of the crazy that goes on when we record.  We also have a couple finished projects and a report on our trip to the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair!  Newbie is still recovering from the yarn overload. In Geek [...]

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7

Sep

Episode 52: Maggie, Put the Herring Down Already

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This week it’s a blue moon and so Maggie’s a bit more loopy than usual, not that anyone would really notice.  It’s not enough to keep us from progress on projects, some yarn acquisition and some Hobbitalong preparation (starting mid-month!  Time to narrow down your projects and source yarn!) In Geek Squee we have yes [...]

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25

Aug

Episode 51: I Like This Knitting. Another!

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This week Karen’s fighting off a cold as she writes this up, so it’s going to be short and sweet. There’s new projects (Maggie)!  And not-so-new projects (Karen)!  And a mini-movie review! In Geek Squee, there’s a release date for the next Harry Dresden book!  And a study saying Gen Y is taking over book [...]

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18

Aug

Episode 50: Doing Celebratory Donuts on Mars

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This week it’s our 50th EPISODE, WOO!  Maggie’s still slogging along on the k1p1 strip of doom as well as encouraging a newbie, while Karen has achieved Ravellenic gold. The achievement doesn’t end there, though, as Curiosity made a successful landing on Mars!  Which has rightly given a lot of notoriety to a couple JPL [...]

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12

Aug

Episode 49: The Games Which Must Not Be Named

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We’re back!  This week the Ravellenic Games are in full swing, though sadly one of us didn’t make it past the qualifier. That just means there’s more  projects to talk about, though! There’s also a lot of geek squee, especially about the latest Mars Rover landing as well as a real-world version of a certain [...]

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29

Jul

Episode 48: Comic-Con Pt. 2, Electric Boogaloo

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This week in knitting, we’re gearing up for the Ravellenic Games!  Some of us are clearing the boards of projects and some of us…not so much.  We also fill you in on what we’re planning to start during the Opening Ceremonies of the Games-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named. Meanwhile in Geek….Not so Squee, we have a brief mention of [...]

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21

Jul

Episode 47: Friday the 13th Strikes Again

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This week…seriously, guys, we should have known.   If we sound like we’re recording in a cavern, it’s because I forgot to check what mic we were recording with, and it was recorded with my laptop’s internal mic.  Dammit. Anyway, this week Maggie’s finishing projects and giving them away, which we probably should have expected, [...]

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14

Jul

Episode 46: Oh, And It’s Our 1st Anniversary, Too.

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This week, we completely forget that we’re recording one year to the day that we recorded our first episode.  Whoops.  We blame it on the heat. But despite the heat, we have some progress on knitted things!    Karen’s mostly been working on a Top Secret project, casting things on  and planning a D&D campaign [...]

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7

Jul

Episode 45: Eh?

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This week…it’s Canada Day!  Woo!  And we get the “eh”s out of our systems very quickly, we promise.  Meanwhile, Maggie’s still plugging away at her Vodka Lemonade cardigan thanks to the Yarn Trickster Gods as well as working on a couple other things.  Karen…is still working on the same things, and trying to resist the [...]

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30

Jun

Episode 44: We’re in ur Event, Usin’ ur Trademark

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SPOILER WARNING!  We discuss spoilers from the movie “Brave” from 32:52 to 48:10. This week, Karen is plugging away on her twisted stitch socks and has made a few yarny purchases while Maggie is nearing the finish line on her Vodka Lemonade cardigan and has finished one of her Catnip socks. With everything that’s been [...]

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22

Jun

Episode 43: I’m Sorry, I Was Distracted By A Huntsman

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SPOILER WARNING!  We discuss spoilers for “Snow White and the Huntsman” from 34:30 to 55:23. It’s been a crazy couple weeks, but despite that we have progress on our knitting!  Karen actually has finished projects for once, and naturally she’s cast on a couple new things.  Meanwhile Maggie’s had some progress on her Vodka Lemonade [...]

