Thank you for tuning in to Episode 278 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found
on my website.
This week's segments included:
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Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
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On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
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Brainstorming
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From the Armchair
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In my Travels
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KAL News
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Events
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Life in Focus
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On a Happy Note
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Quote of the Week
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Be Fearless Socks
Raven Socks
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Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn in the Raven Colorway from the Yarnable Box.
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Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on
Ravelry)
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Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
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About the Yarn: Speckled colorway with a cream base. Green, gray/black and hot pink colors speckled in.
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Meters for Stash Dash: 256 meters
Beer Hat
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Pattern: Beer Stein Hat by Lindsay Hoffman (free crochet hat available on
this blog)
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Yarn: Lion Brand Homespun Yarn- Hepplewhite & Red Heart Super Saver- Gold
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Hook: G: 4.25 mm (started with an H but thought the gauge was too large.
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Other Materials: 3 Pipe Cleaners
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Dan's friend Chris' wife asked for this for her husband (he excitedly agreed). He's a brewer and manager at one of our local breweries,
Vitamin Sea, so maybe he'll sport it to work.
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Meters for Stash Dash: 120.7
Total for Stash Dash meters for this episode: 667.1 meters
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Vera's Christmas Stocking
Riley's 16th Birthday Flower Top
Let the Mystery Unravel 2023 Blanket of Calm
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Pattern: Blanket of Calm by Casapinka (free crochet pattern)
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Yarn: Woolen Women Fibers- Let the Mystery Unravel subscription + Cascade Heritage Sock yarn in the Forged Iron Colorway
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Hook: 3.25 mm (D)
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You can find my Let the Mystery Unravel Unboxing Video on YouTube in this
Playlist -
This subscription is not available to new subscribers but there's a new one coming in the Fall.
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Progress: I finished 5 (of 9) my May squares.
Static Musselburgh
My Little Unicorn Socks
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Yarn: Andre Sue Knits Sock Blank in the My Little Unicorn colorway
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Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
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Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on
Ravelry )
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Gray background with white and pink unicorns that look like My Little Pony. My inner 80's child loved this one.
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Progress: Started in July of 2023. Past the cuff of the second sock when I picked them up. I knit the leg and heel over Memorial Day Weekend 2024.
Trish's New Orleans Socks
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Yarn- Cat Tails Yarn in the Chartreux Base (75% Superwash Merino, 15% Nylon, 10% Silver Stellina) in the Christmas Bonfires Colorway (part of the Down in New Orleans Collection)
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Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
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Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on
Ravelry )
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Trish purchased in New Orleans in 2024 (exclusive colorway for the Quarter Stitch). $34.
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Progress: at the heel of the first sock
Julia's Cozy Clusters Blanket
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Pattern: Cozy Clusters Baby Blanket by Leelee Knits (
free & paid options available on the LeeLeeKnits website)
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Yarn: Caron Cinnamon Swirl Cakes in the Hibiscus Colorway (purchased 3). 1 skein of Loops & Threads Impeccable in Orange for the border)
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Hooks: H (5.0 mm)
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I initially bought 2 skeins based on the size of a similar blanket I made with this pattern, but after coming to the end of the first skein I knew it wouldn't be large enough. I probably should have/could have used an I hook.
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2 row repeat that is easy to memorize. Almost done with the 3rd skein. Plan to finish the first week of June.
Brainstorming
Took a chair off the side of the road- the arms are ripped at the front but the rest looks great, so I am going to crochet covers for the arms!
From the Armchair
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In My Travels
Aila and I drove out to Great Barrington for Eme's Associate Degree graduation ceremony. We enjoyed dinner at Steam and an ice cream afterwards. In taking Eme to pick up their pottery pieces for the year to bring home, I got to see and hear all about it!
At the graduation ceremony the next day, I was chatting for awhile only to look up when asked what I was knitting to see
Crispina French, who I know from her vending at Rhinebeck! Talk about a small world!
KAL News
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Tour de Fleece- check out this
Ravelry Group for official details.
Saturday, June 29, 2024 through
Sunday, July 21, 2024.
Rest Days: Monday, July 8 and Monday, July 15. There are challenge days, Teams and prizes.
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Colors of Fall with the
Yarniacs Podcast Group. June 20- September 22
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WIP Bingo with
Cerulean Orchid- June 1-30th. (several West Coast US LYSs participating but you can join online too)
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The Knit Girllls are hosting their annual Stash Dash Event from May 24-August 31,2024.
Events
Know of an event I should spread the word about? Let me know!
Life in Focus
I give a quick update on my word of the year HEART, which I've been seeing hearts in/on the trees lately! I share a quick goals update and a health update about my parents.
On a Happy Note
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Dan and I celebrated our 20th Anniversary on May 22nd- the 143rd day of the year (which happened in 2024 only because its a Leap Year- usually Day 143 is May 23rd).
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Friday of Memorial Day Weekend we went out for dinner (to use up a gift card- which we still had $1 left on when we left) and to a friends' house for a fire.
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Saturday & Sunday pool days
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The long weekend allowed me the extra day off to clean out our pantry and my closet. I switched out my winter clothes for summer ones, took donations to Savers and did shopping and meal prep for the week. It felt great.
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Deer and turtles abound!
Quote of the Week
Writer and designer Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, on what causes old age:
"The producer of old age is habit: the deathly process of doing the same thing in the same way at the same hour day after day, first from carelessness, then from inclination, at last from cowardice or inertia.
Habit is necessary; but it is the habit of having careless habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways."
Thank you for tuning in!
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