Welcome to Episode 25 Brainy Thing: 18:37 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 27:53 What We’re Learning from our knitting: Catherine is finishing up her second Fantasy Red Cardi (that’s the name but this one is a green and blue variegated with trim in a robin egg’s blue) by Kathryn. She has bought the yarn Wolle’s Yarn Creations Color changing cotton tape yarn by Elizabeth Drum to do the Vanessa Ives Mystery Knit along by Mona8pi. She bought two colors but hasn’t decided which one yet. Margaret knit abo...
Oct 02, 2015•41 min
Brainy Thing: 17:17 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 27:10 Margaret took a course in Multi-Directional Knitting from JC Briar and has made wristlets to reinforce that learning. She also made the Mudra Cuff by Laura Nelkin. Catherine is blocking her second Fantasy Red Cardi by Katherine Foster. She can't travel with her other projects. Catherine describes the iconic (and contemporary) Humboldt Honey who still walk the streets of Arcata, California. Margaret offers a knitting tip that by making small p...
Sep 19, 2015•40 min
Brainy Part 20:18 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 39:38 Catherine is learning from Heidi May's (Velvet Acorn) Failyn Fox Cowl and from Melissa Mall's Simple Man Slipper. Margaret is learning from Rebecca Velasquez' Terra Cotta Shawl (or Thorns). Catherine talks about we see and perceive color. She also talks about the Giant Coastal Salamander. Catherine offers a tip about the Princess Sole in your socks.
Sep 01, 2015•48 min
Episode 22: The Kinesthetic Learning Mode in Knitting and Crochet Brainy Thing starts: 22:17 Behind the Redwood Curtain starts: 30:45 What we're learning from our knitting. With her Fantasy Red Cardi by Katherine Foster (see prior posts) behind her and her Among the Wildflowers by Sasha Ball Rives on hold, Catherine turns to two bits of production knitting. She is working on Failyn Fox Cowl by Heidi May in Lion Brand Thick and Quck for a friend's child and the Chain Mail Hood and Cowl offered by...
Aug 17, 2015•40 min
Welcome to Episode 21: Knitting supports Cancer Recovery and other Health IssuesBrainy part starts:24:05. Behind the Redwood Curtain (Trillium) Starts: 33:35 What We're Learning from Our Knitting (and Crochet): Catherine is finishing up the Fantasy Red Cardi designed by Katherine Foster. She's also made two hats as part of the North Coast Knittery' s Hats for the Homeless Campaign. The pattern is T he Tyson Hat by Robyn Devine and the yarn is Naturally Nazareth. by Kraemer Yarns. Catherine is we...
Aug 04, 2015•42 min
Brainy Thing: 25:05 Behind the Redwood Curtain 32:36 Margaret talks about how much she learned from the Multnomah Shawl by Kate Ray while Catherine talks about tension for crocheting the Misty Rose by Kim Camera. She's also working on the Among the Wild Flowers by Sasha Ball Reeves. Margaret shares some tips from the Book "Organizing for the Right Brain" and mentions Jill Bolte Taylor's Ted Talk "Stroke of Insight." Catherine talks about the Humboldt Marten, who people are trying to get on the E...
Jul 16, 2015•47 min
Brainy Stuff starts at 15:26 Behind the Redwood Curtain stats at 24:13 Catherine is using her Fantasy Red Cardi by Katherine Foster as her carry along knitting project and has just started a crochet project: Dogwood Scarf by Suzann Thompson. Margaret has been experimenting with making samples of different ways to top off the top of a simple hat. Catherine reports on a study done by Dr. Arne May who found that teaching people to juggle grew their brain cells. She asks, can knitting and crochet do...
Jul 02, 2015•33 min
Brainy Part starts at 24:25 Redwood Curtain starts at 32:55 Margaret talks about trying to find the perfects cotton yarn for socks and Catherine tells of her adventures with the Fantasy Red Cardi. Margaret explains auditory learning from the VAK Learning style perspective and how we use all our senses when we are learning. In Behind the Redwood Curtain, Catherine celebrates the California Poppy.
