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Teaching Your Brain to Knit

Margaret and Catherine talk about what they are learning from their knitting, something about the brain or learning, Behind the Redwood Curtain, the area where they live along the Northcoast of California, and a knitting tip

Crafts Leisure Learning Education
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every 23 days
Average duration
39 minutes
Episodes
145
Years Active
2014 - 2023
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Ep. 025 Impact of Mood, the Environment and Seeing Colors in Knitting

Ep. 025 Impact of Mood, the Environment and Seeing Colors in Knitting

Welcome to Episode 25

 Brainy Thing: 18:37

 Behind the Redwood Curtain:  27:53

 What We’re Learning from our knitting:

 Catherine is finishing up her second Fantasy Red Cardi (that’s the name but thi…

00:40:42  |   Fri 02 Oct 2015
Ep. 024  Muscle Memory and Knitting

Ep. 024 Muscle Memory and Knitting

Brainy Thing:  17:17   Behind the Redwood Curtain:  27:10

Margaret took a course in Multi-Directional Knitting from JC Briar and has made wristlets to reinforce that learning.   She also made the Mud…

00:40:14  |   Sat 19 Sep 2015
Ep. 023 How We See Color in our Knitting and Crochet

Ep. 023 How We See Color in our Knitting and Crochet

Brainy Part 20:18   Behind the Redwood Curtain:  39:38

Catherine is learning from Heidi May's (Velvet Acorn) Failyn Fox Cowl and from Melissa Mall's Simple Man Slipper.

Margaret is learning from Rebe…

00:48:07  |   Tue 01 Sep 2015
Ep. 022 Kinesthetic Learning Style and Knitting

Ep. 022 Kinesthetic Learning Style and Knitting

Episode 22:  The Kinesthetic Learning Mode in Knitting and Crochet

 

Brainy Thing starts:  22:17

 

Behind the Redwood Curtain starts:  30:45

 

What we're learning from our knitting. 

 

With her Fant…

00:39:51  |   Mon 17 Aug 2015
Ep. 021Knitting and Cancer Support

Ep. 021Knitting and Cancer Support

 

Welcome to Episode 21:   Knitting supports Cancer Recovery and other Health IssuesBrainy part starts:24:05.     Behind the Redwood Curtain (Trillium) Starts: 33:35

 

What We're Learning from Our Kn…

00:42:00  |   Tue 04 Aug 2015
Ep. 020 Can Your Right Brain Help You Organize (your stash)?

Ep. 020 Can Your Right Brain Help You Organize (your stash)?

Brainy Thing:  25:05   Behind the Redwood Curtain 32:36

Margaret talks about how much she learned from the Multnomah Shawl by Kate Ray while Catherine talks about tension for crocheting the Misty Ros…

00:46:40  |   Thu 16 Jul 2015
Ep. 019  Growing Brain Cells with Physical Activity

Ep. 019 Growing Brain Cells with Physical Activity

Brainy Stuff starts at 15:26

Behind the Redwood Curtain stats at 24:13

Catherine is using her Fantasy Red Cardi by Katherine Foster as her carry along knitting project and has just started a crochet …

00:32:35  |   Thu 02 Jul 2015
Ep. 018 Auditory Learning and Knitting

Ep. 018 Auditory Learning and Knitting

Brainy Part starts at 24:25

Redwood Curtain starts at 32:55

Margaret talks about trying to find the perfects cotton yarn for socks and Catherine tells of her adventures with the Fantasy Red Cardi.

Ma…

00:43:30  |   Thu 18 Jun 2015
Episode 017 Knitting Projects That Help You Meditate

Episode 017 Knitting Projects That Help You Meditate

Brain Stuff starts at 23:17 and Behind the Redwood Curtain (Arcata Community Forest) begins at 32:33.

