CogKNITive--A Knitting + Psychology Podcast: 2024

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Episode 213: Starting the Party

This episode will upload Dec 21, 2024

Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.

Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.

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Warm Thanks :

Sustainablelivin for reminding me that it really is time to plunge into a Romjul sweater project! And I’m betting it will be the Astraeus sweater.

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:

Running Wristers: more sock yarn scrappy goodness

the socks from StephieJo— well these became mitts!

In Progress:

Stash toss 2024 (49 in versus 65 out)

The 10-square bag:

Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Done up the first side panel.

Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front on panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.

Vestuary24: finished the back! Working up the front.

Quilt squares and organizing—8 more squares done, 9 more started—we are at 19 finished so far.

Dizzy Blondes:

Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com

3rd bobbin (sigh), but no progress

Strategy: I use Nord VPN; Proton is free with account

AW shoot!:

Injury, darn it.

Upcoming:

Jingle Jog Dec. 21, 2024

Cupid Dash, Feb 16, 2025

Mardi Gras Madness, Feb 23, 2025

Rockin’ Shamrock, March 16, 2025

June 14, 2025

Fluffy Books:

Flavia Albia: Death on the Tiber

Georgette Heyer: finished Unknown Ajax , now on The Quiet Gentleman.

Something I Really Like: Sew Witchy. Scrappy projects, little projects, little items you can make up without much skill or training.

Put a Lid on It:

Tea Tastings 2024!

Day 5:

Delightful! Fruity, sweet, delicious scent, lovely body to it

Day 6: Visually pretty to look at with all that red hibiscus leaf; pleasant and light; forgettable scent.

Blather:

Power outage for 2 days

Solar power project is happening!

Saturday of craftiness, Sunday of household

Community Resources:

Books I’ve Used: A Knit/Crochet Library on the Ravelry group for CogKnitive

My Favorite Resources to Buy: The entire list can be found right here.

Skills and techniques list : links

My linktree

Calendar:

Yarnopoly and Second Saturday Stitchers—look them up on Facebook! meet-ups on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually)

Sit and Stitch group: 9-noon, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at Joanne Darcy Library in Canyon Country

SCV Free Craft exchange: Find them on Facebook

Romjul: Dec 21--Jan 1, 2024-25

Jingle Jog: Dec 21, 2024

Cupid Dash: Feb 16, 2025

Mardi Gras Madness: 5K: Feb 23, 2025

Rockin’ Shamrock: March 16, 2025

Sugar Daddy 5K: June 14, 2025

CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025. The planning is real!

And Minerva gets the last word:

Celebrate the love

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Episode 212: Details, Details

This episode will upload Dec 14, 2024

Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.

Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.

I will NOT add you to any of my follower groups currently, due to robo-accounts. Please follow me here. You can contact me through our group on Ravelry or on this blog.

Warm Thanks :

Salpal —for her commiseration around the murdered runner in Georgia. As a woman who runs, I am grateful that I have had so little damage. I do not think that bear spray or a GoPro camera would have saved her. Why are we hearing all about the manhunt for the person who took out an insurance don, but not about the monster who killed that runner?

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:

The Yule Socks 2024

Santa Claus (Woobles Advent calendar 2023)

In Progress:

Stash toss 2024 (49 in versus 63 out)

The knit picks orders arrived with no chance to cancel.

Prepping the socks from StephieJo— yarn for feet located! Regia; both pesetas of sock needles have been run through with my lifelines, so now I can snip the halves apart and begin to work on the feet!

The 10-square bag:

Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Working up the first side panel.

Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.

Vestuary24: finished the back! Working up the front.

Quilt squares and organizing—8 more squares done, 9 more started—we are at 19 finished so far. A quick run through Anna’s Archives to find the out-of-print log cabin and scrap project books I remember from days of yore.

Dizzy Blondes:

Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com

3rd bobbin (sigh), but no progress

Strategy: Fair Hearing Trial- if you are refused insurance coverage and/or services. In CA

Do not accept an appeal back to the denying party; they are likely to just double down. Go to the Fair hearing Trial process. Google it for your state. You want an impartial judge or arbitrator.

the Tor browser (Vance wants to restrict women from crossing state lines)

AW shoot!: resetting the apps and healing the knee

And then faking it in a few places.

Upcoming:

Jingle Jog Dec. 21, 2024

Cupid Dash, Feb 16, 2025

Mardi Gras Madness, Feb 23, 2025

Rockin’ Shamrock, March 16, 2025

June 14, 2025

Fluffy Books:

Flavia Albia: Death on the Tiber

Georgette Heyer: working on the Unknown Ajax

Something I Really Like: Beats earphones, wireless, with microphone

Put a Lid on It:

Tea Tastings 2024!

Day 3:

Day 2:

Blather:

Passport, TSA, global entry and all the details are a bit crazy-making

Community Resources:

Books I’ve Used: A Knit/Crochet Library on the Ravelry group for CogKnitive

My Favorite Resources to Buy: The entire list can be found right here.

Skills and techniques list : links

My linktree

Calendar:

Yarnopoly and Second Saturday Stitchers—look them up on Facebook! meet-ups on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually)

Sit and Stitch group: 9-noon, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at Joanne Darcy Library in Canyon Country

SCV Free Craft exchange: Find them on Facebook

Romjul: Dec 21--Jan 1, 2024-25

Jingle Jog: Dec 21, 2024

Cupid Dash: Feb 16, 2025

Mardi Gras Madness: 5K: Feb 23, 2025

Rockin’ Shamrock: March 16, 2025

Sugar Daddy 5K: June 14, 2025

CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025. The planning is real!

And Minerva gets the last word: I am ripping your chair for a reason. I’m communicating.

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Episode 211: A Merry Feast

Check out this episode!

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Episode 211: A Merry Feast

This episode will upload Dec 7, 2024

Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.

Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.

I will NOT add you to any of my follower groups currently, due to robo-accounts. Please follow me here. You can contact me through our group on Ravelry or on this blog.

Warm Thanks :

To all my listeners through the years since November of 2008

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: Bernard the Elf: Woobs Advent calendar 2023