Monthly Archives: March 2018

Ep. 081 Can Ambidexterity Improve the Brain? Finding an interim project; Exploring Fair Isle; Escaping the “Noise of Machine Age America.”

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Welcome to Episode 81:   Handedness and the Brain

Brainy Thing:  24:21            Behind the Redwood Curtain 35:41

What We’re Learning from our Knitting

Margaret’s further exploration of Fair Isle veers into Crochet Fair Isle under the instruction of Karen Whooley.  (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/karen-whooley)  Other Fair Isle references in the report.
Catherine finds an “Interim Project” until she’s ready for a full commitment.   February 19; from the 365   Knitting. Stitches.A. Year. Perpetual Calendar:

Brainy Thing:

Can training to be ambidextrous improve your brain?  Maybe but one expert says maybe not.
Differential
Using Your

Behind the Redwood Curtain

Morris Graves Museum  How  an artist escapes “the noise of machine age America.”   Morris Graves

Links:
website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post.
Instagram:   Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine
Today on Teaching Your Brain to Knit we ask “Can learning to be ambidextrous help improve your brain?” also Margaret further explores Fair Isle;  Catherine finds  an “interim” project and we learn how one artist found an escape from the “the noise of machine age America.”

Ep. 080 Review of “Beyond Food”; Turning to Lace; Failing a Project but Learning; Walking Eureka Old Town

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Welcome to Episode 80:  Finding Your Own Path to Health

Brainy Thing:    12:30                     Behind the Redwood Curtain:  24:42

What we’re learning from our knitting:

Catherine likes her Coffee Shop Wrap by Alexandra Tavel https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coffee-shop-wrap    (free through Lion Brand Yarns,) but has been yearning for lace knitting.  
 Margaret tries creating a design for an elongated fair isle ornament.   The project fails but she learns a lot.  https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/classes/fair-isle-holiday-ornaments/497492.  It’s Margaret’s design but Sunne Meyer’s ornament pattern.

Brainy Thing:

Catherine reviews the indie documentary “Beyond Food” http://beyondfoodthemovie.com/.   Among other topics the film highlights parkour sports:  https://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/07/19/beginners-guide-to-parkour/
A beginner’s guide in case anyone wants to take it up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7QNWEGcNI

Behind the Redwood Curtain:

Enjoy the history and the continuing beauty of the city of Eureka with the Eureka Walking Tour  https://eurekaparksandrec.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/old-town-walking-tours/.   If you want to see photos of the work that was put into the Carson Block:   (https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/witness-marks/Content?oid=3635632 )

Links:

website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post.
Instagram:   Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine
In Episode 80 of Teaching Your Brain to Knit, The documentary Beyond Food endorses the idea that to improve your brain and your body, you need to find the right approach for you;  Catherine identifies herself as a lace knitter for now;  Margaret fails at a design for fair isle ornaments but learns a lot;  and both podcasters explore Old Town Eureka on a walking tour.