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9

Jun

Episode 42: The Episode About Life, the Universe and Everything

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SPOILER ALERT!  We discuss spoilers for Sherlock 2×03, “The Reichenbach Fall” between 27:19 and 1:01:04.  No non-spoilery comments this time, for obvious reasons. This week Maggie has quite a bit of progress on her socks and sweater in between exposing a newbie knitter to all things fibery and working her way to becoming a ninja. [...]

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1

Jun

Episode 41: Well, There Goes My Paycheque

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SPOILER WARNING!  Spoilers for Sherlock 2X02 “The Hounds of Baskerville” from 40:00  to 54:03. This week there’s some progress on Maggie’s part, and she will have pictures soon, she swears.  Just once she resists the urge to kill podcast kitty for getting into her current sock project.  Meanwhile Karen’s been travelling and has lots of [...]

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15

May

Episode 40: In Our Battle Dress

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SPOILER WARNING!  We discuss spoilers for Sherlock 2×01 “A Scandal in Belgravia” between 38:30 and 1:01:00. This week, there’s been some knitting progress for both of the co-hosts.  Maggie’s made progress on one project that’s going pretty well but has a long way to go, but the other is in ribbing purgatory.  However, she’s also [...]

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11

May

Episode 39: Knitters Assemble

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SPOILER WARNING: our Avengers spoilers start at 29:56 and go until 1:01.  (There’s a little discussion tangentially related to the Avengers after that point, but nothing spoilery.) In this Hulk-sized episode, Karen and Maggie squeal about the Avengers.  A lot. But first there’s some knitting going on, and some finished projects from Karen, one of [...]

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2

May

Episode 38: Frolicking!

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This week, Karen’s got a mostly-finished project and the same socks she’s been working on for ages.  Oh, and another project waiting in the wings.  Maggie’s got a bunch of new yarn as somebody got to go to the Knitter’s Frolic in Toronto last weekend.  She’s even started a new project, and she’s got a [...]

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26

Apr

Episode 37: Shuttles on a Plane

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This week, Maggie is almost but not quite done her one project and is looking forward to the Knitter’s Frolic in Toronto.  Meanwhile Karen is pouting that she won’t be going and has been bingeing on Titanic documentaries and knitting up a storm.  We have news on the latest voyage of the Space Shuttle Discovery [...]

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18

Apr

Episode 36: Downton Zombie

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This week Maggie’s soldiering away on the Watson socks and dreaming about all the other things she could work on when she’s finished.  Meanwhile Karen’s working on a bunch of projects, as usual, and is rewriting the rules of her stashdown. Of course with three weeks to go before the Avengers invade movie theatres, there’s [...]

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13

Apr

Episode 35: Mugging the Easter Bunny

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This week, Karen and Maggie both have some finished projects (or, well, sort of finished; slippers that are mid-felting and a baby blanket with the ends not woven in still count, right?) and some older projects that have come back around (or are about to). There’s also some movie news, what with Karen having seen [...]

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6

Apr

Episode 34: And Then Bollywood Happened

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This week Maggie’s finished a sock, whatever she tries to say, while Karen’s started yet another sock.  This one is only for certain occasions though, which makes it perfectly all right, right? We’re off to the movies!  We checked out the first of the Snow White adaptations coming out this year, “Mirror, Mirror”.  The results [...]

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30

Mar

Episode 33: Payback Hangover

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This week things were not going well, so there’s not a huge amount of knitting progress, though Maggie finished one sock in a pair, so that’s something.  Meanwhile, Karen is squeeing over getting to go to one fiber festival and wailing about not going to another. Luckily there’s geek squee to save the day with. [...]

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23

Mar

Episode 32: This Podcast Needs a Designated Driver

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This week, we have alcohol.  No, for real this time.  It’s been a long week, and Karen’s got little progress on her projects and a mojito, while Maggie has achieved quite a bit more and started a new project.  Oh, and she’s got a London Fog or two under her belt. However, there’s lots of [...]

