CogKNITive--A Knitting + Psychology Podcast: Episode 226: In Dog Years

This episode will upload March 29, 2025

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Warm Thanks :

Marianne- for a very kind comment and a delicious cup of kofi.

Dani- for another great phone discussion

TurboGal: "I so agree that our pets see us more than we often recognize. Like you, I see our cats mimicking us. When I sit or lie on the floor to do exercises, one of our cats invariably comes by and also lies on the floor and stretches with me!" Also, that was the kindest posting about Minnesota! I think we’re glued here for two more years while my kid does community college before we can actually relocate. I am not at all surprised you’ve got a vibrant knitting community up there. We have a fairly lively crochet group here, but our knitting groups are now just…turgid. Crochet is much more in Vogue in this region.

Chrisaaah--YES! on Charity Girl and Cousin Kate.

DCAlaneKnits--I hope to get video of Beloved Son in his show.

My community: on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV, in this group.

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:

Astraeus sweater: Lisa Souza superwash hand-dyed merino in St Louis Blues and Malabrigo Rios in Sunset.

In Progress:

Stash toss 2025 (17 in, 18 out)

Mending March or Making It March. Or Women’s History Month

Blue Iris Blueberry Waffle Socks: forward momentum. On the foot of #1.

Virgo sweater: we’ve divided for sleeves! Working down the body. About halfway down.

The 10-square bag:

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.

September Sweater: It's crocheted and has been on my Rav projects page for months. 225 to 150 chain. I’m just plodding along on the second large panel that makes up the body.

Quilt squares and organizing—none this week—we are at 69 finished so far. 10 more in the early stages.

Dizzy Blondes: spinning the second 4 oz braid of “blackbewwie shadow” from Lisa Souza.

Able to spin again beginning on Friday the 21st!

Using the electric eel 6.1.

Strategy: use your spring energy: clean, refresh, exercise. Stop telling yourself you’re only doing it because the weather is getting warmer – – do it because it feels good!

Social Security admin website get a copy of your card and download your info. It’s all on the front page.

Credit freeze info:

Equifax: https://www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/

Experian: https://usa.experian.com/login/index?refUrl=%2Fmfe%2Fregulatory%2Fsecurity-freeze

TransUnion: https://service.transunion.com/dss/dashboard.page?

Free Credit Report: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/requestReport/landingPage.action

AW shoot!

Upcoming:

Forever Brave 5K May 25, 2025