Catherine is learning from her Putney Shawl, Clapo-ktus, and the Fantasy Red Cardi.   Margaret is…

00:44:03  |   Mon 01 Jun 2015
Ep. 016 Knitting and the Need for Novelty

Ep. 016 Knitting and the Need for Novelty

Brainy Stuff Starts at 22:00 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 34:07

Margaret tells what she's been learning from Kristen Omdahl's Seamless Crochet Shawl where she tested out the Ninja Star Pa…

00:41:22  |   Sun 17 May 2015
Ep. 015 Knitting, Meditation and Changing Your Brain for the Better

Ep. 015 Knitting, Meditation and Changing Your Brain for the Better

Brainy Part starts at: 14:05; Behind the Redwood Curtain starts at 28.20.

Catherine talks about her progress on the Meadowlark Shibori Jacket by Gina Wilde out of Alchemy yarn and her new project Cla…

00:41:16  |   Sat 02 May 2015
Ep. 014 Knitting and the Right and Left Brain

Ep. 014 Knitting and the Right and Left Brain

Brainy part starts at 17:50 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 32:20.

Margaret talks about her adaptation of the Sweet November crocheted scarf and Catherine gives updates on her Meadowlark Shi…

00:48:02  |   Mon 20 Apr 2015
Knitting, Brain Lobes and Brain Waves

Knitting, Brain Lobes and Brain Waves

Brainy Stuff starts at 21:47  and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 38.:36.

Catherine shares what she's learned from her knitting of the cowel she completed and her adventures with the Meadowlark …

00:49:41  |   Fri 03 Apr 2015
Ep. 012 Knitting Fight Dementia

Ep. 012 Knitting Fight Dementia

Brainy stuff starts at 15:40 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 26:55.

Catherine finds a patterns for her Great Adirondack yarn from 50 Fabulous Borders by Rita Weiss.  She also finished a jell…

00:36:10  |   Fri 20 Mar 2015
Ep. 011 Metacognition and how it helps your knitting

Ep. 011 Metacognition and how it helps your knitting

Brainy stuff starts at 22:40 and Behind the Redwood Curtain starts at 32:05.

Margaret shares what's she's learned from the Gallatin Scarf and the Silk Curved Scarf while Catherine talks about new (Me…

00:41:59  |   Tue 03 Mar 2015
Ep. 010 Review Your Knitting

Ep. 010 Review Your Knitting

Brainy Stuff starts at 25:40.  Redwood Curtain starts at 37:40.

Catherine is learning more about the structural construction of knitting from Josh Ryks' Scarfy Shenanigans.  She also enjoyed the cons…

00:46:40  |   Sat 21 Feb 2015
Ep. 009 The Therapeutic Benefits of Knitting

Ep. 009 The Therapeutic Benefits of Knitting

Brainy stuff starts at 22:30  Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 39:00

Catherine talks about mystery knitalongs, both Laura Aylor's mystery shawl and Josh Ryks' Scarfie Shenanigans.  Margaret descr…

00:47:29  |   Mon 02 Feb 2015
Ep. 008 Happy Brain Chemicals

Ep. 008 Happy Brain Chemicals

Brainy stuff starts at 28.25 and Behind the Redwood Curtain begins at 44:50.  

Catherine talks about finishing her PANEM Katniss Cowl Wrap by Dahlia in Bloom and the Two-toned Tawashi by Maryann Wals…

00:52:49  |   Tue 20 Jan 2015
Ep. 007 Skill or Concentration?

Ep. 007 Skill or Concentration?

Margaret talks about what she is learning from knitting and crocheting long beaded strands including Laura Nelkin's Ribband and Yuli Nilssen's Wrap Around Crochet bracelet.  Catherine talks about her…

00:46:37  |   Fri 02 Jan 2015
Ep. 006 Staying Awake

Ep. 006 Staying Awake

Catherine talks about creating the braid in Laura Aylor's Faberge', Margaret talks about Mel Ski's hat Drizzle, Catherine introduces Dr. Perri Klass' work on how knitting can create focus and she als…

00:41:41  |   Mon 08 Dec 2014
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