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Geek Girl Con 2011: Not Just for Girls

Geek Girl Con 2011When Geek Girl Con was first announced over the online geek community, the reactions were quite mixed. Of course, “the haters” were very much present and vocalized their distaste for a convention claiming to be a “geek girls only” club. Not quite sure why people are so allergic with the wold “girl” or “girls” but it was interesting to see the whole situation play out.

The convention’s vice president, Tammy Vince Cruz, connected with me via twitter about a year ago and we began chatting. She kept hinting that I needed to come out for the convention until I eventually broke down and purchased a flight to Seattle. I personally dug the idea, obviously. I love their mission statement: to raise awareness of how women are involved in every aspect of geek culture, whether it be Star Wars, comic books or science and math.

Geek Girl Con was one of the best conventions I’ve attended in a long time. I will write more  about this convention with better photos but for now, here’s my Geek Girl Con highlights as told by photos from my phone.

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October 12, 2011by Space Pirate Queen
Crochet & Knitting

Halloween Craft – Other ideas

I’ve got one more Halloween project up my sleeve for this month, but while I’m finishing that, I thought I’d post some other patterns that I wish I had time to do or just think are down right amazing.

All of these can be found on Ravelry, most are free.

Sorting Hat – How amazing looking is this? Definitely on my list to make some day.

sorting hat

But wait, there’s more

October 12, 2011by Pilbeam

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