Sunday, July 14, 2013

Episode 167: Pure Retreat Excitement


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Episode 167: Pure Retreat Excitement

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We're all getting ready for the fifth CogKnitive Fiber Retreat.

CFR V is now filled--but we are taking a waiting list.
 
More information here!

Celebrating our listeners who have joined the CogKnitive 25 – , 50 –, and 75 – Bear Clubs for MBP. You can see who they all are right here. Great work!

Have YOU completed 25, 50, or 75 bears for Mother Bear Project? Send me your snail and a link to your Ravelry projects page, and CogKnitive will send you a special wristband to celebrate with you.

Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map.

We have a website at http://www.cogknitive.com/. You can find older episodes there.

You can now subscribe to the BLOG on your Kindle or Kindle app.

I am gemmadw on  Twitter and Pinterest, and DrGemma on Plurk.


What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:

Not yet finished:
The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller

Whacky Socks
On hold while I await more yarn from WEBS

Still in Progress:

Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues with Bears 30-32.

2 Knit Lit Chicks are having a July KAL/CAL for Mother Bear Project! You can use bears you've made for my CAL/KAL to enter!

Dizzy Blondes:

IT'S TOUR de FLEECE TIME!!!

I continue spinning the 12 oz of the fiber dyed for the last CFR by Desert Vista Dyeworks on my Sidekick, Perry:

And I am finishing the singles started from a cinnamon alpaca whose fleece I was selling at CFR2012:

No real developments in spinning since the last episode

Strategy:
Use a calendar and a wristwatch. Please.

Put a Lid On It:
Pinterest, Facebook, and saving the good stuff you find.

Something I Really Like:
 Doan and Carstairs series of mysteries from the 1940s.

Blather:

CFR news, as always.

Yep, I did it again this week too!

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Episode 166: Armed and Not Especially Dangerous


Please see shownotes on our Ravelry group or at www.cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com.


Check out this episode!

Episode 166: Armed and Not Especially Dangerous

duck feeder

Feeding ducks is an important part of summer around here...

CFR V is now filled--but we are taking a waiting list.
 
More information here!

Celebrating our listeners who have joined the CogKnitive 25 – , 50 –, and 75 – Bear Clubs for MBP. You can see who they all are right here. Great work!

Have YOU completed 25, 50, or 75 bears for Mother Bear Project? Send me your snail and a link to your Ravelry projects page, and CogKnitive will send you a special wristband to celebrate with you.

Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map.

We have a website at http://www.cogknitive.com/. You can find older episodes there.

You can now subscribe to the BLOG on your Kindle or Kindle app.

I am gemmadw on  Twitter and Pinterest, and DrGemma on Plurk.


What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:

Finished:

Yet another Simple Scallops Shawl....

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Not yet finished:
The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller

Whacky Socks
On hold while I await more yarn from WEBS

Blocked:
The Boneyard Shawl --so now I want another...

Still in Progress:

Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues with Bears 30-32.

2 Knit Lit Chicks are having a July KAL/CAL for Mother Bear Project! You can use bears you've made for my CAL/KAL to enter!

Dizzy Blondes:

IT'S TOUR de FLEECE TIME!!!

I continue spinning the 12 oz of the fiber dyed for the last CFR by Desert Vista Dyeworks on my Sidekick, Perry:

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I have plied and skeined up 165 yards from my own alpaca Rashida:

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And I am finishing the singles started from a cinnamon alpaca whose fleece I was selling at CFR2012:

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Strategy:
Manage procrastination by picking a limited time period daily when you can do the task you dread.

Put a Lid On It:
Inspect your gear for canning when the pickling season for cukes begins this month! And use the really hot weather to can those pickles that do not require a hot water bath, just a sterilized jar.

Something I Really Like:

Archery! And the current vogue of archery for girls!

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Blather:

CFR news, as always.

Did I mention I'm shooting archery again?

After a cute pic of my son, did you really think I'd leave out the cute picture of the puppy?

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