Welcome to Episode 059: The Dana Foundation Supports Brain Research and Education
Brainy Thing: 20:45 Redwood Curtain: 25:50
What We’re Learning from Our Knitting:
Margaret is learning Intarsia, a technique she’s been wanting to learn for a long time. She presents her experiences so far and a variety of sources for learning intarsia from books, videos, You tube, CraftsyYou Tube
Marlene Dysert
Edie Eckman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMEL2C7EHM
Eunny Jang: untangle yarns in Intarsia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgpA1-Xa4Pw
photo tutorial https://www.thespruce.com/learn-to-knit-intarsia-2116388
Craftsy:
Next Steps in Intarsia http://makezine.com/2011/09/28/intarsia_101_add_a_color_desig/
Sally melville https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/classes/intarsia-basics-beyond/35719 including intarsia in the round
Lucy Neatby two CD;s: Intarsia Untangled
How to make a yarn bobbin:
Catherine has been struggling to find knitting time but sneaking in a row or two of Absolutely Essential by Bunny Muff. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/absolutely-essential
Brainy Thing:
The Dana Foundation supports Brain Research and education about the brain. Dana foundation http://www.dana.org/
Behind the Redwood Curtain:
2017 Redwood Yarn Stomp https://www.facebook.com/Redwoodcraftstomp/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
Knitting Tip
Crochet more foundation chains than you need and count your stitches in each row as you finish them.
A Little Podcast Business
Winners for joining the Ravelry Group announced.
2017 Learn Along:
Ends on May 1st. Get those projects done and post them on the thread in the Teaching Your Brain to Knit Ravelry Group. 
Links:
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Summary
Today on Teaching Your Brain to Knit learn how the Dana Foundation supports research and education about the brain; Margaret offers sources and tips for learning intarsia; Catherine discovers how absolutely essential knitting is for her while she works on Bunny Muff’s shawl: Absolutely Essential, Get the details on the Redwood Craft Stomp April 27 -29, Learn two crochet tips from our listener thread and finally find out who wins prizes for joining the Teaching Your Brain to Knit Group on Ravelry.
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