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Gigi Knitmore and Karen RS—it’s like having a cheering section all my own!
Julie w.—for inspiring this week’s strategy
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 10 (2024): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry.
Post #1 is the collected information. PLEASE feel free to correct me!
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Event Summary: |
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 2024 |
Start Date: Friday, September 27, 2024 |
End Date: Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
Last Day to Book: Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
Hotel(s) offering your special group rate: |
- Courtyard Santa Clarita Valencia for 179 USD per night
We now know that our group knitting pattern and project is going probably to relate to making the lovely across-the -body-bags that Carmen makes. This gives everyone a chance to learn to make the ever-functional Granny Square to use up extra yarn in a fantastic and usable way. Stay tuned for details!
Free basic granny square pattern (thanks Purl Soho!)
Woobling: size 4.0 mm/g hook and worsted weight (4) yarn. Basic penguin or the basic chick pattern (free)
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished:
Minerva the Woobles Cat: (hacked)
In Progress:
Stash toss 2024 (25 in versus 47 out)
Stash tossing…
Ralph the Reindeer (kit):
Clint the Cactus: (book)
Frosted Doughnut: (hacked)
Crochet block experiments:
Sewed (by machine) the zipper to the liner! Pinned liner into place, ready for hand sewing.
Lakeside cardigan : sewed back onto arms, after weaving in all the ends! Remaining: 2 sets of front panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.
Vestuary24: finished the back! Working up the front.
Dizzy Blondes:
Strategy: slow is better than couch
AW shoot!: cycling along at 40 mins/day on my bike/desk ("FitDesk"). About 4 miles per day.
miles since late November. 420 miles.
Runner Woman:
Fluffy Books: docudrama on Netflix about Alexander the Great
Re-reading the BH-C series
Bridgerton is back! On Netflix
Something I Really Like: Logitech Bluetooth headphones with boom mike. Zone 300 $70.
Reddit.
Put a Lid on It:
Keto Ice Cream Experiment
1. Blender frantically:
1 c cottage cheese
Handful blueberries OR
2 tbsp Sugar-free syrup for coffee drinks
Heavy cream to thin (optional)
3. Thaw several hours in fridge.
Blather:
Jury duty calls! Now in late June. But the wooden crochet hooks HAVE arrived.
Weight loss and fasting: Down 24 pounds. Off the plateau! Testing glucose and ketosis—REALLY good! But building muscle.
Project Cookbook: internet keto recipes to paper recipe cards continues
Pupdate-- Captain and Queenie--doing fine.
Greenfingers report: waiting for die-off; dianthus and Russian sage and rosemary are back! The weed whacker epic
Community Resources:
Books I’ve Used: A Knit/Crochet Library on the Ravelry group for CogKnitive
My Favorite Resources to Buy: The entire list can be found right here.
Skills and techniques list : links
Calendar:
Yarnopoly and Second Saturday Stitchers—look them up on Facebook! meet-ups on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually)
Sit and Stitch group: 9-noon, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at Joanne Darcy Library in Canyon Country
SCV Free Craft exchange: Find them on Facebook
July 4 holiday—4 day weekend
Labor Day: off through Sept 4–hooray!
CFR10—Courtyard by Marriott, Valencia on Sept 28, 2024. Information
Romjul: Dec 21--Jan 1, 2024-25
And Minerva gets the last word: mellowing—the Woobles are surviving
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