Tue, 9 February 2010
Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: A brief break from the Mother Bear project knitting to finish up the Eliina Shawl--almost there! Post a picture of your bear right here as a comment or here at Ravelry. The FRIDAY CogKNITive lunch meet-up will be at NOON at the tables near the Concessions area behind the 900's section on the Market floor. Come hang out with us! The CogKNITIve Meet-up at STITCHES WEST will be at 3 PM on Saturday at Booth 111--the Mother Bear Project booth. Bring your bear to turn in OR bring old yarn or needles or hooks to donate OR bring $5. for the pattern OR bring $10 to sponsor someone else's bear and have your name put on it. If nothing else, bring nothing, pay nothing, get love from Dr Gemma for even showing up, and take a brochure to give to your local knitting group to inspire them to make bears. Just COME! Bring YOURSELF and get a warm hug! Dizzy Blonde: We're washing burgundy 2-ply--about 260 yards of sport weight, spinning some turquoise merino from Freckle Face Fibers on Etsy, and generally enjoying ourselves. Strategy: When other people bug you, change YOUR OWN behaviors ot get some relief. Something I Really Like: Starry nights and the Milky Way. The REAL Milky Way, but I rather love the candy bars too... Blather: 77 bears for Mother Bear-- **You people are WONDERFUL!** Our team at work splinters, due to a few Drama Queens (of either sex). I settle down to stay out of it! Comments[0] |
Tue, 2 February 2010  It's just a new promo! Comments[0] |
Tue, 2 February 2010
Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: 3 bears done for Mother Bear project! A few words about the various ways to make a bear. Post a picture of your bear right here as a comment or here at Ravelry. We've got over 50 bears so far! The CogKNITIve Meet-up at STITCHES WEST will be at 3 PM on Saturday at Booth 111--the Mother Bear Project booth. Bring your bear to turn in OR bring old yarn or needles or hooks to donate OR bring $5. for the pattern OR bring $10 to sponsor someone else's bear and have your name put on it. If nothing else, bring nothing, pay nothing, get love from Dr Gemma for even showing up, and take a brochure to give to your local knitting group to inspire them to make bears. Just COME! Bring YOURSELF and get a warm hug! Dizzy Blonde: Some Stitches heads-ups: Friday--lunch meet-up--more details to follow. Saturday--Meet-up at Mother-Bear project Booth #111! 3 PM. Strategy: A place for everything and everything in its place--and thanks to Julie of Forgotten Classics for this one!. Something I Really Like: The Mac suite of in-home apps and hardware that make Itunes and its Homesharing possible. Blather: 50 bears for Mother Bear and more since I recorded this! **You people are WONDERFUL!** Mother Bear tells us that **you can use ANY worsted weight yarn**--washable or hand-wash only! Some info re: donating to Haiti through Webs, Knitters without Borders and others, and Ravelry's effort through the "Help for Haiti" tag. In the prison: there's a new warden on the yard. Comments[0] |
Tue, 19 January 2010  HEY! It's Hermione Grizzy! (My 2nd bear for Mother Bear.) Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: I 'm now done my 2nd bear for The Mother Bear Project CAL/KAL--Hermione Grizzly in the picture above. Post a picture of your bear right here as a comment or here at Ravelry. The CogKNITIve Meet-up at STITCHES WEST will be at 3 PM on Saturday at Booth 111--the Mother Bear Project booth. Bring your bear to turn in OR bring old yarn or needles or hooks to donate OR bring $5. for the pattern OR bring $10 to sponsor someone else's bear and have your name put on it. If nothing else, bring nothing, pay nothing, get love from Dr Gemma for even showing up, and take a brochure to give to your local knitting group to inspire them to make bears. Just COME! Bring YOURSELF and get a warm hug! Slow crawl on my adult bamboo-blend socks. Dizzy Blonde: Plying (OR: How do you spell N-E-E-D-P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E). Strategy: Never forget: what goes around, comes around,and Kharma is a very real force in this world, whatever your particular faith calls it. Something I Really Like: More new podcasts: The Knitting Show, and Yarns From the Plain, and an old friend: Knitting Rose Did I mention that ChrissytheGreat is a person I really like? And let's not forget KnitGifts.com, who sent me a gift of lovely cards through Gigi.
