Thu, 5 December 2019
Brainy: 15:22 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 29:45 What We’re Learning from our Knitting: Catherine has found the same peace with English Paper Quilting that she gets with knitting but she’s not abandoning knitting and has plans for new projects. Margaret revisited the Jewish Hearts for Pittsburgh, making one for her. hearts 6 pointed stars She also discovers an interesting book on an historical look at using crafts for dissent. Crafting Dissent by Hinda Mandell https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Dissent-Handicraft-Revolution-Association/dp/1538118394/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crafting+dissent&qid=1575327532&s=books&sr=1-1 And of course, she found another Laura Nelkin pattern to knit up — a felted hot pad: Another Contexta by Laura Nelkin https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/another-contexta using Germantown wool Brainy Thing: On her way to check out Theta Waves Catherine discovers binaural beats that in one study successfully relieved pre-surgery anxiety. There are also wild claims about this phenomenon but research is showing that some of those claims may be proven out. Also, she offers a tip on a show that illustrates the amazing-ness of the human brain: NOVA 4619 Looks Who’s Driving https://video.aptv.org/video/nova-4619-grmkax/ Behind the Redwood Curtain: Margaret reports on a must-see North Coast phenomen — Fern Canyon. Today, in Episode 109 of Teaching Your Brain to Knit, we touch on English Paper Quilting, we follow up on Jewish Hearts for Pittsburgh, and look at another Laura Nelkin kit — a felted hot pad called Another Contexta. Although there are some wild claims for binaural beats, some studies are showing useful applications. We talk about them. And then we report on the famous, magical Fern Canyon in Behind the Redwood Curtain. Thank you for listening to our podcast. You can find the show notes on ravelry and inside some podcast apps. You can find us on Facebook and rarely instagram. We hope you subscribe and continue to listen to us.
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Wed, 6 November 2019
Ep. 108 Brain Changes in Animal-Human Interaction; Cairos Wristlet; Yield of Washcloth Swap; and the Samoa Cookhouse
Brainy Thing: 16:15 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 27:41 Margaret finished the Laura Nelkin Kairos wristlet https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kairos-2. She particularly liked the randomness of the bead placement. This was a kit and Laura offers 5 different colorways on her etsy store. Catherine hasn’t done much knitting but she’s working on a pair of Baby Socks https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-socks-23 and has reaped the rewards of her dishcloth exchange. https://www.ravelry.com/groups/annual-dishcloth-swap: Some of the patterns she received are Blossom (crochet), The Almost Lost Washcloth https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-almost-lost-washcloth; in swimming pool colorway, The Sail Away Dishcloth— (joann’s ) and Poppy. Brainy Thing: Brain Changes in Animal-Human Interactions Why does it feel so good to pet your animal (or even watch colorful fish?) There’s a whole world of research out there and recent studies show chemical and structural changes in both animal and human brains when they interact. And those changes make both feel good. Book mentioned : How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain by Gregory Berns Other research links: Welcome to episode 108 of Teaching Your Brain to Knit, a bit delayed because of power outages and other events. Today, we will explore how the brain changes in animal and human interactions; we’ll talk about a cute little beaded wristlet; report on the Annual Washcloth exchange, and discuss a Northcoast landmark — the Samoa Cookhouse. Thank you for listening to our podcast. You can subscribe to us on most podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Shownotes are on Ravelry and on many podcast platforms, embedded in the show. We’re behind posting on our Webpage but we’ll catch up someday. Behind the Redwood Curtain: The Samoa Cookhouse samoa cookhouse winter hours https://www.samoacookhouse.net/menu
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Wed, 18 September 2019
Brainy: 13:05 Behind the Redwood Curtain 27:30 What We’re Learning from our Knitting: It’s socks, socks, socks in our knitting this episode. Catherine shares the sad tale of her puppy getting to a washcloths she had finished for her Washcloth exchange. Now she gets to keep the slightly chewed Vortex 5 by Rebecca Hudson https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vortex-5-dishcloth but needs to make another one. She decided on the perfect traveling project: Baby socks. Some patterns she likes are ribbed far away baby socks originally from Afghan for afghans made in worsted weight https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-far-away-baby-socks. She also like another free baby socks pattern: jelly bean baby sock spud and chloe Susan B Anderson