CogKNITive--A Knitting + Psychology Podcast: Episode 150: Butterflies!

It's a metalmark butterfly!

This episode will upload October 7, 2023

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Warm Thanks :

Everyone supporting CFR2023! #cfr23

StephieJo and the Mother Bear yarn/kits

Knitonepugtwo--hang in there with the craft closet project! Little strokes...

TinyShinyThings--microbreaks and chronic pain (and aging)

Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 2023: ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry.

But in brief:

*It’s on for Saturday, November 11, 2023. 9 AM to 5 PM (event room hours).

*Cost: $35 per adult attendee—PayPal to gemmadw AT yahoo.com not refundable

Vendors:

Lisa Souza Yarns --confirmed hotel!!

Oink Pigments—confirmed!

Tina’s Soaps- confirmed!

Lazersheep Yarns—confirmed!! AND is making us a show-special colorway!!

Alpenglow—confirmed! Thanks, Carrie!

And the Sea Glass colorway by Dizzy Blonde Studio! Available with a shawl pattern from Brenda Castiel, who is designer GoodStuff, in kits with shawl design, yarn, and project bag. Various options are available; please look on the info thread on Ravelry for the retreat. Brenda is offering you a chance to reduce the cost of PayPal and Etsy fees by reading the Etsy entry first and then contacting her personally, so that she can ship it to you directly with reduced fees.

Mini skeins swap-- 25 g, about 100 yards, please. Patterns on the Ravelry info thread for the retreat.

Goody bags--see the links below!

Steeking class

Meditation class

Skills tutoring groups

yarn exchange

What's On My Hooks and Needles:

Finished:

A sock! BB8 Socks--Lazersheep yarn

In Progress:

Stash toss 2023 (13 in versus 58 out)

The Llama Love Sweater (single llama version): sleeve island—evening up the second sleeve with colorwork

Superstition Sweater —past the cats of the collar, adding the last tiny designs

BB8 Socks--Lazersheep yarn! On to the second sock!

200 FairIsle Motifs by Mary Jane Mucklestone

Alice Starmore’s Book of Fair Isle Knitting

Helpful video--Purl Soho on German Short Rows

150 Scandinavian Motifs by Mary Jane Mucklestone

Pennsylvania Dutch embroidery--not yet

Dizzy Blondes:

Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com

3rd bobbin (sigh), but no progress

A fuzz ball of Minerva daily continues: 1 per day

Strategy: A-B-C changing your beliefs

Fluffy Books:.

The Bridgerton books—sweetness of ordinary people with reasonable dialogue. On to the 2nd of the Smythe-Smith series. “Smith-Smith?”

Something I Really Like:

dictation: Dragon NS and Apple and AI

…and the first keto pumpkin spice earthquake cake of autumn

Put a Lid on It:

Tea tastings: more watermelon mint!

Keto Brocc-cheese soup

Blather:

Pupdate-- Captain and Queenie --nope, but we had steak bones tonight!

Watercolors: Taking Andrea Nelson's teach-able class no updates

Hubsdate: Project "G" progress: still on boxes, general sweeping in the bare spots, hubs went crazy clearing out junk, poking through the rafters, cold snap