Ep. 073 Sleep to Remember; Swap to Find Community; Stretch Learning with Fair Isle Ornaments; Learn Science at the HSU Natural History Museum

Brainy:    15:17              Behind the Redwood curtain:  24:25

What We’re Learning From Our Knitting:

Catherine enjoys community and patterns  — and sprucing up her kitchen on Ravelry called the Annual Dishcloth Swap, https://www.ravelry.com/groups/annual-dishcloth-swap.  

Margaret Found the “Goldilocks” amount of challenge in Tranis Gray’s Craftsy Fair Isle Ornaments class and improved her Fair Isle techniques, make one left and right, provisional cast on, and working with double point needles on a small circumference.   The result was fun, learning and beautiful Christmas Ornaments.  

 Class:  https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/classes/fair-isle-holiday-ornaments/497492

Often referred to instructions on fair isle. Philosopher’s Wool: https://www.philosopherswool.com/Pages/Twohandedvideo.htm  

Trapping Floats:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A-aZWpArY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajppfcE_HAA

Photos:   The stripped ornament was a practice one — less complicated to be able to concentrate on knitting with double  points.  (not pattern)    

 

BrainyThing:   :  

Catherine shares Newark University research by Gregori Busaki and his group on just how sleep helps to anchor our memories of the day.  

Rutgers University 2009, Newark University gregori busaki  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915174506.htm

http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-cirb/zugaro.htm

She also mentions Dr. Kirk Parsley who specializes in Sleep.  http://www.docparsley.com/about/

Rutgers University 2009   and Newark University gregori busaki 

 

Behind the Redwood Curtain:

HSU Natural History Museum

http://www2.humboldt.edu/natmus/index.html

 

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Today on Teaching Your Brain to Knit we explore enhancing your memory with Sleep;  Getting the Pleasure of Community (and patterns) in the Dishcloth Swap;   Finding the “Just Right” amount of Challenge in Fair Isle Christmas Ornaments; AND Exploring treasures in the HSU Natural History Museum