This episode is dedicated to Alex Pretti, RN
This episode will upload Jan. 31, 2026
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Warm Thanks :
To Alex Pretti, RN, for a life of service and to all the nurses who serve
To Republican candidate for Gov in MN Chris Madel, who dropped out of the race because "I can't look my daughter in the eye".
To Turbogal, for posting to support Minnesotans
To Oink and maybe Lazer Sheep! I needed some good news!
To my listeners!
Big warm hugs all around!
My communities: on Finch, on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV and AV, in this group.
My birds are celebrating 300 days of goals.
Finch app ID is XRVW2WQW3C.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 12 and 11.5 (2026): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry. Yes, I made my hotel reservation. OINK is COMING! (And we hope for Lazer Sheep too!!!!)
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11.5 is scheduled for FEB 7, 2026.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 12 is scheduled for Nov 14, 2026.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
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Loretta 1031 left a message about donations for her crocheting club for school kids. This still applies!
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished: nope
In Progress:
Stash toss 2025 (3 in, 2 out) finally found my 3rd gold/orange for the Coco Strange Brew!
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.
September Sweater: It's crocheted and has been on my Rav projects page for months. I’m done the second torso piece and I've sewn it all together. On the left arm! That will leave the bottom ribbing section and some fixes on the bottom of the other arm.
Vestuary 2026: A
great video by The Shetland Trader on steeking armholes for stranded -pattern vests. A
fine discussion of reinforcing and cutting a steek by Brooklynn Tweed. On the lower body currently. You do put underarm stitches on a stitch holder. You do still shape the armhole per the pattern.
Dizzy Blondes: still spinning the LS BFL Giverny.
Using the electric eel 6.1.
Wheels coming to CFR11.5: Ashford Traditional ca. 1994, probably antique flax wheel, ca. late 19th, early 20th c.
Strategy : be heard, one day at a time skills
From Frostbeard Candles:
Our community is deeply traumatized and being terrorized by ICE. It is affecting everyone's daily lives, to be constantly worried about our safety and the safety of friends, family and neighbors.
And yet we have to keep on going, coming to work, selling candles so our small business can survive, when it has felt like anything but normal the last few weeks. It feels surreal sending marketing emails and posting cozy bookish photos on social media, so we wanted to acknowledge what is happening in the city we love.
Please visit Stand with Minnesota and help our community in whatever way you can.
We love our neighbors. We stand with them. We are deeply proud of our community for pulling together to protect each other from violence and hardship. We have a moral obligation to help those in need and we will continue to do so.”
AW shoot!
Fluffy Books:
Put a Lid on It:
Tea tastings return! Plum Deluxe’s Advent Calendar
Day 24:
Day 25:
Blather: finished the piano puzzle, finished the Jane Austen puzzle
Saturday: a day at the Science Center and the rose gardens
Sunday: hustling around on errands
Community Resources:
Skills and techniques list :
links
Calendar:
CFR 12 (2026): Nov.14, 2026
And Minerva gets the last word: still here for you
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