Please see the shownotes at www.cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com or on our group in Ravelry.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
172: Spinning Frenzy
The skeiner and yarn counter from WoodenSpinner on Etsy has arrived. It's wonderful!
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.
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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 .
On to the second color!
Margaret Dashwood Shawl--15 repeats done, but set aside for bears...
Whacky Socks
Stalled
One Row Lace Scarf...set aside for the nonce...
2 more bears have been freed from the ZomBear curse! Here are Christine and Sandy Bear!
Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues. I am back on this project, as the 2 Knit Lit Chicks are still running their CAL/KAL!
Dizzy Blondes:
Loretta and her fantastic Kiwi wheel:
The finished BFL-silk from Dreamy Goat Designs.
A Happy Outcome from having a skeiner and being able to skein up and count your yarn more quickly.
And here's what you get from being able to load little cheap bobbins and free up your wheel's bobbins. I used a drill and the dowel from my Lazy Kate.
The first 4 ounces of Shetland wool from RenCon Ranch.
Freckle Face Fiber SWM in California Poppies.
The last braid of Judy's Novelty Wool Corriedale from Stitches West several years ago.
Strategy:
Set yourself free from wanting a past that will never be.
21 -Day Meditation Challenge
Oh No! The ZomBears have overpowered their watchdog! Poor Eleanor!
Put a Lid On It:
Hot kitchen, no goodies.
Aw Shoot!
Not this week, alas! Spinning with Loretta instead.
The Zombears did leave a slimy trail, so we cornered them in my studio...
Something I Really Like:
Star Trek: Enterprise on Netflix. All the goofy Star Trek stuff you love, plus a great theme song and some true-to-Roddenberry themes.
Blather:
The Gathering Leaves Crocheted Shawl by Lily Go. Thanks, Nitiram!
The practice of no escape!
The Mobile Recording Studio gets an overhaul.
Our outdoor bedroom for the summer months.
Oh NO! They're eating brains in my studio!
BEWARE THE ZOMBEARS!
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
171: Zombears!
171: ZomBears!
Flat Bears.....
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 .
On to the second color!
Margaret Dashwood Shawl--a few repeats done, but set aside for bears...
Whacky Socks
Stalled
One Row Lace Scarf...set aside for the nonce...
ZOMBEARS!!!
Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues. I am back on this project, as the 2 Knit Lit Chicks are still running their CAL/KAL!
Dizzy Blondes:
I will be getting a skeiner and yarn counter from WoodenSpinner on Etsy! It arrives this Monday!
AHHHH! The Zombears are trying to make more of their evil, twisted kind...!
Strategy: Don't be a....D*c or dork or whatever. A brief discussion of how we use sex- and gender-related words as insults. But don't use your power and authority to belittle or attack the actions of others who are trying to do good. Will Wheaton's 11th commandment.
Geeks Girls: Nothing to Prove--an amazing music video!
21 -Day Meditation Challenge
I finally rounded the Zombears up and caged them. They immediately began to try to escape...
Put a Lid On It:
Hot kitchen, no goodies.
I rescued 2 of the Zombears by giving them faces, and they immediately became peaceful happy bears again...
Aw Shoot!
Not this week, alas! Range closed for extreme heat.
Something I Really Like:
Popular Wheel Mechanics DVD
Blather:
Dawgs. Lotsa big dawgs.
The remaining ZomBears are under the watchful eye of Blankets, my GSD, but they continue to try to wreak havoc and to escape.
BEWARE THE ZOMBEARS!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
170: Dizzy Blonde Indeed!
I went a bit wild over Cascade 220 at wholesale price.
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 .
On to the second color!
Margaret Dashwood Shawl--easy and fun in worsted weight:
Whacky Socks
Stalled
One Row Lace Scarf...It goes like this:
K4 [YO, K2Tog, K2] to your preferred width. Go up 3 needle sizes from the standard size for your yarn weight, so I am using a US 5 for lace weight yarn. This has been posted on Ravelry by several different designers; one even tries to charge $3 for it!
Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues with Bears 30-33. I am back on this project, as the 2 Knit Lit Chicks are still running their CAL/KAL!
Dizzy Blondes:
I am finished with the Tour de Fleece goals!
