Ep. 074 Red Flags in Scientific Research; Knit-in-Place Sock Patches; Tips for Re-knitting a Pattern; The Last Coastal Redwood Forest -- Headwaters; Giveaways

What We Learned in Our Knitting:

Margaret tried a Knit-in-place patch for her holey socks:

http://jackie-es.com/the-designing-day/repairing-a-hand-knit-sock-with-a-knit-in-place-patch.php

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

Catherine ran into some “learning opportunities" for knitting a pattern for a second time:  lady violet’s gauntlet 

originally with Bugga  Cotton Stainer .  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lady-violets-dinner-gauntlets   

 

Brainy Thing: 

Finding red flags in scientific research:  Jennifer Raff  University of Kansas   How to read a scientific report

example:  coconut oil  https://www.snopes.com/2017/06/28/aha-coconut-oil/

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-raff/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper_b_5501628.html

checking who is sponsoring research

 

Redwood Curtain:

Catherine shares about Headwaters Forest,  -= last coastal redwood forrest https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/headwaters-forest-reserve

https://redwoodparksconservancy.org/visit-headwaters

 

Giveaways:

We have another membership incentive give away and another book giveaway.

 

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