https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jelly-bean-baby-socks Margaret also is working on socks — this time the nugget peds by Laura Nelkin https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#sort=best&inline=&query=Nugget%20peds. She also offers some of her favorite sock tips: kate Atherly heel trick http://kateatherley.blogspot.com/2014/04/more-questions-on-sock-fit.html lucy neatby heel The slippurl and alternative heel stitch https://www.lucyneatby.com/extras/newsletters/SY19.html Finchley graft video by Roxanne Richardson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3sD_RU720c (watch out! The opening ad is loud) Lorilee Beltman how to remember the kitchner stitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkW3kP7RZdk Brainy Thing: Analysis Paralysis overanalysis squelches creativity 1959 Barry Swartz The paradox of choice The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Podcast recommended: Happier (also by Gretchen Rubin) Ambition and balance blog by Doist Links: Behind the Redwood Curtain: Fancy Website: Visit Humboldt https://www.visithumboldt.com/ More basic website: Humboldt california redwood coast https://www.visitredwoods.com/ Today on Episode 107 of Teaching Your Brain to Knit we discuss a beaded cuff sock, Nugget Peds by laura Nelkin plus a few sock tips and tricks to spice it up; We find baby socks the perfect travel knitting and offer some patterns. Analysis Paralysis is a real thing and we not share the brain science behind it but offer some tips to kicking it; and we present an overview of tourism on the Northcoast from attractions to wholistic groceries. Today we have another give away — this time a book from my library — a gently owned book named “Slow Knitting a journey from sheep to skein to stitch” by Hannah Thiessen. It chronicles her journey from the “getting it done quickly” attitude with her knitting to slowing down and deep her understanding of all the processes of her practice. The book is a mixture of patterns, essays from a variety of professionals in the industry and beautiful photographs. Companies include Green Mountain Spinner and O-Wool. The patterns include lots of sweaters but also shawls and cowls and hats and mittens. Hannah divides her book with the themes of “source carefully” produce thoughtfully think environmenta lly experiment fearlessly and explore Openly. This is a book you slow down with and come back too.
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Tue, 13 August 2019
Ep. 106 Summer socks, beaded i-cord, color app, washcloth exchange, The Placebo Effect, Arcata Fairy Festival
Brainy thing: 18:37 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 29:19 What We’re Learning From Our Knitting Margaret finished a pair of summer socks: Top down, 1x1 twist rib cuff, afterthought heel with gusset, (check out Ariana Hipsagh gussets in afterthought heel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUyJM2FBH_o Reena Meijer Dress Knit better Socks blog http://knitbettersocks.blogspot.com/) The yarn is Canon Hand Dyed 80 Merino, 10 Cashmere and 10 nylon.by The Amy Lee Show and the colorway is “I will believe that there are unicorns” a part of her January Shakespeare Club and a quote from the Tempest. She learned a lot from making the first step from Laura Nelkin’s Ducenti Shawl https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ducenti-mkal— a beaded i-cord. Made from in two different but closely coordinated colors, the two skeins of yarn came in Laura Nelkin’s Ducenti Shawl kit, originally a mystery kit.They are a wonderfully soft single ply Dragonfly Fibers, Pixie yarn in 100 % merino in a mossy green and a variegated dark putty, with hints of a brassy brown and green. But she’s not making the the full shawl as designed by Laura. She’s using it as the bottom of Eline Oftedal’s Waves Shoulder Cosy https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wave-shoulder-cosy Catherine shares a free app from Home Depot for matching up colors. She finds the matches are a tad on the dark side but still thinks it’s a nifty tool. She found some yarn she’s long been looking for from Lion Brand gradient stripe in pink for a dog sweater for a dog who looks fierce but isn’t. She is working on her Dishcloth exchange using cotton she had on hand plus a ball of lily’s sugar and cream in white, lime, teal green, and lavendar. The pattern is Vortex 5 by Rebecca Hudson (Meditative is her Rav name.) Brainy Thing Margaret reports on recent research on the Placebo effect — Among the findings are that it works even if people know they are taking a placebo, it works in animals, and it changes an enzyme in the brain. Arcata Fairy Festival A new kid-friendly event in Arcata is the Fairy Festival, celebrating its second year and planning for the next. Give Away Another fun giveaway. Be the first to request it on the Ravelry thread. In this episode of Teaching Your Brain to Knit we discuss summer socks, beaded i-cord, the dishcloth exchange anda pink striped yarn for a dog. We share the latest on the Placebo Effect and report on a new area event, The Arcata Fairy Festival.
