This episode will upload March 7, 2026Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.I will NOT add you to any of my follower groups currently, due to robo-accounts. Please follow me here. You can contact me through our group on Ravelry or on this blog.Warm Thanks : USA Women's Hockey Team: for being a class act.To my listeners, as alwaysMy communities: on Finch, on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV and AV, in this group.My birds are wishing me a happy half birthday! Finch app ID is XRVW2WQW3C.Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 12 (2026): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry. Yes, I made my hotel reservation.CHANGE: Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 12 is scheduled for Nov 7, 2026. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!This is a Developing thread, so check back often.Registration for CFR 12 (2026):Via Paypal to Dr. Gemma at gemmadw AT yahoo.comPayment is due at time of registration and is NOT refundable.**Sign-ups begin Sept. 1, 2026Loretta 1031 left a message about donations for her crocheting club for school kids. This still applies! What's On My Hooks and Needles: Finished: nope.In Progress:Stash toss 2026 (16 in, 34 out) The 10-square bag:Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Done up the side panels. Thinking of the liner, digging out an old flannel sheet.Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front on panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.September Sweater: It's crocheted and has been on my Rav projects page for months. I’m done the second torso piece and I've sewn it all together. On the left arm! That will leave the bottom ribbing section and some fixes on the bottom of the other arm.Coral Strange Brew: On the body, about 18”Dizzy Lazer Socks #2: for more brainless knitting. On the instep, past the heel on the second sock. Lazersheep and Dizzy Blonde yarnsVestuary 2026: A great video by The Shetland Trader on steeking armholes for stranded -pattern vests. A fine discussion of reinforcing and cutting a steek by Brooklynn Tweed. You do put underarm stitches on a stitch holder. You do still shape the armhole per the pattern. Currently shaping the armholes as I head for the neckline.More steeking images. At neck and upper armhole shapingsPrawn Agnes: On skein #4. A very fast knit, and that was the point! On the first sleeve!Quilt squares and organizing—none this week—we are at 69 finished so far. 10 more in the early stages. Fusible interfacing pre-cut rectangles for t-shirt quiltsDizzy Blondes: still spinning the LS BFL Giverny. Using the electric eel 6.1.Strategy: knowing what you love…and rewarding yourself with itAW shoot! Would you believe…donating blood?Donate used running shoes: Soles4Souls or One World RunningDonate old medals to We Finish TogetherUpcoming:Sugar Daddy 5K: June 20, 2026Be the Light 5K: Sept 26, 2026SC Marathon 5 K: Nov 6, 2026Fluffy Books: Finished The Cat Who Saved the Library and The Retired Assassin’s Guide to Orchid Hunting. Listening to We'll Prescribe You a Cat. Listening to: The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal. Something I Really Like: the blood donor app for the Red Cross, simple scrunchieBETTER YET: my bundle of ICE resistance patterns so far.Please consider donating to support those affected by Ice.This is the link to donate to the cause:Donate to Those Impacted by IceDonate to Immigrant Law Center of MinnesotaCrafters helping MNProject back episodes on Proton- episode 201-250 of the new series Put a Lid on It: Tea tastings:Buttery Shortbread Herbal by Plum Deluxe and bread baking for low-carb.Quick Bread (left) and pumpkin bread (right)Blather: Saturday: by train, etc. again to the Modern Art museum--LACMA—with the Beloved Son