Ep. 133 Loving Kindness Meditation, Blankets, Hats and Socks, and Old Town Buggy Rides
Update: 2022-02-22
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What we've learned from our knitting:
Margaret finished a new project and resurrected an old one. As she was ripping out the yarn from
She used the Keanna Chunky Messy bun Hat pattern by Jocelyn Jones for the general measurements but knit the whole hat in two by two ribbing. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/keannas-chunky-messy-bun-hat. Then, as she was ripping out the Big Marl Blanket by Beata Jezek, she began playing around with the yarn making a big Granny Square. She turned to Jeanne Steinhilber's Marled Modern Granny Afghan https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marled-modern-granny-afghan for a pattern and she finished her lap-ghan that she'll donate to charity.
Catherine made the first step toward her new sock project -- she wound the skein of yarn into a ball and then inspired by her research on finishing projects, she went back to her mitered Square Blanket and found a tutorial for squaring off the sides to make the edges straight instead of sawtoothed. Ladybug Laboratory offers a You Tube:
Brainy Thing:
We've talked a lot about meditation on the podcast but an amazing amount of research suggests that Loving Kindness Meditation has many, many benefits. And Oops. Margaret talked about Sharon Saltzman as the Queen of Loving Kindness but it is Sharon Salzberg. Sorry, Sharon.
Behind the Redwood Curtain
What could be more fun than a horse drawn buggy ride through downtown Eureka? Probably not much. Check it out here: https://www.oldtowncarriageco.com/
Today in episode 133 of Teaching your Brain to Knit, we report on the many benefits of one particular meditation techniques -- Loving Kindness Meditation. We talk about work on old projects -- blankets, in this case, and we present new projects -- a messy bun hat and socks. Then we report on the delightful carriage rides of downtown Eureka. Welcome.
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