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Sun, 14 July 2019
Brainy Thing: 15:16 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 27:41 In episode 105 of Teaching Your Brain to Knit we share our knitting stories with buffalo wool, the log cabin mitts, blankets and blanket squares. We report on research about the effect of diet on depression and the reintroduction of the condor in the Northcoast. What we’re learning from our Knitting: Catherine plays "too little/too much" with her Caron Big Cake (https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/caron-big-cakes) a 100% acrylic yarn. But she’ll end up with a smaller baby sized blanket and blanket squares for a charity blanket. Margaret tries out Buffalo Wool Company Prairie (bison and silk) https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/stunning-string-studio-prairie on a pair of log cabin mitts https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/log-cabin-mitts by Karen Templer. Great yarn and a fun pattern. Brainy Thing: Is there a relationship between diet and depression? Catherine reports on recent research designed to show the impact of a healthy, modified Mediterranean and depression. (It helped.)https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325240.php Behind the Redwood Curtain: Margaret discovers the history of the condor along the North Coast and exciting news that they will be reintroduced. A Little Podcast Business: We miss podcasting as much and plan to increase the number of podcasts we’re putting out PLUS we have a yarn give away. A little Podcast Busines After a few months on a less frequent schedule for our podcast, Catherine and I have missed it and plan now to put out a podcast about once a month. It may vary a bit — 3 weeks or 5 weeks but somewhere around one podcast a month. For the time being, we’ll stick to the same format. And, as a special treat today, we have a giveaway from the stash — a beautiful handspun, thick and thin, sken of 100% BFL or blue face leister totally 100 gram and containing 106 meters. It has a marled look with green, a medium dark purple, tan and a offwhite. It is from Friday Studios. The first one to request this yarn in the 105 episode thread will receive it. Until next time.
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Sat, 18 May 2019
Today on episode 104 of the Teaching Your Brain to Knit podcast we have a special treat: an interview with master knitting teacher Anna Zilboorg. I recorded this last October while on an Camp Stitches workshop in Coeur d’Alene Idaho. I was excited to be registered in Anna’s workshop-- Design as You Go Construction. I have all of Anna’s book and I’ve long admired her philosophy and approach to knitting that she lays out in her book Knitting for Anarchists. In this interview about both quilting and knitting, Anna shares a bit of her own history, she touches on meditative knitting, she celebrates our hands, she talks about learning through the mind and learning with the hands and she worries about knitting becoming rote and- rule bound rather than people growing into being being craftspeople. Anna's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Anna+Zilboorg&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Look for her classes at Stitches events. Information from Wikipedia on terms Anna uses: accusative — i.e. They like them — they is nominative, them is accusative reflexive is used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subjective myself, herself, oneself In grammar, a reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, "I wash myself". More generally, a reflexive verb has the same semantic agent and patient (typically represented syntactically by the subject and the direct object). For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure oneself. In a wider sense, the term refers to any verb form whose grammatical object is a reflexive pronoun, regardless of semantics; such verbs are also referred to as pronominal verbs, especially in grammars of the Romance languages. In the Romance languages, the pronominal verbs is a parent category with reflexive verbs as only one of its sub-categories. Other kinds of pronominal verbs are reciprocal (they killed each other), passive (it is told), subjective, idiomatic (the presence of the reflexive pronoun In her book Splendid Apparel, Anna writes that her mother worried she thought too much about her knitting and directed her towards more academic pursuits. Anna was educated at Harvard and taught at MIT but eventually left the academic world of the mind. She is skeptical of brain