Minerva is one with my spinning.
This episode will upload Feb 1, 2024
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Warm Thanks :
My community: on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV, in this group.
SustainableLiving: Advocating for Bluesky on the blog.
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 2025 (7 in, 0 out)-located 2 skeins of yarn not in my Rav stash, finished my Moro Bay merino (2 skeins plied, unskeined).
Blue Iris Blueberry Waffle Socks: forward momentum.
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: Neckline too tight, on to the armholes.
The Romjul Sweater 2024 is happening! Cherries! The Sweetheart- a bottom-up sweater in metric measurements, starting with the ribbing at the waistline. I am on the yoke, row 13. Picking up the drops and feeling powerful.
Quilt squares and organizing—11 more squares done, 11 in process —we are at 49 finished so far.
Dizzy Blondes:
Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com--finished the singles! Plying and planning the inevitable sweater!
Mystery creamsicle fiber is plied.
Making silk-merino sliver from Carolina Handspun into singles. Using the electric eel 6.1.
Working on the electric eel 6.1.
Strategy: turn it off.
AW shoot!: no running due to air quality
Upcoming:
Fluffy Books:
Molly Harper: Listening to Calling.
Reading The Moomins
Georgette Heyer: Listening to The Toll-Gate
Something I Really Like: hot baths! The return of running! (I hope).
1910.craftsman.on.burns on IG 2 veterans who are wonderful speaking the truth against divisiveness.
Put a Lid on It! Nope. Just cooking foods to last a few days and to be eaten cold if necessary. “Strong turkey broth”!
Tea Tastings 2024!
Day 15:
Day 16:
Blather:
I am on Bluesky as drgemma. Working on moving away from the other platforms.
Fires: no power Mon, Tues, Thursday. It rained!.
Mending and one project per weekend
Losing Karen and Sunnybank.
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, 20
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025. The planning is real!
And Minerva gets the last word: I am here for you.
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