Episode 4

This week my tv access was unfortunately interrupted. Gotta love sites that force you to log in with your cable provider when you don't have one. So for a short time I have to postpone talking about Xfiles and Walking Dead.

Knitting, Patterns, Project Oh My: -Gidday Baby Cardigan is done!
 Blocked, buttoned, and gifted. Turned out great!
- Still Working on Metamorphic pullover
- Finished Chelsea Market Hat
 - Cast Ethan the Aviator Hat

Also some raving about some new Madtosh Yarn I received. Clouds in my Coffee, even the name of the color sounds pretty!

Geek Files: 
- So guess who is going to San Diego Comic Con?! Yes!! I managed to nab a badge for the whole thing and I'm so excited. It was a bit of a shock and I'm both incredibly excited and a little nervous. But I can't wait and I'm sure it will be an absolute blast! It might require its own episode!

 -Game of Thrones, new trailer...Hall of Faces. What did you think? Are you excited for Season 6 in April?

REAL WORLD: -Check out Modcloth! Fun website with all kinds of cute girly things. Geeky Dresses, fun jewelry, and just an overall neat concept. Love the styles they've come up with. And what geek girl wouldn't love this dress?


Links:

Modcloth

Firebox- where you can find the death star cookie jar!


Patterns

Chelsea Market Hat
Metamorphic Pullover
 Ethan the Aviator

Episode 3 is up!

Welcome! This week some great news! Knits Beyond Normal is now available on Itunes! If you have the podcast app, or search in the online store...you can find the podcast and download, or subscribe through the app.

Knitting, patterns, projects Oh My: The Candy Girl cardigan is finished! Just waiting on buttons and blocking being done. Turned out so cute!  The was the Gidday Cardigan on ravelry pattern, link is in the notes from Episode 2.

Scrap Hat is done as well. Here is how it turned out.

 

 Not a bad way to use up ends!

GEEK FILES---- SPOILER WARNING-----

X-Files: Talk about second episode of reunion season. William! Loved this episode, familiar territory that addressed things alot of die hard fans wondered about, what Mulder and Scully thought about their son, his future,the possibilities. And Kyle and Molly, the alien kiddos. Good story, a bit of a weak tie in, but still a good watch!

The Walking Dead Returns: Did you watch?! Most of my predictions came true about this one, but as I watched it I got more nervous about even more characters getting the axe.  But my favorites made it thru this week alive, I can breathe for one more episode! And Daryl, love!

Star Wars, The Force Awakens: Thoughts upon second theater viewing. Adam Driving growing on me as Kylo Ren, some speculation about Finn's and Poe's characters and emotions still were everywhere even upon a second watch!

SVCC:  Going to my first convention. So jazzed about this! I can't wait. Some celebs, actors, comic artists, even science techs.  

SDCC: Tickets will be going on sale soon, may the odds be ever in your favor!!

GEEK STUFF: Check out Geek Armory! Collection of links to buy all kinds of fun geeky t-shirts and merch. Everything from Harry Potter to Star Wars, Star Trek, Zombie, science, tech, video game geekery too.

Throwback Fandom: Roswell! Check out this show on DVD or Netflix. Fun teen sci fi drama. 

"What's so Great About Normal?" 

LINK LIST

Geek Armory

Silicon Valley Comic Con 2016

The Walking Dead (watch it here)

Episode 2 is live!

 Welcome back! So still learning about how to edit this ....a little better this time and a little more content!

Knitting, Patterns, Projects, oh my:

- Napolitain Cardigan is finished! Was a smashing success. Fit the little miss really well and even was spot on for sleeve length.

-Started a new cardigan (Gidday) for the next little girl relative with a birthday coming up. So many little ones celebrating milestones in these couple months. Also working on a scrap hat for my boy child, stashbuster project!

-Upcoming knitalong. Excited about the possibilities that this tiny twist knitalong is going to offer.

Geek Files

X files returns: Yay!!!! My original fandom. Mulder and Scully were my heroes back in the day and still are to an extent. I loved seeing them back on my tv. You must go watch! I need to catch up, part of me wants to binge watch the heck out of this and the other half is trying to watch slower and savor every moment.

The Walking Dead: About to come back from mid season break! Who do you thinks lives? There are all kinds of dark suspicions about the fates of certain characters coming up before the end of this season. Cross your fingers that Maggie and Glenn are safe! And seriously nice release date, who doesn't want Zombies on Valentines day?!

Game of Thrones:  Speculation on the fate of Jon Snow is all over the place on the webs these days. Do you think he lives, do you think he's dead? Is he on the show, off the show, dead or undead? Theories abound.

Star Wars Review Postponed:  I am going to try to get in one more theater viewing before jumping into this. I want to get all my thoughts in order, and this is a movie that I really want to see again before it leaves the big screen.

Real World Rants/Raves

 Valentines day is nearly upon us . Whether you celebrate it or not, ThinkGeek.com has  bouquets of stuffed droids and stormtroopers that are just awesome.  Also the partner rings (Doctor/Companion, I love you/I know) Lots of fun geeky gift ideas.

-Happy Chinese New year! This is apparently the year of the Fire Monkey.

-Headline Cuteness: Sea Lion pup wanders into beachfront cafe and has a nap in a booth. Only in San Diego. As cute as the pics were it was a little sad to hear that the pup was suffering from medical issues, but she was quickly taken in by the rescue team at Sea World who hope to help her recover and be released back into the wild.

List for the week:  Top 5 Flower picks!

Thanks for Listening.


Link List

Napolitain Cardi
Gidday Cardigan

Madelinetosh Online Store (Tiny Twists, etc) 

X-FILES (Watch it on  fox here)
Droid Bouquets!

Marine the sea Lion

Hi!

Welcome to the blog for Knits Beyond Normal!

This is a new podcast that I am trying to get up and running.  Knits Beyond Normal will be a podcast that discusses knitting, yarn, patterns, and projects. We'll also be talking about books, movies, tv and other things in our Geek Files segment. I'm a bit of  series addict to a few different programs (Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Jessica Jones, Doctor Who, Sherlock ,etc).  In this testing episode there is also a little bit of talk about the new Star Wars film! I touch on my initial reaction to the film (Warning: I am a Star Wars fan, not a super scholar, but a pretty big fan).  I close out this test episode with a top 5 list. (I like odd numbers!)

I will be getting an email up and running in an episode or two where you can contact me about things you hear on the podcast, or things you want to hear.

I will also try to include links to things I talk about (yarns, projects, patterns, etsy items) here in the blog so you can search out things you may be interested in.

Thanks for listening!