12.17.2018 - By Margaret and Catherine
Brainy Thing: 11:58 Behind the Redwood Curtain 22:08 What We’re Learning from Our Knitting (and Crochet): Catherine tackles a new dog sweater for her son’s dog. Knit Dog Coat (by Bernat): https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dog-coat-11. Margaret adds beads to the sweater for her crocheted sheep by Lucy of Attic24: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woolly-sheep-2 . She used scraps of fingering weight yarn although the pattern called for DK. Brainy Thing: Housing and Happiness Catherine finds research that shows the location of housing can change reports of happiness level even if nothing else changes. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/337/6101/1505 Behind the Redwood Curtain: Salmon is Everything For local tribes, especially those along the Klamath river, Salmon is essential spiritual and physical food. Margaret reports on this: http://discovertheredwoods.com/salmon-fishing-humboldt-county https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.10/tribal-affairs-how-the-yurok-tribe-is-reclaiming-the-klamath-river http://sites.coloradocollege.edu/indigenoustraditions/sacred-lands/salmon-as-a-sacred-resource-in-the-klamath-river/ https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/klamath-tribe.htm http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/salmon-is-everything-0 http://stagematters.blogspot.com/2015/08/anna-deavere-smith-and-salmon.html 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. Instagram: Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine In this episode of Teaching Your Brain to Knit we present research about Housing and Happiness; Catherine tackles a dog sweater; Margaret’s Sheep Gets a Beaded Sweater; and why for the Klamath Tribe, Salmon is Everything