Jun 18, 2015•44 min
Brain Stuff starts at 23:17 and Behind the Redwood Curtain (Arcata Community Forest) begins at 32:33. Catherine is learning from her Putney Shawl, Clapo-ktus, and the Fantasy Red Cardi. Margaret is learning from the Flapper Bucket Hat. Catherine shares the long tradition of handmade wraps to comfort people who are sick, who have had a loss or who are moving away. One of the current projects is the Prayer Shawl Ministry. Margaret offers information about the Arcata Community Forest, one of the fe...
Jun 01, 2015•44 min
Brainy Stuff Starts at 22:00 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 34:07 Margaret tells what she's been learning from Kristen Omdahl's Seamless Crochet Shawl where she tested out the Ninja Star Pattern with the AllHemp6 DK yarn. She likes the pattern and the yarn but not with each other. Catherine talks about her progress on her projects: Meadowlark Shibori Jacket by Gina Wilde and Clapo-Ktus by Loredana Gianferri and Some Pig washcloth by Eimly Guise In Part I of why we put down one project ...
May 17, 2015•41 min
Brainy Part starts at: 14:05; Behind the Redwood Curtain starts at 28.20. Catherine talks about her progress on the Meadowlark Shibori Jacket by Gina Wilde out of Alchemy yarn and her new project Clapo-Ktus by Loredana Gianferri in a beloved skein of Goth Sock. Margaret kind of winged it with a long, narrow drop stitch scarf out of Recycled Sari Silk. Then in the Brainy segment, Catherine talks about how meditation can actually increase the grey matter in your brain and reduce the size and there...
May 02, 2015•41 min
Brainy part starts at 17:50 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 32:20. Margaret talks about her adaptation of the Sweet November crocheted scarf and Catherine gives updates on her Meadowlark Shibori jacket and Sock Yarn Blanket. Margaret talks about the once popular Right- and Left-brain theory and how current brain scientists see those terms as metaphors. She mentions that knitters sometimes identify as Right- or Left-brained. Catherine talks about Blue Ox Millworks in Eureka, CA which use...
Apr 20, 2015•48 min
Brainy Stuff starts at 21:47 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 38.:36. Catherine shares what she's learned from her knitting of the cowel she completed and her adventures with the Meadowlark Shibori Jacket. Margaret talks about a Knit-a-long she began many years ago sponsored by Webs Yarn Company that featured tree motifs from Barbara Walker Today's question is how does Knitting qualifies as an engaged mental activity. The answer lies in the various brain lobes and brain waves and the loc...
Apr 03, 2015•50 min
Brainy stuff starts at 15:40 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 26:55. Catherine finds a patterns for her Great Adirondack yarn from 50 Fabulous Borders by Rita Weiss. She also finished a jelly fish from Hansi Singh's Amigurumi Knits. Margaret has been making washcloths from Stitch Diva's (Jennifer Hansen') pattern and loving the Lucci DK cotton tape yarn. Catherine relates some research suggesting the knitting and other acitivities reduce the chances of dementia and age-related Alzheimer'...
Mar 20, 2015•36 min
Brainy stuff starts at 22:40 and Behind the Redwood Curtain starts at 32:05. Margaret shares what's she's learned from the Gallatin Scarf and the Silk Curved Scarf while Catherine talks about new (Meadowlark Shibori Jacket) and old (Sock Yarn Blanket) projects. Margaret discusses the concept of metacognition and how it helps make knitting projects more successful. She also talks about the First Street Gallery in Eureka and Catherine offers a knitting tip about soaking your project for 20 minutes...
Mar 03, 2015•42 min
Brainy Stuff starts at 25:40. Redwood Curtain starts at 37:40. Catherine is learning more about the structural construction of knitting from Josh Ryks' Scarfy Shenanigans. She also enjoyed the construction of Laura Aylor's Outlier. And for charity, she knitted one of her standbys -- Magic 28. Margaret knit a black and white striped hat and added fringe. She learned that cashmere is lovely soft but shows her botched efforts to pick up a stitch. Catherine discusses the Arcata Waste Management Plan...
