Welcome Blanket's guest appearances

Welcome Blanket

Teaching Your Brain to Knit

Just Wanna Quilt

Rick Hanson

Jacquie Gering

Tula Pink

Jim Kwik

Roark Dowell

Andrea Tsang Jackson

Stephanie Kendron

Kristin Esser

Tammy Silvers

Ali Smith

Heather Grant

Jo Westfoot

Michael McCormick

Dora Cary

Patty Dudek

OwlTail

Brainy thing:  24:18            Behind the Redwood Curtain:  29:40   What we’ve learned from our knitting (and crochet):   Margaret completed her Quest Shawl by Linda Dean featured in the Jimmy Beans Advent Crochet event.   It was great fun but she was glad to finally finish it.   Quest Shawl:https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quest-shawl.   Then she completed several small projects:  A souvenir from Stitches West, Rebecca Danger’s Wickedly Peaceful Polar Bear:   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wickedly-peaceful-polar-bear-christmas-ornament.   Some eggs including one by Nicky Fijalkowska in her book  Knitted Birds    https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitted-birds-by-nicky-fijalkowska and one that Margaret freelanced on her own.   Finally, to mix up needle sizes, she finished the Jolly Wee Elf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jolly-wee-elf in worsted weight yarn and size 5 needles.    In this process she became curious about casting on small circular objects and found the following links helpful:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRHzIYEK7a8   and circular  Cast on:   https://knitmuch.com/4-cast-ons-for-knitting-circular-lace/ She also found a great tutorial for stuffing these items by Sarah Schira from Imagined Landscapes, famously a gnome designer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSFzJDULFA   Catherine sadly lost the bag with her textured blanket squares but started with a new project for the Welcome Blanket project:   https://www.welcomeblanket.org/patterns/ .She’s  using Caron's Yarnspirations in the summer berry colorway.   Brainy Thing: How do birds migrate and bees find their way?   One way is through magnetoreception and now scientists have recorded human responses to changes in the magnetic field.   But test subjects didn’t seem able to consciously feel those changes.   https://www.livescience.com/65018-human-brain-senses-magnetic-field.html  http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/03/18/human-brain-magnetoreception-magnetic-field-sense/#.XJBsGGRKhFQ http://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-a-human-magnetic-sense-that-lets-your-brain-detect-the-earths-magnetic-field-113536     Behind the Redwood Curtain: County residents are concerned that the Netflix series Murder Mountain will cast a negative shadow on Southern Humboldt County, but Catherine tells us about a little known treasure in the middle of remote and wild SoHum:  The Redwoods Monastery  or  Our Lady of the Redwoods  in White Thorn operated by  Cistercian nuns and who also market their delicious honey. https://www.redwoodsabbey.org/ https://store.redwoodsabbey.org/collections/honey     We’re back with Catherine and Margaret in the classic format of our podcast Teaching Your Brain to Knit, number One Hundred and Three.  We share what we’re learning from our knitting:  crocheting a shawl, knitting small items and starting a new welcome blanket.  Margaret reports new studies that show that human brains respond to changes in the magnetic field but people don’t consciously perceive them.  What does that mean?   We don’t know.    And Catherine talks about a remote monastery and retreat in Southern Humboldt.

