Teaching Your Brain to Knit

Ep. 059 The Dana Foundation Supports Brain Research and Education

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Brainy Thing:  20:45     Redwood Curtain:
 
What We're Learning from Our Knitting:
Margaret is learning Intarsia, a technique she's been wanting to learn for a long time.  She presents her experiences so far and a variety of sources for learning intarsia from books, videos, You tube, Craftsy  
You Tube
Marlene Dysert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK07PBQMTE8
Edie Eckman   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMEL2C7EHM
K1p1 TV  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyusrCZzftY
Eunny Jang:  untangle yarns in Intarsia  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgpA1-Xa4Pw
 
photo tutorial   https://www.thespruce.com/learn-to-knit-intarsia-2116388
http://makezine.com/2011/09/28/intarsia_101_add_a_color_desig/
 
Craftsy:
Next Steps in Intarsia  http://makezine.com/2011/09/28/intarsia_101_add_a_color_desig/
Sally melville   https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/classes/intarsia-basics-beyond/35719   including intarsia in the round
Lucy Neatby  two CD;s:    Intarsia Untangled
 
How to make a yarn bobbin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeR5M8MGfQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9VjvDgK-w
 
Catherine has been struggling to find knitting time but sneaking in a row or two of Absolutely Essential by Bunny Muff. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/absolutely-essential
 
Brainy Thing: 
The Dana Foundation supports Brain Research and education about the brain.   Dana foundation  http://www.dana.org/
 
Behind the Redwood Curtain:
2017 Redwood Yarn Stomp  https://www.facebook.com/Redwoodcraftstomp/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
 
Knitting Tip
Crochet more foundation chains than you need and count your stitches in each row as you finish them.
 
A Little Podcast Business
Winners for joining the Ravelry Group announced.
 
2017 Learn Along:
Ends on May 1st.   Get those projects done and post them on the thread in the Teaching Your Brain to Knit Ravelry Group.
 
Links:
Facebook:  Also, join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Ravelry Group  http://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit
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.
 
Summary
Today on Teaching Your Brain to Knit learn how the Dana Foundation supports research and education  about the brain;  Margaret offers sources and tips for learning intarsia; Catherine discovers how absolutely essential knitting is for her while she works on Bunny Muff's shawl:  Absolutely Essential, Get the details on the Redwood Craft Stomp April 27 -29, Learn two crochet tips from our listener thread and finally find out who wins prizes for joining the Teaching Your Brain to Knit Group on Ravelry.