Welcome to Episode 94 Joining Art and Science and how it impacts the brain; Enjoying the simple pleasure of the dishcloth; Mysteries of the famous Eureka Icon — the Carson Mansion
Brainy thing: 16:26 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 28:03
What We’re Learning from Our Knitting
For little or no discernible reason, except a whim, Margaret makes Nai Nai’s Favorite Dishcloth (
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nai-nais-favorite) by Ali Crockett and discovers the bias or corner-to-corner structure for the first time — after all these years. Both of these are on Becky Stewart’s lis of 12 dishcloth knitting patterns.
Some crocheted diagonal washcloths:
Bias Crochet Washcloth
Beth Major knit picks diagnonal cloth good for beginners
Brainy Thing:
When does Performance Art become a science experiment. Performance artist marina Abramovic (The Artist is Present) teams up with neuroscientist Suzanne Dikker to create: Measuring the Magic of the Mutual Gaze;
Suzanne Dikker neuroscientist
Behind the Redwood Curtain:

Margaret explores the mysteries of the Carson Mansion and Ingomar Club. Photo tour
photo tour
Art Meets Science with Marina Abramovic and Suzanne Dikker’s Brain Project: Measuring the Magic of Mutual Gaze; Examining the Pleasures of the Dishcloth; The mysteries of The Carson Mansion and Ingomar Club.
In this episode Of Teaching Your Brain to Knit, we examine the line between art and science in the brain; We Discover the pleasures of the lowly dishcloth; and we Explore the mysteries of the Carson Mansion and the Ingomar Club.
Marina Abramovic, Suzanne Dikker, Becky Stewart, Jenny Konopinski
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