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13

Mar

Update!

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Hey everyone!  Just updating to let you know that there won’e be a podcast this week.  It’s March Break up here, and the library is getting crazier by the day, so editing would so not be happening this week.  I didn’t realize this until after we recorded the last episode, though, so sorry there was [...]

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9

Mar

Episode 31: Go To The Mattresses

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This week we have old projects finished (Maggie`s sweater!) and nearly finished, and new projects started(another Maggie sweater!).  There`s also a thread for the Stashdown-along, so head on over and let us know your rules/goals for using/getting rid of some of your stash. (And if you’re not getting rid of stash, this would be a [...]

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Mar

Episode 30: OMG SQUEE Times Three

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This week there’s lots of OMG!! and SQUEE!!  but first there’s a finished sweater for Maggie and some socks that are getting close to the finish line for Karen after some ripping.  And then it’s time for the three squees: OMG JKR is writing a new book!  OMG there’s a clip from “Brave” online! OMG [...]

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Feb

Episode 29: Bring On The Oreo Martinis!

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This week we’re plugging away at projects and trying not to drink heavily after some frustrating days.   There’s some news about movies involving Celtic mythology, another based on Karen’s favourite fairytale, and a Joss Whedon movie that’s finally getting released; some seriously epic crafty things inspired by video games and some seriously epic sculptures [...]

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17

Feb

Episode 28: Drop and Give Me 20 Stitches!

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This week, we have a couple finshed projects, including Maggie’s Linen Stitch Scarf of Doom!  Yaaaaay!  We’re Watsoning-along with varying levels of progress and Maggie’s powering along on her sweater, and gained another level in badass.  Karen, meanwhile, was increasing her stash with some dyeing and decreasing it by destashing. There are not one but [...]

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10

Feb

Episode 27: M’s Hair is Red, K’s Eyes are Blue…

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…To all of our listeners, WE LOVE YOU! This week there’s loooooove in the air.  Well maybe not so much love for one of Maggie’s (never-ending) projects, but other than that.  There are Watson socks on the go and a gorgeous sweater started, and other projects are trying to seduce Karen like a playboy billionaire [...]

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Feb

Episode 26: Equal Parts WTF and Squee!

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This week we have projects that are ongoing and that are nearing completion.  Good thing too, as we’re starting our first knitalong!  In geeky stuff, there’s some wtf in the form of changes to the Oscar rules, a SOPA-like bill going through Canadian Parliament, and Voldemort reading fanfic.  In the squee, there’s some non-breakage of [...]

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26

Jan

Episode 25: The Game, Maggie, Is On!

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This week there’s some discussion of both knitting and non-knitting projects, as well as some resisting of temptation as we gear up for our first knitalong!  Not surprisingly, there’s lots of news of the Sherlockian variety, though only one small, maybe-sorta-kinda spoilery bit for the new episodes of the BBC series; see below for the timecode [...]

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19

Jan

Episode 24: In Which Karen’s Brain Proves Easy to Derail

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This week we skip around a little bit as we discuss things we’re working on, things we’ve finished (or, well, that Maggie’s finished), and things that we’re planning.  There’s a little more discussion of RDJ’s Holmes (see below for the spoiler times) and some discussion of another Holmes actor that completely derails Karen’s brain.  There’s [...]

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13

Jan

Episode 23: This is Not an Encouraging Start to the Year

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After holidays and car troubles and computer troubles, we are FINALLY BACK!  We have lots of knitting to catch up on as well as some chatter about how our holidays went and a couple of the things Santa brought us.  There’s a lot of big geek news to catch up on, what with a trailer [...]

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27

Dec

Episode 22: Have Yourself a Tangenty Little Christmas

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This week we’re gearing up for the holidays with some finished (or nearly finished) projects and some pre-holiday yarn sale shopping.  There’s some legitimate geeky news including a Christmas tree for knitters and some movie news, but there’s also some letting loose and blathering about the holidays and plans and challenges for the new year. [...]