Brainy thing:  24:18            Behind the Redwood Curtain:  29:40   What we’ve learned from our knitting (and crochet):   Margaret completed her Quest Shawl by Linda Dean featured in the Jimmy Beans Advent Crochet event.   It was great fun but she was glad to finally finish it.   Quest Shawl:<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quest-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quest-shawl</a>.   Then she completed several small projects:  A souvenir from Stitches West, Rebecca Danger’s Wickedly Peaceful Polar Bear:   <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wickedly-peaceful-polar-bear-christmas-ornament" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wickedly-peaceful-polar-bear-christmas-ornament</a>.   Some eggs including one by Nicky Fijalkowska in her book  Knitted Birds    <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitted-birds-by-nicky-fijalkowska" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitted-birds-by-nicky-fijalkowska</a> and one that Margaret freelanced on her own.   Finally, to mix up needle sizes, she finished the Jolly Wee Elf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas   <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jolly-wee-elf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jolly-wee-elf</a> in worsted weight yarn and size 5 needles.    In this process she became curious about casting on small circular objects and found the following links helpful:   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRHzIYEK7a8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRHzIYEK7a8</a>   and circular  Cast on:   <a href="https://knitmuch.com/4-cast-ons-for-knitting-circular-lace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://knitmuch.com/4-cast-ons-for-knitting-circular-lace/</a> She also found a great tutorial for stuffing these items by Sarah Schira from Imagined Landscapes, famously a gnome designer:   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSFzJDULFA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSFzJDULFA</a>   Catherine sadly lost the bag with her textured blanket squares but started with a new project for the Welcome Blanket project:   <a href="https://www.welcomeblanket.org/patterns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.welcomeblanket.org/patterns/</a> .She’s  using Caron's Yarnspirations in the summer berry colorway.   Brainy Thing: How do birds migrate and bees find their way?   One way is through magnetoreception and now scientists have recorded human responses to changes in the magnetic field.   But test subjects didn’t seem able to consciously feel those changes.   <a href="https://www.livescience.com/65018-human-brain-senses-magnetic-field.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/65018-human-brain-senses-magnetic-field.html</a> <em> </em><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/03/18/human-brain-magnetoreception-magnetic-field-sense/#.XJBsGGRKhFQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/03/18/human-brain-magnetoreception-magnetic-field-sense/#.XJBsGGRKhFQ</a> <a href="http://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-a-human-magnetic-sense-that-lets-your-brain-detect-the-earths-magnetic-field-113536" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-a-human-magnetic-sense-that-lets-your-brain-detect-the-earths-magnetic-field-113536</a>     Behind the Redwood Curtain: County residents are concerned that the Netflix series Murder Mountain will cast a negative shadow on Southern Humboldt County, but Catherine tells us about a little known treasure in the middle of remote and wild SoHum:  The Redwoods Monastery  or  Our Lady of the Redwoods  in White Thorn operated by  Cistercian nuns and who also market their delicious honey. <a href="https://www.redwoodsabbey.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.redwoodsabbey.org/</a> <a href="https://store.redwoodsabbey.org/collections/honey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://store.redwoodsabbey.org/collections/honey</a>     We’re back with Catherine and Margaret in the classic format of our podcast Teaching Your Brain to Knit, number One Hundred and Three.  We share what we’re learning from our knitting:  crocheting a shawl, knitting small items and starting a new welcome blanket.  Margaret reports new studies that show that human brains respond to changes in the magnetic field but people don’t consciously perceive them.  What does that mean?   We don’t know.    And Catherine talks about a remote monastery and retreat in Southern Humboldt.

Ep. 103  Knitting Little Things;  Starting a New Welcome Blanket;  Magnetoreception and the Human Brain;  The Redwood Monastery

Jayna Zweiman

Jayna Zweiman talks to us about how the Pussy Hat Project (https://www.pussyhatproject.com) came about, and now her latest project, Welcome Blanket (https://www.welcomeblanket.org).  We recorded the interview in early Summer, and we mention Museum of Design Atlanta, which we have since been to (and there is an interview about MODA posted already).  MODA: http://www.museumofdesign.org.

Jayna Zweiman talks to us about how the Pussy Hat Project (<a href="https://www.pussyhatproject.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pussyhatproject.com</a>) came about, and now her latest project, Welcome Blanket (<a href="https://www.welcomeblanket.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.welcomeblanket.org</a>).  We recorded the interview in early Summer, and we mention Museum of Design Atlanta, which we have since been to (and there is an interview about MODA posted already).  MODA: <a href="http://www.museumofdesign.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.museumofdesign.org</a>.

Jayna Zweiman, co-creator of the Pussy Hat Project and creator of Welcome Blanket talks to us