oriented knitting and credits the hands for their own intelligence, especially in crafts. She encourages people to understand their knitting and not just follow the rules. She’s a bit like Elizabeth Zimmerman in that way. But Anna also offers detailed instruction on techniques. The traveling twisted stitch is one of them. And she’s unvented and adapted a number of other techniques I’ve edited out a lot of this free wheeling interview although I believe some of you would have enjoyed discussions of feminism and academic politics. But I wanted to focus on Anna’s journey from the straight lines and head thinking of the academic world to the wandering and explorative world of her hands and her heart. She is now an Anglican solitary who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and she teaches knitting at workshops and conferences on the side. Throughout the recording, I’ll stop and explain what I’ve edited out and where we’ll head next. I begin by asking her about something she said in class and writes about in her books: Knitting instructions never used to be written and learned from —They weren’t even spoken and listened to. They were demonstrated and copied. Just to expand a bit on hand learning versus mind learning. Anna writes in her book Magnificent Mittens and Socks: “About learning, there is one thing to say: it isn’t easy. It is always difficult for fingers to learn to do something new. On the other hand, when they do, they learn it. They never forget it , unlike the mind which learns easily and forgets quickly.” BAck to the interview. Even though I got the gist of what Anna was saying, I wasn’t familiar with the terms accusative and reflexive so I looked them up. In Russian, teach and learn are the same verb but a different form. The reflexive is when something is done to oneself. Like, I perjure myself. A person can only perjure one’s self. No one else can do it to them. In this instance I believe , the students teach themselves. The Accusative is when something is done to someone. In English we say the teacher teaches the student. Something is being done to the students. Like Anna says, like a mother bird stuffing the mouths of a baby bird. This wasn’t very appealing to her. From this insight of another way of teaching, Anna was more open to teaching as a career. But as you can imagine, she didn’t approach it in an orthodox way. A portion of the interview is edited out although I left in our discussion of climate crisis. Then we broach the subject of brain or mind learning versus the hands learning. I’ve edited out a large section of discussion on academic politics. We discussed Anna's frustration and disappointment with teaching at MIT and her leaving it without any firm idea of how she’d make a living. She used part of this time to explore her spirituality and her interest in what has traditionally been known as “women’s work”. She turned to quilting and sold her quilts to help support herself flirted with getting a post doc in divinity but was not willing to return to academia. As I mentioned earlier, I took Anna’s classes at Camp Stitches. Camp Stitches is a three day immersive knitting workshop with one teacher hosted by Knitting Universe usually at a luxury hotel in some beautiful place. Yes, it’s a little spendy but what an incredible opportunity to get to know and learn from a teacher. Anna was teaching the enormously flexible technique of making a vest or sweater by knitting and embellishing strips or panels and then usually joining them as you go. This approach allows you to design or change your mind as you go. In addition to the overall construction, we learned Twisted travel stitches, a number of embroidery stitches, her perfect button hole, and a variety of general knitting tips and tricks. She teaches using the traditional way of one-on-one instruction enhanced by other approaches: she demonstrates to the class from the front of the classroom, sometimes using the board; then she goes around to each person and watches them execute the technique or coaches them. She encourages the class for the tricky parts. She had us learn to knit and purl backwards and kept saying “You can do it. You can do it.” And we did. In the end, our hands learned these techniques. Anna teaches at Stitches events. I encourage you to take one of her classes or indulge and spend a whole camp with her. You won’t regret it. In our next podcast, Catherine will be back and we have our classic format: What we learned from our knitting; A brainy thing; and Behind the Redwood Curtain where we live. Looking forward to connecting with you then.
