This episode will upload Jan 11, 2024
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Jasmin Knitmore: for some reality checking about trolls
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: nope.
In Progress:
Stash toss 2024 (5 in, 0 out)-finishing my plied yarns.
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.
Vestuary24: finished the back! Finished the front. Shoulders seamed. Blocking before doing the ribbing: On to the neckline!
The Romjul Sweater 2024 is happening! Cherries! The Sweetheart- a bottom-up sweater in metric measurements, starting with the ribbing at the waistline.
Quilt squares and organizing—10 more squares done, 11 in process —we are at 38 finished so far.
Dizzy Blondes:
Still working on more merino from morrobayfleeceworks.com--skeined and finished about 600 yards
Plying and skeining!
Working on the electric eel 6.1 and the nano 2 with much struggling
Spinning Oink Pigments Cumulus (sw merino+ cashmere) in “Stupid Cupid” on Nano 1.1., spun into singles--plied and finished, about 250 yards
Strategy:
AW shoot!: Of shoes and knee management and a new pair of races.
Upcoming:
Fluffy Books:
Flavia Albia: Death on the Tiber—finished!
Something I Really Like: long-armed duster
Put a Lid on It!
Tea Tastings 2024!
Day 11:
Day 12:
Blather:
Happy NewYear!
Solar power project is happening! Working on the questions list
The Kindles Saga: update
The junk fairy is coming on Jan. 17th!
Chandlery: inventory and last supplies ordered, planned candle pour.
Mending and one project per weekend
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
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. Next exchange is January 11 at 11 AM in the parking lot of Bridgeport Elementary.
Jan 20: off!
Cupid Dash: Feb 16, 2025
Mardi Gras Madness: 5K: Feb 23, 2025
Rockin’ Shamrock: March 16, 2025
Sugar Daddy 5K: June 14, 2025
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025. The planning is real!
And Minerva gets the last word: winter as you will if your bed is your nest.
