It’s been a hell of a year for us at Social Knitworking. There were epic road trips, knitting retreats, new jobs, moves, relationship changes, unemployment, and more, all the with knitting holding us together. I feel like I’ve just written a blurb for a crappy chick lit novel, but it’s true.

I’ve had a couple of great knitting successes this year. I finally knit a sweater that I love. It was my House Colors project for Rhinebeck this year, Pioneer in orange Silky Wool. I also knit a lovely scarf for my significant other, the Stained Glass Scarf from Handknit Holidays.

My half success was completing one sock out of a pair of Galadriel. Perhaps for 2012 I’ll aim to finish the second sock. Also plugging along is my Blankie. It’s cozy to knit now, keeping my lap warm as I knit.

We’ve started our 2012 knit planning. I have the aforesaid sock to finish. (The heel has turned, all that’s left is the endless lacy leg.) Jenn and I are planning a Tangled Yoke Cardigan knit-along starting in February. There’s The Blankie to work on and I’d love to add to my basket of weird knitted creatures.

What are your knitting stories of 2011 and your plans for 2012?

In this episode, recorded in Jenn’s basement with a coffee table full of alcohol, we drink many beverages of an adult nature, we contemplate hymens of different mammals, Connie calls in to discuss her evening without us (our fault!), Andrea recaps 5 seasons of Supernatural for Jenn and Joanna, we sing along to late ’80s and early ’90s hip-hop, and… oh yeah, we talk about our knitting projects and what we’ve been working on over the past month. With or without alcohol involved.

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In this episode, recorded unfortunately too close to the speaker at our local coffee shop, we discuss going back to school, taking classes, knitting during lectures, and the sexiness of professors.

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In this short but lovely episode, recorded in Andrea’s swanky new apartment, we discuss summer weather, moving, our busy lives, and Christmas knitting.

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Make your way down to National Mechanics and join the ladies of Social Knitworking this coming Saturday (9/5/09) at 11am as we taste our way through several brunch beverage options, including Make-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar featuring the National Mechanics signature bacon vodka.

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August’s theme is Nerdy Knitting, so fire up your Firefly DVDs and roll out your dice. In this episode, we discuss fandom knits (including Whedonverse, Warcraft, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter) and knitting for nerds and geeks; Joanna reports from the Gencon floor; Andrea interviews Terrycloth Green; we steal the “Stick It in Your Queue” segment from the sadly defunct Dharmalars podcast.

Episode playlist

• “Engines Make Me Hot (Kaylee’s Song)”, Lauren Fairweather
• “Roll the Dice”, Sinister Six
• “The Gary Gygax Song”, Uncle Monsterface
• “Game Store Girl”, Beefy
• “Nerd Lust”, Schaffer the Darklord

A mostly complete list of show notes and links can be found at Show Notes!

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In this installment of Social Knitworking Nuggets: Andrea, Jenn, and Joanna welcome Connie back to Philadelphia and introduce her to the podcast viewers.

In this installment of Social Knitworking Nuggets: Andrea and Jenn, with the help of several TSRs and Other Joanna, discuss boobs. Would you like to knit some?

• The Knitted Knockers Program
• Tit Bits pattern from Knitty, Fall 2005

In this first installment of Social Knitworking Nuggets: Andrea, Jenn, and Joanna introduce themselves to the world at the regular Tuesday night knitting circle; Joanna unveils her newest addition; we all look at boobs.

This past weekend found two of our SocialKnitworking heroines, Andrea and Joanna, in New York City for several epic adventures. Apparently, as early as Friday night, there was so much epic just at rock show with Shael Riley and Schaffer the Darklord that Joanna… well, let’s just listen to her voicemail, shall we?

A full recap of this adventure weekend, including a review of the Shael/Schaffer show plus our thoughts on the Video Game Vixens burlesque, will be covered in our inaugaral podcast on Nerdy Knitting, coming at you end of August.

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