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Sat, 27 April 2019
Ep. 103 Knitting Little Things; Starting a New Welcome Blanket; Magnetoreception and the Human Brain; The Redwood Monastery
Brainy thing: 24:18 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 29:40 What we’ve learned from our knitting (and crochet): Margaret completed her Quest Shawl by Linda Dean featured in the Jimmy Beans Advent Crochet event. It was great fun but she was glad to finally finish it. Quest Shawl:https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quest-shawl. Then she completed several small projects: A souvenir from Stitches West, Rebecca Danger’s Wickedly Peaceful Polar Bear: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wickedly-peaceful-polar-bear-christmas-ornament. Some eggs including one by Nicky Fijalkowska in her book Knitted Birds https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitted-birds-by-nicky-fijalkowska and one that Margaret freelanced on her own. Finally, to mix up needle sizes, she finished the Jolly Wee Elf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jolly-wee-elf in worsted weight yarn and size 5 needles. In this process she became curious about casting on small circular objects and found the following links helpful: circular Cast on: https://knitmuch.com/4-cast-ons-for-knitting-circular-lace/ She also found a great tutorial for stuffing these items by Sarah Schira from Imagined Landscapes, famously a gnome designer: Catherine sadly lost the bag with her textured blanket squares but started with a new project for the Welcome Blanket project: https://www.welcomeblanket.org/patterns/ .She’s using Caron's Yarnspirations in the summer berry colorway. Brainy Thing: How do birds migrate and bees find their way? One way is through magnetoreception and now scientists have recorded human responses to changes in the magnetic field. But test subjects didn’t seem able to consciously feel those changes. Behind the Redwood Curtain: County residents are concerned that the Netflix series Murder Mountain will cast a negative shadow on Southern Humboldt County, but Catherine tells us about a little known treasure in the middle of remote and wild SoHum: The Redwoods Monastery or Our Lady of the Redwoods in White Thorn operated by Cistercian nuns and who also market their delicious honey. We’re back with Catherine and Margaret in the classic format of our podcast Teaching Your Brain to Knit, number One Hundred and Three. We share what we’re learning from our knitting: crocheting a shawl, knitting small items and starting a new welcome blanket. Margaret reports new studies that show that human brains respond to changes in the magnetic field but people don’t consciously perceive them. What does that mean? We don’t know. And Catherine talks about a remote monastery and retreat in Southern Humboldt.
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Thu, 21 March 2019
What makes a master teacher? After years of experience designing, teaching, writing, and illustrating, Franklin Habit shares his story of learning and teaching the fiber arts. From knowing five ways to teach a class to managing different types of learners, Franklin offers information and hints. He has years of experience and is a Fiber teacher in demand all over the world. Find him at his website at Skacel Makers/Mercantile with Fridays with Franklin https://wearemakers.com/category/fridays-with-franklin/ at Lionbrand at events and classes and his online classes are (free) ttps://shop.mybluprint.com/knitting/article/franklin-habit/ (for a fee) https://shop.mybluprint.com/knitting/classes/a-practical-approach-to-color-for-knitters/44696 (for a fee) https://shop.mybluprint.com/knitting/classes/heirloom-lace-edgings/35198 Franklin’s essay on “the uglies” mentioned in in the interview. http://www.lionbrand.com/blog/sheep-to-shawl/
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Fri, 18 January 2019
Ep. 101 Investigating science and intuition in the film Innsaei; Finishing and planning new knitting projects; Reporting on the documentary Murder Mountain; Giveaways galore