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15

Dec

Episode 21: This is Why Karen Shouldn’t Podcast Tired

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This week, Maggie’s started a new project, made some progress on an older one and Karen’s trying not to fall asleep or cough all over the microphone.  There’s Sherlocky news (both of the television and film variety), some proof that women like genre movies too, a really interesting concept car, some children’s drawings come to [...]

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8

Dec

Episode 20: Have You Been Naughty or Nice?

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This week Maggie has some new projects that she’s knitting for herself, while Karen is still working on the same things as last week.  There’s a handy app to answer the age-old question, lots of Whovian news and goodies (and some extended discussion of movies based on TV shows), discussion of wasting time on the internet and [...]

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30

Nov

Episode 19: Not the All Sparklepires Episode

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This week Maggie has FINISHED HER HOLIDAY KNITTING (!!) and has done some nifty-looking sewing as well.  Karen has another project started and did her best to corrupt some youngsters and bring them to the fibre side.  So, par for the course, really. We discuss some more NASA nerdiness, some insane Thanksgiving goodies (CherPumPle, anyone?), [...]

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22

Nov

Episode 18: I Don’t Have a Problem! I Can Stop At Any Time!

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In this bigger-than-usual episode, there’s the return of a poor, neglected project on Karen’s part and some slogging through a current project and important travel knitting decisions on Maggie’s.  We squeal over a new trailer (BRAVE, OMG!), an idea for some holiday baking, some good news about geeks in higher education and some legislation that could affect a lot of people [...]

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15

Nov

Episode 17: The Internet: Not Just for Pr0n

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This week there are finished objects and new projects as well as some tough decisions to make about what to knit next.  We discuss a big nerd sporting event, some movie news and proof that the Internet can be used for good (and for boobs).  Need some gift suggestions for the geek in your life? [...]

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7

Nov

Episode 16: Well Someone’s a Little Stoned

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This week, Maggie’s on some fun antibiotics, so she’s feeling a little loopy.  Thankfully she’s finished one very large project and didn’t try working on the others that she has on the go.  Karen, meanwhile, is still working on the same things as last week, though she does have some suggestions for those that are [...]

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2

Nov

Epsiode 15: BOO!

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We’re back with the old projects, new yarn,  and a special guest that pipes up occasionally.  Maggie has a very large finished project, Karen has the same project getting bigger.  There’s news that Warner Brothers is throwing the invisibility cloak over the Harry Potter movies, a big list of Halloweeny movies and food and a [...]

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18

Oct

Episode 14: Baaaaa!

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This week there’s some old projects and some new ones, and one that’s been started yet again.  We talk about comics and women, comics and movies, a very old cartoon tv show and a not-quite-as-old movie whose heart is going on in 3D next year.  There’s some squealing about some cute things for your knitting [...]

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12

Oct

Episode 13: Lucky Frakkin’ Thirteen

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This week we finally get through the podcast on the fourth try (no, really), with the help of Admin Monkey who was our human mic-holder for the night.  Once we actually get recording, there’s news about our projects including a finished object. Of course we can’t avoid the sad geek news of the week about [...]

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6

Oct

Episode 12: Ravenclawesome

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This week there’s an epic saga of a certain stole and some alternate plans for knitting.  There’s a newbie perspective on Pottermore (prepare yourself for the squealing now) and some speculation on a new gadget.  There’s some news on a nerdy book coming out in a few months, some tips for sock knitting and some [...]

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28

Sep

Episode 11: We’re Not Dead Yet!

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This week we’re back after a short break with some new projects and some old ones that are still hanging around.   There’s some chatter and news about movies already released and coming out soon, some pondering how a network might not screw something up that they likely will, and a discovery of some seriously [...]

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19

Sep

Quick update

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Sorry guys, but there won’t be a show coming out this week.  Maggie’s been feeling crappy all weekend and so we decided to forego a show.  We’re still planning to record this upcoming Friday, however! See you next Monday/Tuesday!

