Brainy Thing:    14:14              Behind the Redwood Curtain:  22:40   What We Learned from our Knitting Finish up Party Margaret finally finished her grandson’s socks (for the second time (no pattern— the first time it was too tight) and Catherine finished up two projects.    Margaret mulls over the product versus process question with the help of some famous knitters:   process vs. product at Knit Purl   https://www.knit-purl.com/blogs/blog/process-vs-product-knitting  Yarn Harlot  http://www.yarnharlot.ca/2015/01/product-vs-process/ Franklin Habit   essay    http://www.twistcollective.com/collection/component/content/article/35-articles/features/1405-process-this Catherine’s finishes another baby sock recipe that she usually donates to Afghans for Afghans and two little cowls for a friend’s children — on of a fox and the other a teen aged ninja turtle.  Heidi May of Velvet Acorn Designs is the designer  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#query=heidi%20may%20&page=1&view=captioned_thumbs&sort=best Failynn Fox Cowl   http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/failynn-fox-cowl   Brainy Thing: Two new-ish studies explore depression and agin looking at the brain split front and back.    http://www.paulnussbaum.com/gettoknow.html  http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/d/d_05/d_05_cr/d_05_cr_her/d_05_cr_her.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822091556.htm https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/make-your-brain-smarter/201510/unlock-brain-potential-protect-against-decline   Behind The Redwood Curtain:   Arcata’s Sister City, Camoapa, Nicaragua,  supported in part by the I Street Party  https://www.facebook.com/sistercityproject/   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.     Today in Teaching Your Brain to Knit we find two studies that focus on the front of the brain one on depression, the other aging;  , in knitting synchronicity both Margaret and Catherine finish-up- languishing projects,  we share the story of  how the little  town of Arcata helps a sister city in Nigaraguan with a big party, Catherine gives us a knitting tip from her hard earned wisdom, and don’t forget the Learn-along where you try some new technique, pattern, yarn or craft to sharpen your brain and maybe win some prizes.    Check out the details on Teaching Your Brain to Knit Page on Ravelry