Thank you for tuning in to Episode 179 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week’s segments included:
- Off the Needles
- On the Needles
- Knitting in Passing
- Crafty Adventures
- KAL News
- Life in Focus
- Ask Me Anything
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Infinite Twist, KnitCompanion, Knitters Brewing Company
Off the Needles
- Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
- Yarn: Fibernymph Dye Works
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Pattern: 103 Hat by Jennifer Lassonde
- Yarn: Suburban Stitcher DK
- Needles: US 5 & 7
Rabbit in a Carrot Sleeping Bag
- Pattern: Rabbit in a Carrot Sleeping Bag by Laura Sutcliffe (2 GBP crochet pattern) $2.70 US
- Hook: 2.75 mm (C)
- Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash & Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted (used fingering weight yarn for the baby rabbit)
- Pattern: Front Loop Newborn Hat by Cream of the Crop Crochet (free)
- Yarn: leftover fingering weight in a light blue
- Hook: D (3.25 mm)
- Pattern: Improvised. Hope to publish a pattern for this after I perfect it.
- Hooks: K & L
- Yarn: Lion Brand Re-up held double
On the Needles
- Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
- Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Pinwheel Colorway
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
- Yarn: Patons Kroy Green Stripe Ragg Colorway
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
Knitting in Passing
Dan washed his favorite hat in the washing machine (by accident) for the second time and it was finally too small to continue wearing. Pattern: Rafa’s Hat by Joji Locatelli. He gifted it to our niece so she can enjoy it!
Crafty Adventures
Off the Wall in Abington, MA. I attended a wooden sign painting party with girlfriends and had a blast! Highly recommend
KAL News
Quarterly Quests
January 1- March 31 –sQuelch the Queue Knit any projects you had in your queue (prior to January 1). Knit as many as you can. You will receive extra entries for any patterns that have been sitting in your queue for over 5 years. Fine print* NO WIPS are allowed for these quests. Cast on the first day of the quest and whatever is finished by the last day will count.
Quarter 1- Sponsors
- Anne Beady Designs
- KnitCompanion
- Fibernymph Dye Works
- Knitters Brewing Company
- Don’t forget to post on Instagram #QuarterlyQuests you can also add one for the Quarter:
- #sQuelchtheQueue
- #FreetheFavorites
- #LessentheLibrary
- #SlaytheStash
- You can always add #downcellarstudiopodcast
Pigskin Party Wrap up
Tune in to hear if you won a participation prize, the January Interception and/or one of the 10 Amazing GRAND Prizes.
Life in Focus
Mom & chatted about goals for 2020, working in new habits and routines in our lives and doing the things we’re tempted to put off.
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Ask Me (Us) Anything
Tune in to hear how Jen gets over loss of knitting mojo, how BostonJensMom met Boston Jen’s Dad, and a few other fun questions.
On a Happy Note
- Mom’s Birthday Lunch
- Hattie’s 2nd Birthday Dinner
- Silly things the kids say
- Hiking with Dan
- Movies we’ve seen recently
Quote of the Week
Edith Wharton on being a positive force:
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
Thank you for tuning in!
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Jen – nice podcast. Thanks again to all the Pigskin sponsors and picking me!
Here are some hints for your grandma’s socks. Due to an injury last summer, I’m not as flexible as I was, so I have made some modifications for my socks. Usually I knit 56 stitch socks, on size 2.25 mm needles. However, I’m finding those socks difficult to get on my feet, and most importantly over my heel. I’ve now switched to a 64 stitch sock. If knit cuff down, I cast on using a German twisted cast on over two 2.50mm needles. I knit the ribbing with the 2.50 mm needles and then switch to the 2.25mm needles for the leg. When I start the gusset, I switch to the 2.50 needles and knit the gusset and heel turn with these needles. Then I go back to the 2.25 mm needles for the foot and toe. I’m finding these socks fit me better and are much easier to put on. Maybe this will work for your grandma.