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13

Sep

Episode 10: A Day at the Fair

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This week, it’s mostly about the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair.  Who we met (hi Delores!), what we saw, what we were looking for, what we got, and a few little tips on how to go to these kinds of events and not be totally overwhelmed. But it’s not just all Fair, all the time–there’s a little [...]

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9

Sep

Small Knitters’ Fair Update

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So while the stickers and my shirt shipped separately, the stickers shipping a day or two ahead of the shirt, guess which one actually arrived? So yeah, sorry to anyone that’s coming to the Fair, we won’t have stickers to give out.  We’d still love to meet anyone that’s going, though, so come on up [...]

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6

Sep

Episode 9: Here Be Dragon(Con)s

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This week, there’s some discussion of a con we’re not at but wish we were, there are some finished objects, some progress on others (and a couple started *cough*) as well as a handy tip for knitting lace.  There’s quite a bit of movie-related news involving some interesting casting and a classic’s re-release that has [...]

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29

Aug

Episode 8: Hunkerin’ Down in the Yarn Bunker

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On this week’s episode, the adventures in knitting have taken a toll due to end-of-the-summer craziness, but there’s some adventures in yarn buying and some grandiose plans to make up for it.  This episode is also brimming with cute and LOLs (thanks to a couple inventive tumblr accounts and a band with a flashback to [...]

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23

Aug

Episode 7: Put on Your Rantypanties and Man the Cupcake Trebuchet

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In this episode, there’s an update on what we’re working on (and what we wish we were working on).  There’s a couple geeky things that made us mad this week, and so we get our rant on, complete with  cupcake trebuchets, glitter psychological warfare and a couple f-bombs (we use the explicit tag for a [...]

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16

Aug

Episode 6: Beware a Geek Scorned

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In this week’s episode, Karen is renaming her Viper Pilot Socks and waffling about yet another project, while Maggie has a finished object and is slogging away on the Quilt of Doom.  There are some fannish disappointments (JACKSOOOOOOOON!! *shakes fist*) and some squealing (POTTERMORE!) along with in-depth discussion about the tension between networks and fans, as well as [...]

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10

Aug

Episode 5: Spending Time in the Penalty Box

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This week we have finished projects! (woot!)  Or partly finished, at least.  We talk movies with Cowboys & Aliens and Captain America (no spoilers), Karen’s crazy Sock Summit/SG-1 crossover ideas, some geeky gear and new Twist Collective.  Oh, and some little thing no one’s probably heard about called Pottermore. Don’t forget to check out the [...]

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2

Aug

Episode 4: Sock Summit Stowaways

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In this episode we give you an update on what we’re knitting and talk a little bit about yarn shopping in Toronto, discuss some of the things we’d liked to have seen at Sock Summit if we’d been able to go (sob) as well as some fannish anxieties and awesome costumes, as well as giving [...]

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25

Jul

Episode 3: Get Your Con On

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In this episode, we talk about our adventures in knitting (mostly the same as last week, with one finished object) as well as spinning and dyeing.  There’s news from the first couple days of San Diego Comic-Con (not firsthand, sadly), some out of this world news (sorry, couldn’t resist) with what may be Neil Gaiman’s [...]

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18

Jul

Episode 2: The Potter’Splosion is Upon Us

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In this episode, we share our Adventures in Knitting, including some frogging as well as finished objects.  Karen explodes about the newest Harry Potter movie (see times below if you want to avoid spoilers!) and does get around to some other geeky news, and we share another of our favourite indie dyers. Avoiding Deathly Hallows [...]

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11

Jul

Episode 01: We Can Haz Podcast?

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Welcome to our first episode! In this episode, we give you a little introduction to your hosts, tell you our Adventures in Knitting (hint: advance Christmas knitting and one shawl with a crazypants deadline), let out a loud Geek Squee about the two Harrys (Potter and Dresden, respectively) and let you know what yarns and [...]

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