CogKNITive--A Knitting + Psychology Podcast: Episode 276: From My Sunny Corner

This episode will upload March 14, 2026

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Carotrike--great to hear from you and keep spreading the positive to the little ones! Enjoy your hat(s)!

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What's On My Hooks and Needles:

Finished: Dizzy Lazer Socks

In Progress:

Stash toss 2026 (16 in, 35 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, ripping back 22 rows

Vestuary 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 shapings

Prawn Agnes: A very fast knit, and that was the point! On the first sleeve! 6 skeins used so far.

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 quilts

Dizzy Blondes: still spinning the LS BFL Giverny.

Using the electric eel 6.1.

Strategy: Using the happy chemicals; Listen to your lion on the leash.