Blather: New and better hours at work, no more teaching, a new dishwasher, Creative Pursuits, and coaxing Lexicom into doing her fantastic podcast. Ah, and I get 2 weeks off around Stitches West! CogKNITive Fiber Retreat: probably in Tehachapi again. Still looking for a place that might be a little larger than last year's, planning to give preference to people who came last year, probably going to charge slightly more than last year (but still tying to keep things as inexpensive as possible), and lining up classes. Early possibilities: Navajo spindling, Tunisian crochet, entrelac (Nathan? did I mention...?), 2-at-atime-toe-up socks==how to cast on, fiber preparation, fitting your knit/crochetware. And the same excellent line-up of vendors plus Carolina Homespun. No fixed date yet, but probably the 2nd week of October. IDEAS WELCOME! Comments[0] |
Tue, 12 January 2010  LOOK! A bear in New Zealand by Knitopotamus! Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: I'm almost done my first bear for The Mother Bear Project CAL/KAL. See the previous entry (Episode 71) for details Post a picture of your bear right here as a comment or here at Ravelry.
The CogKNITIve Meet-up at STITCHES WEST will be at 3 PM on Saturday at Booth 111--the Mother Bear Project booth. Bring your bear to turn in OR bring old yarn or needles or hooks to donate OR bring $5. for the pattern OR bring $10 to sponsor someone else's bear and have your name put on it. If nothing else, bring nothing, pay nothing, get love from Dr Gemma for even showing up, and take a brochure to give to your local knitting group to inspire them to make bears. Just COME! Bring YOURSELF and get a warm hug! I'm exactly at the same place on all my other projects! ARG!!! No knitting time! Dizzy Blonde: We had a lovely spinning get-together at the home of the lovely Libertyknits, and I tried out some SW merino from Freckleface Fibers of Etsy and the last CogKnitive Fiber Retreat fame. Strategy: When in doubt, consult. Something I Really Like: Some new podcasts: Jewish Diva Diaries, The Knitting Show, and Yarns From the Plains
Blather: Different yard, different responses to the holidays. And a little paranoia circulates in the housing unit this week. Stay tuned for details of the next CogKNITive Fiber Retreat! Planning has begun!Comments[1] |
Mon, 4 January 2010  Post a picture of your bear right here as a comment or here at Ravelry. Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map!  What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: The Mother Bear Project CAL/KAL has begun! Roll your cursor over each bear here to see the name of its fabulous creator. HERE ARE SOME DETAILS: Use the instructions from one of the links below to knit or crochet a bear for the Mother Bear Project. Details and donations buttons (you can get the pattern by giving $5 and emailing them that you'd like the pattern) Various links to the (free) patterns available: Bear knitted in the round and also here. The wonderful book, Knitting For Peace by Betty Christiansen **The CAL/KAL starts Jan 1st, officially, and it stops when I am done at least one bear!** **One entry for the yarny wonderful prize per bear knitted or crocheted! ** Get out those scraps and warm up those hooks and/or needles! **Send completed bears with $3.00** to cover cost of postage for shipping to Africa to: Mother Bear Project P.O. Box 62188 Minneapolis, MN 55426 Volunteers will sew a red felt heart onto your bear's chest. If you did not buy a tag from them, volunteers will also fill out one for you, with your name or anyone's name you suggest on it, to be attached to your bear. **These bears are meant to be personal, so each child will know the name of a person who loves them and is thinking of them!**
I'm heading up the cuff of the first of my Not More Socks in a bamboo blend. Still not moving on the Eliina Shawl. Strategy: Give from your abundance as a way of expressing joy in the New Year. Something I Really Like: Knitting for Peace by Betty ChristiansenBlather: How the Lendrum landed, eating at Hobees in Palo Alto one more time, and a chat with Gigi of The Knitmore Girls. Stay tuned for details of the next CogKNITive Fiber Retreat! Planning has begun!Comments[3] |
Mon, 28 December 2009  Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! Coming in January...! A CAL/KAL! Made for you to use up all those annoying scraps! Details forming here on the CogKNITive blogger blog or on the Ravelry group here.. What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: This was recorded on my way to San Francisco to pick up my new Lendrum. Meanwhile, I am finished the Rippled Afghan! I'm finished the 2nd crocheted Country Cotton Shawl. I'm finished the Branching Out Scarf . I'm heading up the cuff of the first of my Not More Socks in a bamboo blend. Still not moving on the Eliina Shawl.
