Brainy thing: 18:37 Behind the Redwood Curtain: 29:19
What We’re Learning From Our Knitting
Margaret finished a pair of summer socks: Top down, 1x1 twist rib cuff, afterthought heel with gusset,
(check out Ariana Hipsagh gussets in afterthought heel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUyJM2FBH_o
Reena Meijer Dress Knit better Socks blog http://knitbettersocks.blogspot.com/)
The yarn is Canon Hand Dyed 80 Merino, 10 Cashmere and 10 nylon.by The Amy Lee Show and the colorway is “I will believe that there are unicorns” a part of her January Shakespeare Club and a quote from the Tempest.
She learned a lot from making the first step from Laura Nelkin’s Ducenti Shawl https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ducenti-mkal— a beaded i-cord. Made from in two different but closely coordinated colors, the two skeins of yarn came in Laura Nelkin’s Ducenti Shawl kit, originally a mystery kit.They are a wonderfully soft single ply Dragonfly Fibers, Pixie yarn in 100 % merino in a mossy green and a variegated dark putty, with hints of a brassy brown and green.
But she’s not making the the full shawl as designed by Laura. She’s using it as the bottom of Eline Oftedal’s Waves Shoulder Cosy https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wave-shoulder-cosy
Catherine shares a free app from Home Depot for matching up colors. She finds the matches are a tad on the dark side but still thinks it’s a nifty tool. She found some yarn she’s long been looking for from Lion Brand gradient stripe in pink for a dog sweater for a dog who looks fierce but isn’t. She is working on her Dishcloth exchange using cotton she had on hand plus a ball of lily’s sugar and cream in white, lime, teal green, and lavendar. The pattern is Vortex 5 by Rebecca Hudson (Meditative is her Rav name.)
Brainy Thing
Margaret reports on recent research on the Placebo effect — Among the findings are that it works even if people know they are taking a placebo, it works in animals, and it changes an enzyme in the brain.
https://connect.uclahealth.org/2019/03/14/placebo-effect-sugar-pills-as-medicine/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513296/
https://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2019/03/the-mysterious-and-maddening-placebo-effect-what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-it/
http://programinplacebostudies.org/
Arcata Fairy Festival
A new kid-friendly event in Arcata is the Fairy Festival, celebrating its second year and planning for the next.
https://www.arcatamainstreet.com/fairy-festival
Give Away
Another fun giveaway. Be the first to request it on the Ravelry thread.
In this episode of Teaching Your Brain to Knit we discuss summer socks, beaded i-cord, the dishcloth exchange anda pink striped yarn for a dog. We share the latest on the Placebo Effect and report on a new area event, The Arcata Fairy Festival.