What’s your VAK?

WELCOME TO EPISODE 4

Brainy stuff starts at around 24 minutes

What Catherine is learning from her knitting:

The Coraline father sweater (no pattern):

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How not to finish your sweater

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What Margaret is learning from her knitting:

Turning socks inside out for stranding:  Margaret’s modified Kirklees

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Kirklees Socks by Tian Foley

Friday’s Studio Sock

Margaret’s cut and reknit Hermione’s Everyday Socks

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Margaret’s original Hermione’s Everyday Socks by Erica Leuder

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Cat Bordhi’s Sweet Tomato Heel socks book (well worth getting) and Youtube

Dragonfly Fibers Dragon Sock

Is your preferred learning style visual, auditory, or kinesthetic?

About visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles here.

Free VAK test here.

Behind the Redwood Curtain

North Country Fair

Catherine talks about the alpaca or llama people who have a booth.   They are the Tyler Family who have Arcata Bay Llamas which includes llama, alpacas, angora rabbits and Icelandic sheep.

Knitting Tip

Check your gauge throughout your project.   It can change.

More Flow, More Happiness

Welcome to Episode 3

Brainy Stuff at 18:60 minutes

What Catherine is learning from her knitting:

Casting on Fabrege’ by Laura Aylor

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Laura Aylor’s Ravelry Designer page

 

What Margaret is learning from her knitting

A tale of infatuation with the Triplet Scarf

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Triplets Scarf by Sue Perez

Sue Perez’ blog  Mr. Micawber’s Recipe for Happiness

Sue Perez’ Ravelry Designer page

Mountain Shadows Bracelet by Sue Perez

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Brainy Thing

Part II on Flow and how it relates to knitting:  apathy, boredom, relaxation, worry, control, anxiety, arousal, flow

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Behind the Redwood Curtain

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Banana Slug:   a photo gallery of banana slugs in all their glory

 

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Crocheted Banana Slug of no Ordinary Means  by Deanna Williston

Teaching Your Brain to Knit Episode 2: Happiness Flows

What Margaret is learning from her knitting:

Chameleon Scarf  by Lorilee Beltman

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Knit One Crochet Too Ty-Dy Cotton

The Websters in Ashland,Oregon

 

What Catherine is learning from her knitting:

Fabergé by Laura Aylor

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Classic Elite Vail alpaca and bamboo

Japanese seed beads

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Brainy Thing

The film Happy

Mihály Csikszentmihályi’s work on Flow

“Flow the Secret to Happiness” Ted Talk

Pronouncing Mihály Csikszentmihályi

 

Behind the Redwood Curtain

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Sunset Western Garden Book

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Knitting Tip

Knitting Help.com

Ep. 1 Pod cast-on: Open up to knitting

Welcome to Teaching Your Brain to Knit Episode 1:  Open up to Knitting

Brainy stuff begins:  26:08 minutes in

What Catherine is learning from her knitting:

firefly cloth

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Firefly Dishcloth  by Holly Klein

Hemp for Knitting

a for a child hat Note the little “glitch” in the ribbing that occurred when Catherine weaved in the ends.   She later undid it and re-weaved it so that it didn’t look wonky.

Top Down Baby Hat  by Amy Whitlow

Brown Sheep Wool Worsted

Emily Ocher’s Circular Cast on pictorial directions 

Emily Ocher’s Circular Cast on video directions

Afghans for Afghans organization

 

What Margaret is learning from her knitting:

Mom sweater

As You Like It Cardigan  by Judith Shangold

Cascade 220 Superwash

Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind off pictorial directions

Jeny’s Surprisngly Stretchy Bind off video

Beginner’s garter stitch tie — just knit, knit, knit as wide and as long as you want.  The yarn did all the work.

 

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Brainy Thing:

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Mindset Webpage

Self-test your mindset

Behind The Redwood Curtain:

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