It’s the 2010 Ravelympics, and the Savvy Girls are off and knitting….

Deborah knits almost every second of every day to ensure victory for Team Canada, whilst Melanie toils away on her socks of evil.

Deborah’s competing with the February Fitted Pullover, and so many dishcloths…
Melanie’s projects follow more of a theme (can you figure it out?): Squeaky Socks, Squeaky Sweater, and Guccsqueaki Purse.

Also, Deborah’s got some BIG news! What is it? Listen to find out!

Introducing Ask A Savvy Girl:
Do you have any questions about anything?
…Why is the sky blue?… Why does the dryer monster eat socks?…
Whatever the pressing inquiry, the Savvy Girls can help!  Ask away in the comments, or on the Ravelry discussion board.

Then, both Melanie and Deborah record their innermost thoughts and feelings in their Ravelympics Yarn Diary. Deborah (of course) talks about more knitting, while Melanie tells all about the commercial shoot she starred in… in her own apartment.

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The 2010 Ravelympics are upon us. The girls talk about how they’ve been preparing to compete.

Deborah’s friend Corrine drops in to talk about some of her first knitting projects, including the Clapotis scarf, the Sunny Baby Blanket, Angela’s Fabulous Felted Bag, and Thrummed Mittens.

Our Confessions Contest is still open for just 2 more weeks. Leave your confession in the comments, or on Ravelry.

Melanie’s Knit-Lit this week is the book Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace.

Melanie’s Ravelympics project will be the French Press Felted Slippers, and Deborah’s making the February Fitted Pullover.
Are you competing in the Ravelympics? Share your projects in the comments, or join us in our active Ravelry group.

 

 Ravelympics of Love [61:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Savvy Girls, with both Melanie and Deborah hard at work on their knitting projects, among other things…

As Deborah attempt to coordinate her knee-socks, Melanie’s neighbourhood gets to know her a bit more than she intended.

Deborah describes her experience test-knitting the Linda Butterfly Socks, and takes on some New Years resolutions with her “Emerald” hand-spun sweater.

Our Bringing It Back words are shenanigans and tomfoolery.  See if you can use them in a conversation this week.

Melanie gets a little incentive to finish her socks. But will she do it? Listen to her Yarn Diary entries to find out.

Deborah talks about the yarn she used to make Melanie’s Star-Crossed Slouchy Beret, and interviews with Montevideo-based 100 Pure Wool.

Melanie reads some knit-lit: a selection from Little Mittens for The Little Darlings by Frances “Aunt Fanny” Elizabeth Barrow

Don’t forget to enter our contest! Leave your confession in the comments, or on Ravelry.

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 Mittens, Socks, and All Those Shenanigans [61:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Brother (aka our podcast admin) is currently feeling a little

So the show might be a few days late.

Sorry!

It’s a birthday party, and everyone’s invited!

Melanie gets ready to celebrate her special day. She delivers a piggy sweater to Big Red at Katie’s Critters. The gerbils make a special present, and even New York City Transit gets involved when Melanie attempts to knit.
Deborah plays with her friend Corinne in Buenos Aires, and they learn some other unpleasant facts about guinea piggies.  If you want to see a picture of the Peruvian delicacy, click here.

Thank you to Gerbilgal for the wonderful interview!
Check out her Etsy shop, and read her gerbil Digger’s Journal. (It is brilliant. If you read it, you will cry. I am almost crying even thinking of it… *sniff*)

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 Happy Birthsqueak! [34:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It is a new year, and the Savvy Girls have hit the ground running.

Deborah buys a llama (almost), and spins up a storm, while Melanie attempts to knit a piggy sweater for her favourite guinea pig, Big Red.

Have the girls managed to keep up their new year resolutions? If so, Deborah has a lot of knitting to do, and Melanie needs to keep away from open flames…

Special guests on this episode are young knitting expert Regan (aka frecklegirl726), all the way from sunny Texas; and Deborah and Melanie’s Mom, who drops in to read them a story… a fiber-related story, of course!

To enter our contest, post a confession as a comment below, or on the discussion board of our Ravelry group – look for the thread titled Confessions
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We have been having some problems with our RSS and iTunes feeds over the past couple days.
It finally looks like we might have a solution, so this should be resolved soon.

We really appreciate your patience, and hope that this hasn’t been too much of an inconvenience for you.

Thanks for sticking with us!

Update: Looks like it’s all fixed now!!!

It’s a New Year’s party, and everyone’s here!

The next podcast is already filling up, with proper interviews, literature, and knitting talk… but is it vacation time, so this one is just a lot of fun!

This week, Melanie is podcasting from Alberta, Canada; and Deborah is in Argentina.  It is a mini-cast, so the busy listeners will still have time to go out and enjoy New Year’s Eve.

Melanie and Deborah swap New Year’s resolutions (and yes, those yoga pants are already in Argentina by now!)

The gerbils squeak hello from Summer Camp, and even Deborah’s dog Kefira gets to sing!

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After some technical difficulties, the Savvy Girls have returned!

Join Melanie as she recounts the tale of her socks.

Deborah talks about what she is working on, including:

• Mud Season short-sleeved sweater by Elizabeth Smith (Ravelry link)
• Ishbel shawl
• 198 Yards Of Heaven (Ravelry link)

Inspired by Sophie Kinsella’s book Can You Keep a Secret?, the girls confess some of their deepest, darkest secrets! (OK maybe not, but at least some of the funnier ones.)

Deborah features a yarn from her favourite Argentinian shop: Yanabey pure wool.

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 Confessions And The Epic Sock Saga [56:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week, the girls chat about what they’ve been up to, and take you along with them on the New York City Yarn Crawl (better late than never!).

Interviews in this episode:
Berta Karapetyan, Author of Runway Knits
Jayson Kerr, Melanie’s fellow singer in Babes in Toyland

Join us in our new Ravelry Group!

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