Ep. 040 Is Negativity Bias Affecting Your Knitting? What You Can Do About It.

Brainy Thing:   20:35                Behind the Redwood Curtain  32:40 What We’re Learning from Our Knitting Margaret  was inspired by Catherine to try Sasha Ball Rives wonderful pattern Among the Wildflowers  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/among-the-wildflowers  with her own “learning opportunities”, of course. For a Ravelry swap, Catherine completed the Crochet Flower Potholders pattern by Jennifer Martin  Blue J  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flower-potholders using scraps of cotton.   Brainy Thing:  Negativity Bias:   Studies have shown that are brains are hardwired toward the negative which is a great advantage on the Savannah but probably not now.  Check out:  https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200306/our-brains-negative-bias  and http://www.rickhanson.net/how-your-brain-makes-you-easily-intimidated/ ) For ways to counter that bias, try  Marelisa Fabrega  http://daringtolivefully.com/overcoming-negativity-bias.   Behind the Redwood Curtain: Catherine tells us about the historical Phillips house in Arcata built in 1853/4 in the  Greek Revival style which is open Sundays 2 to 4  http://www.arcatahistory.org/phillips_house_museum_arcata .   Knitting Tip One of our Ravelry Members, puffygriffinclaw, offers some tips on Felting.   A Little Podcast Business

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