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Warm Thanks :
Storie: for sounding the alert that episode 213 had not loaded properly
Knitter With Attitude: Rebecca, nice to see you discovering Bad Wolf Knits! And we are looking at MN for our retirement.
Karen RS: thanks for the save! It’s “letsdodizz” on IG!
Angie KM—warmest hugs, thanks for reminding me of the value of wintering!
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 10 (2024): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 is scheduled (tentatively for OCTOBER 11, 2025. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished: nope.
In Progress:
Stash toss 2024 (49 in versus 95 out)
Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Done up the side panels. Thinking of the liner, digging out an old flannel sheet.
Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front on panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.
Vestuary24: finished the back! Finished the front. Shoulders seamed. Blocking before doing the ribbing: On to the neckline!
The Romjul Sweater 2024 is happening! Cherries! The Sweetheart- a bottom-up sweater in metric measurements, starting with the ribbing at the waistline.
Quilt squares and organizing—10 more squares done, —we are at 38 finished so far.
Dizzy Blondes:
Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com
Plying and skeining!
Working on the electric eel 6.1 and the nano 2 with much struggling
Spinning Oink Pigments Cumulus (sw merino+ cashmere) in “Stupid Cupid” on Nano 1.1., spun into singles
Strategy: 1 thing per day decluttering; phone cleanup for year’s end:
AW shoot!: rebooted. Restarted! A day”s run to adjust all my gear.
Upcoming:
June 14, 2025
Fluffy Books:
Flavia Albia: Death on the Tiber
Something I Really Like: The litter box upgrade: measure once, cut twice.
Put a Lid on It!
It's Bone Broth time!
Instant Pot: 1 hr on Manual, cool all night
Slow Cooker: 1 hr on high, all night on low
Both: Bones, skin, giblets, and water to fill. If you spiced your bird, this is all you need. Strain when cool and freeze. But you can also add more spices and herbs, chopped celery, chopped carrots, whatever you like to add to give flavor to your broth. You really can’t make enough of this stuff!
Tea Tastings 2024!
Day 9: Rejuvenation Blend Herbal
Day 10: Apres Ski Decaf Black
Blather:
Solar power project is happening! We have quotes!
The great cloud de-cluttering: one drive, then Google, then the iOS machines, then the copying between the 4T removable drives. And filling another Kindle reader, starting with the Audible books. And moving onto one more for books and another with the maxed out memory (32G) for Audible.
The junk fairy is coming on Jan. 10th!
Chandlery: inventory and last supplies ordered, planned candle pour on Jan. 1st.
The Christmas Feasts:
Jolabokaflod:
Christmas Day:
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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
Cupid Dash: Feb 16, 2025
Mardi Gras Madness: 5K: Feb 23, 2025
Rockin’ Shamrock: March 16, 2025
Sugar Daddy 5K: June 14, 2025
CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025. The planning is real!
And Minerva gets the last word: have we had enough of the holidays yet? Is that even possible?
