Ep. 128 Grounding, Cardi Knit-along, Knitting Failures, The Grange

Brainy Thing:  16:51   Behind the Redwood Curtain:  32:11

 

What We're Learning from Our Knitting:

Catherine may have missed the deadline for the Imagined Landscape Cardi KAL but she's nearly finished her Agata https://www.ravelry.com/groups/imagined-landscapes?s=tab.

It's a Knitty's free pattern https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/agata. by Leah Chapman with an unusual construction. She is using Lion Brand Mandala yarn in the Chimera colorway --with a lot of autumnal colors plus a few bright ones.

Margaret had a lot of failures but still learned a lot. The first one was The Big Marl by Beata Jezek https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-big-marl where despite multiple mistakes, she learned an icord edging that was knitted as she went along. Then she had fun on a big search for a pattern she discovered on the net without a name. She was intrigued by the shape and couldn't figure out the construction. The answer was short rows. Here's some of the variations:

Windmill Dishcloth by Dione Read: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-windmill-dishcloth

The Almost Lost Washcloth by Julie Tarsha. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-almost-lost-washcloth

Round Dishcloth by Amy Carpenter. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/round-dishcloth

Sunburst Dishcloth by Sara Balkwin. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sunburst-dishcloth

The Windmill Dishcloth by Patricia Jared. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/windmill-dishcloth-2

 

Brainy Thing: Grounding

Anticipating travel in the future, Catherine talks about how to overcome jet lag (and enjoy other health benefits) with the ancient but not widely know practice of Grounding, or walking on the sand, grass or earth barefooted .

https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-to-overcome-jet-lag

https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding#:~:text=Grounding%2C%20also%20called%20earthing%2C%20is,positive%20effects%20on%20your%20body.

 

Behind the Redwood Curtain: The Grange

Margaret discusses some of the controversies involved in local California Granges wanting to pull away from the National Organization.

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/aug/14/grange/

https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/the-state-of-the-grange/Content?oid=3498448

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/aug/14/grange/

 

Welcome to episode 128 of Teaching Your Brain to Knit where we follow Catherine's progress on the Agata Cardigan, we share Margaret's many failures but much learning on her projects, Catherine gives us a tip about countering jet lag with Grounding, and we report on the local and not so local controversies surrounding the Grange. Thanks for listening to our podcast.