Feb 21, 2015•47 min
Brainy stuff starts at 22:30 Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 39:00 Catherine talks about mystery knitalongs, both Laura Aylor's mystery shawl and Josh Ryks' Scarfie Shenanigans. Margaret describes her learning on three pairs of children's socks including two zebra socks and one generic toe up. In the Brainy section, Catherine explains some of the work of Betsan Corkhill at Stitchlinks about how knitting is therapuetic in a number of ways for a number of conditions. In Behind the Redwood Cur...
Feb 02, 2015•47 min
Brainy stuff starts at 28.25 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 44:50. Catherine talks about finishing her PANEM Katniss Cowl Wrap by Dahlia in Bloom and the Two-toned Tawashi by Maryann Walsh. Margaret talked about knitted and crocheted jewelry: Ribband by Laura Nelkin, Crocheted Wrap Around Bracelet by Yuli Nilssen, Kaitlyn Necklace Rose by Javori Designs, and the Gatsby Necklace by Shaina Bilow. Catherine lays the foundation for understanding brain chemicals that make us happy and how k...
Jan 20, 2015•53 min
Margaret talks about what she is learning from knitting and crocheting long beaded strands including Laura Nelkin's Ribband and Yuli Nilssen's Wrap Around Crochet bracelet. Catherine talks about her work on the PANEM Katniss Cowl Wrap by Dalhia in Bloom using Lion Brand Wool-ease Thick and Quick. Margaret and Catherine discuss rating patterns by levels of difficulty versus levels of concentration. Margaret talks about visiting Table Bluff in Loleta, California and then discusses the benefits of ...
Jan 02, 2015•47 min
Catherine talks about creating the braid in Laura Aylor's Faberge', Margaret talks about Mel Ski's hat Drizzle, Catherine introduces Dr. Perri Klass' work on how knitting can create focus and she also describes all the mushrooms she's been seeing this year. (Photos are in the Shownotes on the blog.) Finally, Margaret offers some tools-- paper and electronic -- on how to estimate the yardage for projects.
Dec 08, 2014•42 min
In this episode, Catherine and Margaret talk about what they are learning from Hilary Smith Callis' Citron and Laura Aylor's Faberge'. Margaret delves a little deeper into Visual Learning and Catherine talks about the Redwood Curtain's famous denizen, Bigfoot. She also talks about how the type of needle can impact gauge.
Dec 03, 2014•42 min
Catherine and Margaret talk about what their knitting is teaching them. For Margaret it is the Kirklees sock and the Hermione's Everyday Sock. For Catherine it is knitting a sweater for a theatre production. (No pattern.) In Behind the Redwood Curtain, they discuss the annual Fall North Country Fair and in the Brainy Part, Margaret introduces the VAK Learning Style. Catherine offers a knitting tip about how gauge changes throughout a project.
Nov 17, 2014•36 min
Brainy part at 18.60 minutes. Catherine talks about what she is learning from casting on Fabrege'. Margaret talks about her infatuation with Triplets Scarf. Catherine contines to talk about Flow and the conditions at least one psychologist believes is necessary to achieve it. In Behind the Redwood Curtain Catherine talks about Banana Slugs and in Knitting Tips she talks about gauge -- everyone's favorite subject
Oct 29, 2014•38 min
Margaret and Catherine talk about what their knitting is teaching them, (Chameleon Scarf and Fabergé), Mihály's Csikszentmihály's theories on Flow, Redwood trees from a gardening perspective, and KnittingHelp.com's tips on making decreases.
Oct 14, 2014•42 min
In this episode Catherine and Margaret both talk about what they have learned from their knitting; they discuss Carol S. Dweck's book Mindset , describe in general terms The Redwood Curtain, and offer a knitting tip
Sep 22, 2014•44 min