Strategy: Accept love gratefully and gracefully when it's freely offered. Something I Really Like: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! Blather: Thanks for all the love! You are THE BEST podcast listeners I could ever ask for. PS. A pleasant surprise came with my new Lendrum: Carolina Homespun wants to be a vendor at the next CogKNITive Fiber Retreat!Comments[1] |
Fri, 18 December 2009
This is one honkin' BIG afghan! Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! Coming in January...! A CAL/KAL! Made for you to use up all those annoying scraps! Details forming here on the CogKNITive blogger blog or on the Ravelry group here.. What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: Still saving for a Lendrum wheel. BUT! Meanwhile, I am finished the Rippled Afghan! I'm nearly done the 2nd crocheted Country Cotton Shawl. I'm back on the Branching Out Scarf , learning to handle lace. I've reverted to my sock fetish and am making a new pair in a bamboo blend yarn--VERY soft & pretty! And still finishing my third quickie Knitted Neck Scarf--a 1-2-day project. Still not moving yet on the Eliina Shawl.
Strategy: Make a New Year's Plan--even just one! Instead of vague resolutions, spell out one detailed plan for success. Something I Really Like: The joys of fresh salmon and a DH unafraid to use to use it! Blather: It's a short episode, a kidney stone, a head cold, and holidays in a prison...it ain't pretty, but we're hanging in there! My Salmon: In 2 TBS olive oil, cook 2 tbs crushed garlic, then add salmon and pan fry until cooked through. Toss in lots of parsley and cook until it wilts. Add generous amount of lemon juice. At the last second before finishing, add a HUGE pile of grated parmesan. Put it all over curly pasta of some sort.
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Mon, 7 December 2009
First, many thanks to the generous folk whose names I mention within. These are the latest batch of donors to the podcast. Many Thanks for your kindness and support! Next, a rousing HUZZAH! for the winners of the 2 goody bags: Sherri M from Elk Grove, CA Nanette the Nanny from Arlington, VA And here's the info about the KAL/CAL to begin in the month of January, 2010: Use the instructions from one of the links below to knit or crochet a bear for the Mother Bear Project. Details and donations buttons (you can get the pattern by giving $5 and emailing them that you'd like the pattern) Various links to the (free) patterns available: Bear knitted in the round and also here. T he wonderful book, Knitting For Peace by Betty Christiansen The CAL/KAL starts Jan 1st, officially, and it stops when I am done at least one bear! One entry for the yarny wonderful prize per bear knitted or crocheted! Get out those scraps and warm up those hooks and/or needles! I'll start the threads to publish your pics in January! Comments[2] |
Mon, 7 December 2009 
Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map! What's On My Hook/Needles/Spindle: I am not even looking at the last 6 rows of the Eliina Shawl. Not really spinning this week either, but I am saving as hard as I can for a Lendrum wheel in my future. Meanwhile, I am finishing the Rippled Afghan, and may even be done by the time this goes live... I've begun a new Branching Out Scarf and also a Country Cotton Shawl. And yet a third quickie Knitted Neck Scarf--a 1-2-day project. Welcome back, Gigi! Great work, Jasmin! Strategy: Do something different for the holidays to refresh your pleasure in them. Something I Really Like: Memories of the Futurecast podcast by Will Wheaton (yes, THAT Will Wheaton). Watch out for the blue language, though, but, hey, my Trekkie comrades, it's for us! Blather: Some days at the prison are just a little over-the-top, even by my standards...If you are shy of laughing at a little barf, well, this one is not for you. Comments[1] |
CogKNITive Podcast
Welcome to my podcast about knitting, crocheting, and psychology, and how they intertwine in my busy life. I record as I drive, so car noise may be an issue. Segments include: What's on My Hook/Needles, a Life Strategy, Something I Really Like, and Blather. Thanks for listening!
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Now You'd take this bear home and love him, wouldn't you? And, best of all, some sad little kid will do just that!
