Episode 89 is Live!

The Tour de Fleece is coming! Team CogSPINtive wants you!

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What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: The list:
The Daybreak Shawl--still being ignored.
Ishbel Shawl --actually looks like an Ishbel! And I'm cooking along on Chart B the second.
Toddler Socks--still on the cuff of #2. (snoooore!)
The Argante Shawl--Not this week.
The Mommy Shawl --on Skein #2 of 3. I work on this as I edit the podcast. And I've ordered more sock yarn from Sunshine Yarns.

Dizzy Blonde:  I am almost finished a rather felted braid of turquoise merino, to be plied against its cousin . Eyeing luscious superwash in Black Cherry semisolid from Freckle Face Fibers.

Strategy: Dealing with the Aging/Ill Parent: DABDA--Depression and Acceptance.

Something I Really Like:  Yeah, well, I kinda left this one out this week...(facepalm)

Blather: A week of contrasts among my patients, and some news about general podcasting issues.

Episode 88 is Live!

New fibers from Freck Face Fibers and BeeMiceElf!

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What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: The list:
The Daybreak Shawl--still being ignored.
Ishbel Shawl in Misti Alpaca Baby Alpaca handpainted laceweight--It's turning into a kind of "Freeform Ishbel", due to my lousy eyesight...
Toddler Socks--still on the cuff of #2. (snoooore!)
The Argante Shawl--cooking right along through the increase section, colorway 114.
The Mommy Shawl --on Skein #2 of 3.

Dizzy Blonde:  YES!!! I am back to working on a rather felted braid of turquoise merino, to be plied against its cousin as soon as I finish this! A fantastic spin meet was had at LibertyKnits place this past weekend!

Strategy: Dealing with the Aging/Ill Parent: DABDA--Actually, a bit of a break from DABDA to cover some other pertinent issues and some excellent comments and questions from listeners..

Something I Really Like: My CSA for frsh fruits and veggies. Here's a place where you might be able to find one for yourself--or just Google "CSA."

Blather: A bit about the new supervisor situation and the general staff shake-up on the horizon. A little about my barfy week. Strangely, this all adds up to the fact that things are pretty good right now!

Episode 87 is Live!

Quechua sips from a neighbor's water toy. Can't keep a good llama down on the farm!

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What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: The list:
The Daybreak Shawl--still being ignored.
Ishbel Shawl in Misti Alpaca Baby Alpaca handpainted laceweight--I added 2 more rows--we are moving again!
Toddler Socks--still on the cuff of #2.
The Argante Shawl--cooking right along through the increase section, colorway 114.
The Mommy Shawl --on Skein #2 of 3.

Dizzy Blonde:  None. Nada, Zilch.

Strategy: Dealing with the Aging/Ill Parent: DABDA--Bargaining--it may look a little different than you expect.

Something I Really Like: The Belly Fat Cure

Blather: Our 100th episode is coming up quickly. In the tradition of The History of Rome podcast, I am going to make Episode 100 a purely question-and-answer episode. So you can ask me any questions here, and I'll answer what I can. You can also ask any questions here, if you are not on Ravelry, and I'll add them to the queue.

Yet another inmate drives a psychiatrist to distraction this week, playing "How many of the doc's buttons can I possibly push?" I make the AW tense, while the Custody Counselor reverts to her middle school behaviors.

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The fourth incarnation of the terrifically easy (for the rest of you) Argante Shawl.

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What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: The list:
The Daybreak Shawl--still being ignored.
Ishbel Shawl in Misti Alpaca Baby Alpaca handpainted laceweight--I got stitch markers from one of those online stores, so I will be starting her up again.
Toddler Socks--on the cuff of #2.
The Argante Shawl--Incarnation #4 seems to be working. In Ella Rae's Merino lace, colorway 114.
The Mommy Shawl --on Skein #2 of 3.

Dizzy Blonde:  None. Nada, Zilch.

Strategy: Dealing with the Aging/Ill Parent: DABDA--Anger--yours and theirs

Something I Really Like: 60 Quick Knits--a new book out that uses 2 skeins of cascade 220 per project. I love it!

Blather: Our 100th episode is coming up quickly. In the tradition of The History of Rome podcast, I am going to make Episode 100 a purely question-and-answer episode. So you can ask me any questions here, and I'll answer what I can. You can also ask any questions here, if you are not on Ravelry, and I'll add them to the queue.

I am looking at restarting my private practice, and we might have a date change for the CogKNITive 2010 Fiber Retreat. Also, a bratty inmate makes us nutty at the psych committee.

Happy Mother's Day!

I still find it amazing that moms get their own special day. What a wonderful idea!

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Here is yet another Mommy Shawl, this time for new Mommy Michelle! I think every mommy needs one of these.
For some odd reason, this recording switches into mono in a few places. Sorry!

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What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: Still ignoring my Daybreak Shawl. Dead stop on the Ishbel Shawl in Misti Alpaca Baby Alpaca handpainted laceweight, as I wait for my buddy Tally to make me some lace stitch markers. No guilt, Tally! (love ya!) REALLY nearly done the first of the Toddler Socks. I am enthusiastically enjoying Argante! In Ella Rae's Merino lace, colorway 114. But I'll never get it done in 2 nights, as one Raveller reports she can. Amazing! Oh, yeah, I have frogged it 4 times. Some of us learn slowly... Right now I am just letting myself work on the Mommy Shawl (pictured above). Get the recipe here. Make it, love it, beat it up, and still love it. It's wonderful for breastfeeding your baby in a cool hospital room, and it's a fine cover-up for nursing when you and Junior are on the road together.

Dizzy Blonde:  (Le Sigh).  In the words of Pepe Le Peu.

Strategy: Dealing with the Aging/Ill Parent: DABDA--Denial. (wince.)
Something I Really Like: Nyquil and its clones. Not for the kiddies to take, though!

Blather: Our 100th episode is coming up quickly. In the tradition of The History of Rome podcast, I am going to make Episode 100 a purely question-and-answer episode. So you can ask me any questions here, and I'll answer what I can. You can also ask any questions here, if you are not on Ravelry, and I'll add them to the queue.

Sick on the job. Yes, I got home okay after this recording! Meditating on my hypochondria. Newbies to prison and how they react. Please do not pepperspray my food, Officer!