1. Rashida the alpaca has been spun and plied and finished.
2. The CFR2012 colorway from Desert Vista Dyeworks is all spun up!
3. The bumps attacked by Blankets are spun and plied or waiting for plying:
4. The cinnamon brown alpaca from last year is spun and plied!
I will be getting a skeiner and yarn counter from WoodenSpinner on Etsy! It arrives this Monday!
Strategy:
Be a good winner. When you get what you want, you've won. Don't keep on pursuing the person you've had a victory over. Don't kick a person when they are down.
Put a Lid On It:
It's time to make cucumber pickles. And watermelon rind pickles. And melon pickles.
Aw Shoot!
Not this week, alas!
Something I Really Like:
The Gentle Art of Plying DVD
Blather:
Book review: Ballerinas in Pink by our own Michelle Miller.
170: Dizzy Blonde Indeed
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
169: Driving into the Wind
Please see our show notes at www.cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com or on the thread in our group on Ravelry.
169: Against the Wind
Here is what I knitted all week while I enjoyed the Erickson Foundation Intermediate Hypnosis Intensive.
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 .
7 repeats of the C chart now done.
Whacky Socks
Stalled
One Row Lace Scarf...It goes like this:
K4 [YO, K2Tog, K2] to your preferred width. Go up 3 needle sizes from the standard size for your yarn weight, so I am using a US 5 for lace weight yarn. This has been posted on Ravelry by several different designers; one even tries to charge $3 for it!
How is this for lovely? From Tempe Yarn and Fiber
Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues with Bears 30-32.
Dizzy Blondes:
I am finishing the singles started from a cinnamon alpaca whose fleece I was selling at CFR2012, but not this week.
Perry, my Sidekick is with me and helped me spin the last singles from the 12 oz of the fiber dyed for the last CFR by Desert Vista Dyeworks
And then I spun up the 2 different bumps from Gnome Acres that my GSD Blankets mangled and mixed with dirt and straw. Here is the fuchsia:
I am still working with the multi-fiber batt from GnomeAcres.
Strategy:
Change happens. Use your mindfulness skills to cope with explosive change.
Put a Lid On It:
Canning: citrus slices in water make lovely mix-ins with yogurt when you travel. Bonus points: After the fruit is gone, drink the chilled water remaining in the jar. Fabulous!
Aw Shoot!
Archery in Phoenix, AZ:
Trailhead Archery--$15 for rental bow and entire day's shooting.
In Lancaster, CA: H&W Archery
Something I Really Like:
Camping in a hotel room with cool summer foods I made myself.
Blather:
Spending my working week in a trance at the Erickson Foundation Hypnosis Intensive in Phoenix.
Delhi Palace in Tempe, AZ. INCREDIBLE Indian Food!!
Friday, August 2, 2013
168: Driving to Phoenix, AZ
Hello. I'm Baron. I probably weigh more than most of Gemma's audience...Please make the Collie stop picking on me!
Hello, I'm Blankets. I turned into a standard-sized German Shepherdess overnight. Please make the Collie stop picking on me!
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 . Bit me. Dammit!
Whacky Socks
I'm so confused....
One Row Lace Scarf...It goes like this:
K4 [YO, K2Tog, K2] to your preferred width. Go up 3 needle sizes from the standard size for your yarn weight, so I am using a US 5 for lace weight yarn.
Still in Progress:
Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues with Bears 30-32.
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:
Keep the larger perspective as you watch someone you love making mistakes. They really probably will figure it out and do the right thing, if you give them time.
Put a Lid On It:
Recipe: 1 cup homemade yogurt or Greek yogurt from store, handful of Uncle Sam cereal or your own granola of choice, 1 Tblspn of your homemade canned jam or fresh fruit in water. Faboo breakfast!
Aw Shoot!
Archery dating, JOAD to get the kiddies started with a bow. My bow of choice: 62 inch recurve with 20 pound draw weight. Anyone can do archery!
Something I Really Like:
Seeing the great spaces of the United States as a way to understand Americans.
Blather:
CFR news, as always. Enter the Peahen. Retirement, walking the dawgs, pattern designing and wheelwrighting as alternative fiber crafts.
Stitching in the Stacks and a general appreciation of Cooperative Press.
Swagger--a pattern by Twinset Jan.
Prizes, yeah we got those...
All sorts....
168, Part 2: Driving to Phoenix
Episode 168, Part One: Driving To Phoenix
Shownotes for this episode can be found at our group on Ravelry or at www.cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com.
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