Thank you for tuning in to Episode 253 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For full show notes with photos check out
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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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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Contest, News & Notes
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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
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Zach's 1st Birthday Teddy
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Yarn: Knit Picks Brava in the Dove Heather, Silver, Mint, Tranquil and Marina colorways
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Hooks: D (3.25 mm) for stuffed parts & H (5.0mm) for Granny Square
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Pattern: Theo the Teddy Bear from book: Snuggle & Play Crochet: 40 Amigurumi Patterns for Lovey Security Blankets and Matching Toys by Carolina Guzman Benitez
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On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Winter Mint Socks
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Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on
Ravelry )
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Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock in the Winter Mint Colorway (Yarnable December 2022)
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Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
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About the colorway: mint green with specks of gray and blue
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Progress: Turned heel of first sock
Zebra Stripes Socks
Musselburgh Hat
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Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague ($7.77 US/ 6 GBP knitting pattern available on
Ravelry or on
Ysolda's website)
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Yarn: YarnBaker Fingering in the Blazer Colorway & On The Round Nimble Sock (unsure of colorway)
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Needles: US 2 (2.75) circular- 32 in (magic loop for beginning & end of project & US 2 (also called US 2.5) 3.0 mm 16-inch circular for the body of the hat
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Size: Adult Medium
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Progress check- More than half way done. Added in second color
Mini Skein Hexagon Blanket
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Hook: F (3.75 mm)
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Yarn: Mini skeins from 2022 agirlandherwool Advent Calendar, 24 Days of Cheer Swap minis + other scraps/swap yarn
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I've been closing the end of each hexagon with this join- link to
Instagram post
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4 rounds per hexagon.
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3.75 inches each. Likely need over 300
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Learned double magic circle from this
YouTube video. The trick is to know how to pull both loops to tighten the loop.
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196 hexagons done by 4/25/23 (151 washed/ 45 unblocked) More than half way there if my goal is 374
Children of Time Spinning
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Fiber: Into the Whirled Cheviot (4 oz) in the Children of Time colorway
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Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S
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About the Fiber: purple, plum, tans, browns and blues
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Progress: Finishing spinning all 4 oz
Benjamin's Christmas Stocking
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Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry Red, Hunter Green and White
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Hook: G (4.0 mm)
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Progress: finished green panel. Finished the last ~20 rows of the red side on the train this week.
From the Armchair
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I'm also excited for new book from Virginia Sole-Smith- Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture.
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In My Travels
Check out our 2 part Nantucket Vlog series on my YouTube Channel:
Part 1 &
Part 2
KAL News
Events
Contest, News & Notes
Life in Focus
I checked off two things on my 23 in 2023 list
On a Happy Note
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Walking at the beach with Megg & Maria before Oisin's boat race. His team set the course record for the day!
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Laura came in from NY that evening and joined us for Tom's birthday dinner.
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On Sunday, I drove down to Orleans where Laura was house sitting to watch the Love is Blind "live" Re-union debacle on Netflix.
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Training at the gym & the energy that comes with it!
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Going w/ Riley and Mom to get our nails done before Nantucket. Riley took us for boba smoothies afterwards. We had a great time.
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Riley was showing a friend a nail polish in TJ Maxx that looks like mine and it was the exact color of OPI I always get- Don't Bossa Nova Me Around- and she bought it for me. So sweet!
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Nantucket! 4 day weekend was just the break I needed from work. The candy and cookie taste tests were a fun way to do something memorable without having to spend a ton of time or money.
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Getting Mom to watch on Love is Blind
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Watching The Sinner on Netflix with Dan.
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Working on a slide show for my friend's son's Bar Mitzvah.
Quote of the Week
Writer and psychoanalyst Marion Milner on the work required to be happy:
"Let no one think it is an easy way because it is concerned with moments of happiness rather than with stern duty or high moral endeavour. For what is really easy, as I found, is to blind one's eyes to what one really likes, to drift into accepting one's wants ready-made from other people, and to evade the continual day to day sifting of values."
Source: A Life of One's Own
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