CogKNITive--A Knitting + Psychology Podcast: Episode 241: Ouch!

Ouch!

This episode will upload July 12,

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Warm Thanks :

LeftyRebelKnitter: who is eagerly awaiting the CFR 11 sign-ups. Some good ideas for classes and your interest in bringing back venders is noted.

Loretta1031 : supporting CFR11

Sprinkles and Limda--Welcome to my flock!

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

Forthright finished Rome after 50 days. Here’s what that looks like. Then she went on to Reykjavik.

Finch app ID is XRVW2WQW3C.

Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 10 (2024): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry. Yes, I made my hotel reservation.

Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 is scheduled for OCTOBER 11, 2025. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

What's On My Hooks and Needles:

Finished:

Nope.

In Progress:

Stash toss 2025 (56 in, 27 out): no new yarn. Hooray!

Virgo sweater: onto the sleeves! Started a sleeve.

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 about half way through the second torso piece.

Alfresco Swatching:

Quilt squares and organizing—none this week—we are at 69 finished so far. 10 more in the early stages. BUT I washed and ironed all the quilting fabrics that I bought before Joann’s closed.

Dizzy Blondes: finally spinning the persimmon colored Lisa Souza BFL.

Using the electric eel 6.1.

Strategy: hydrate

AW shoot! Hiking LA: Saturday & Sunday: not this weekend. And I bruised my right foot, so no race for me.

Running gear check III:

Shoes and socks: running socks from Roadrunner Sports. Experiment to find your favorite height. Shoes: locate your local dedicated running store and get fitted. If you’d like to zero in on some reasonable shoes,you can try this virtual fitting tool. Expect to deal with the biases of the store clerk working with you. Also expect to get it wrong a few times.

Donate used running shoes: Soles4Souls or One World Running

Upcoming:

Mountain Gallop: August 16, 2025

Be The Light 5K: Sept 21, 2025:

Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.

Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025

Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025

Fluffy Books:

Finished My Lady Jane (morbidly funny). And at night: Working on India Holton’s The Geographer’s Map to Romance

Something I Really Like: Knitting machine at B&N:

Comes with 1 very ugly skein of multi-colored acrylic yarn, a plastic tapestry needle and ability to make a 3.5” diameter tube. Not for the uninitiated!

Project back episodes on Proton- episodes 141-180 of the original series are up for the month of July

Put a Lid on It:

Tea Tasting: Tango Grey Herbal