Brainy: 20:17 Redwood Curtain: 26:10 What We’re Learning from our Knitting: Catherine discovers new stitches from Barbara Walker’s Second Treasury for blocks for her Charity Blanket (https://www.amazon.com/Second-Treasury-Knitting-Patterns/dp/0942018176/ref=pd_cp_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0942018176&pd_rd_r=2a3d2895-acb1-11e8-8e51-357518f34f72&pd_rd_w=XOqrD&pd_rd_wg=BKXpo&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=fcaa6d12-8b2b-4ad7-b277-864b2da79f6e&pf_rd_r=VQJFH22H6YV78WKN6KQT&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=VQJFH22H6YV78WKN6KQT&dpID=515Z57E66YL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=detail) This time she tried the Grapevine Twist, Briar Rose and the Heart Pattern. She hopes to knit the Rosecrusian Scarf by Joselyn Tunney in the future. Meanwhile Margaret reports on mitts and birds for Christmas and not one, but two advent yarn clubs. The mitts pattern is from Ann Budd’s The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns https://www.amazon.com/Knitters-Handy-Book-Patterns/dp/1931499047 . The bird pattern Margaret’s favorite so far, Arne’s and Carlos’ https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vogel-grundanleitung/people?page=8&view=cards. Brainy Thing: The documentary Innsaei illustrates the human gifts of intuition and empathy and ways we can learn them. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4924624/ Behind the Redwood Curtain: Murder Mountain Margaret and Catherine offer commentary on the new Netflix documentary series Murder Mountain about a young man who seeks money and adventure then goes missing in the Southern Humboldt marijuana industry. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9078908/ A Little Podcast Business We outline some upcoming changes in our podcast in the future — including catching up on long tardy documentation. Give Aways And we give away two books and a skein of self striping sock yarn. https://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit Podcast Links. Facebook: Also, join our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post. Instagram: Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine Today in Teaching your Brain to Knit we report on a film that explores science, intuition, creativity, and empathy called Innsaei; Catherine finishes up a dog and plans for a scarf; Margaret makes some mitts and a knitted bird for Christmas; We both give commentary on the new Netflix documentary series Murder Mountain about the Southern Humboldt marijuana industry; and we offer not one, not two but three giveaways. And just to offer you a little anticipatory excitement, in our next podcast, probably within a month, we will be interviewing Franklin Habit and getting his wisdom about teaching and learning. Thank you for listening to our podcast and supporting us all these years. We recommend that you subscribe to Teaching Your Brain to Knit so you don’t miss any of our upcoming episodes. You can find us on Overcast, Stitcher, Apple podcasts, Spotify, and many other fine podcast aggregators. Shownotes are on Ravelry, the Teaching Your Brain to Knit website, and right below this image on most podcast apps if you are listening on your phone.
Direct download: Ep._101__Reporting_on_Murder_Mountain__Finishing_a_dog_coat_and_planning_a_scarf__Finishing_mitts_and_a_bird__the_film_innsaei_about_the_brain_and_intuition.mp3
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Thu, 3 January 2019
Ep. 100 Do Brain Games Really Work; Finishing a Pair of Fingerless Mitts; Modifying a Dog Sweater and Starting another Charity Block; Feasting on Humboldt Grassfed Beef
Brainy Thing: 10:43 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 22:25 What We’re Learning From Our Knitting: Margaret, yet again, referred to Ann Budd’s The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns https://www.amazon.com/Knitters-Handy-Book-Patterns/dp/1931499047 to make mitts for her granddaughter in leftover Viking Nordlys yarn in 75 wool/25 nylon yarn. This long repeat yarn was originally suggested by Theresa Schabes for the Maya hat and mittens: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maya-hat-and-mittens-set. Catherine finishes (well, almost —except for weaving in the ends) a dog sweater and is working on another block for her charity blanket. Knit Dog Coat (by Bernat): https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dog-coat-11. Brainy Thing: Brain Games Do Brain Games really work? There’s not much evidence to support that they do but there are some glimmers of research that some activities do help increase brain function and resilience. Behind the Redwood Curtain: Catherine presents the pleasures and health benefits of Humboldt Grass Fed Beef. A Little Podcast Business We’ll be slowing down the frequency of our podcast episodes but we’re not stopping. In addition, we’ll be adding some nifty interviews with world class knitting and crochet teachers who will talk about learning and their approach to learning. Links Facebook: Also, join our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post. Instagram: Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine
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