Episode 239: Party People!

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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 239 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week’s segments included:

  • Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • Brainstorming
  • Knitting in Passing
  • KAL News
  • Events
  • Contest, News & Notes
  • On a Happy Note
  • Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors:

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Recollection Blanket

  • Pattern: Recollection by Deanne Ramsay ($6 crochet pattern available on Ravelry & Etsy– written in both US & UK Crochet terms)
  • Yarn: Various full skeins and 20+ gram fingering weight yarn stash.
  • Hook: J (6.0 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Cast on with US K. It was still a little too tight but it works. Body done in a US J (6.0 mm)
  • Blanket is 56 inches wide (not including the fringe). 
  • 6,576 meters for Stash Dash

Baker Street Socks

  • Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Baker Street Colorway
  • My Ravelry Project 
  • 278.6 meters for Stash Dash

Hat for Dad

  • Pattern: Turn a Square by Jared Flood ($4 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & on the Brooklyn Tweed website)
  • Yarn: Fingering held double. Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in the Wellies Heather Colorway (black) & YarnBaker Fingering Weight Yarn in the Blazer colorway (blue)
  • Needles: US 5 (4.5 mm) and US 7 (3.75 mm)
  • My Ravelry Project Page
  • 225.6 meters for Stash Dash.

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Solstice Socks

  • Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Solstice Colorway
  • Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page

Mermazing Socks

  • Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock in the Mermazing Colorway (April 2022 Subscription Box)
  • Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Check out my Unboxing Video Here

The Shift

  • Pattern: The Shift by Andrea Mowry ($7 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry & her website)
  • Yarn: 3 Skeins of my Handspun
  • Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Swatched- US 5, US 4 and finally US 3
  • LOVE working with my handspun.

Cloudy + Rainbows Spinning Project

  • Fiber: 4oz braid of BFL from Frabjous Fibers in the Rainy Day Rainbows Colorway
  • Description- long stretches of light gray punctuated with shorter blips of rainbow colors
  • Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S
    • This means when I’m spinning, my wheel is spinning clockwise and when plying my wheel is moving counter-clockwise.
  • Plans: will likely ply with another braid. 

Brainstorming

  • I should start 2 crochet stockings that I need to have done by Thanksgiving.
  • Planning another Shift Cowl for me! 
  • Yarn recycling. Do you know of any options besides mailing scraps to Hedgehog Fibres? 

Knitting in Passing

Package from Sarah!

Knitting will Millie, Megg and Hattie over the weekend. 

KAL News

Pigskin Party’22: Official Hashtag is #DCSPigskinParty22

  • Pigskin Landing Page on the Down Cellar Studio Website.
  • Start Here Thread in the Ravelry Group
  • Link to the Official Rules
  • Player Registration- Google Form
  • Check out our amazing Sponsors! Click here for the Google doc with their websites and Instagram profiles. 
    • Check out the list of available Coupons from our amazing sponsors- Ravelry Link
    • Check out the Pigskin Exclusive Items in this Ravelry Thread

Tip from Sarah- Imagined Landscapes- on Watching or Ignoring Team Threads:

  • You can set Ravelry Threads to watch or ignore.
    • Watching a thread means it will pop up to the highest point under the stickied threads if there‘s a new post.
    • Ignoring a thread means you never see it again – I use it to clear up teams I‘m not on so there‘s less visual clutter for my PSP.
  • Check out this page on Ravelry for instructions on how to Ignore a Thread.

Fist Bumps & Fives Challenge– check out this link for details.
Complete this challenge anytime between 9/20-9/30 and enter on the Points Tally Form to earn 100 bonus points. You’ll need a link to your Ravelry or Instagram Post for validation. Enter for points between 9/23-9/30.

Virtual Kick Off Weekend-click here for the schedule

Events

  • Stash Dash (Hosted by The Knit Girllls) ended August 31st
  • My final tally- 27,546 m 
    • Compare to previous years
      • My best year ever! Beat 2020’s total by 71 meters)
        • 2021- 16,696. 
        • 2020-27,475
        • 2019- 16,355
        • Funny how I bounce between 16k one year and 27 another!  
    • 32 projects
      • 12 crochet. 14 knit, 6 skeins handspun
      • Crochet- 20,679 meters
      • Knit- 3,819 m
      • Spinning- 3,046 m
    • Types of Projects
      • 11 pairs socks
      • 6 skeins handspun
      • 5 Blankets (18, 524 m)
      • 4 cozies
      • 2 Tops (1 crop, 1 tunic bathing suit cover up)
      • 1 hat, 1 tie, 1 shawl, 1 toy, 

Jasmin ended this year with 10,838 Meters. I beat her by 16,707 meters!!!

  • Jen’s Stash Dash Spreadsheet Tracker- Google Doc
  • Jasmin’s Stash Dash Spreadsheet Tracker- Google Doc

Cape & South Shore Yarn Haul- Thursday 9/29 through Sunday 10/2. Check out their Event Website for details. Facebook Page available here. Pro Shop Sponsor Anne Beady will be at Salt Yarn Studio on Thursday 9/29 with her beautiful bags & design samples!

Greater Boston Yarn Crawl– is also being held Thursday 9/29 through Sunday 10/2

EarthTonesGirl Falling Leaves Sock KAL runs 9/15 through 11/15 Check out this Instagram Post for details.

Contest, News & Notes

On a Happy Note

  • A quick visit from Laura in from NYC.
  • Dan and I did a big cellar clean-out over Labor Day weekend. 
  • We enjoyed a big pool day (Oisin and Eme practiced their diving, Hattie practiced her swimming with Auntie Di) over Labor Day Weekend. We followed that with a clam bake, a belated birthday celebration for Oisin who turned 14 in June (while still in Ireland). 
  • Oisín working with Dan in the yard again this fall. They uncovered an impromptu pumpkin patch that sprung up next to our deck!
  • We had our first fire of the fall. Pizza and beer after the boys were done working. Hattie (age 4) asked “are you gonna knit with me?”  I asked if she was going to knit with ME! And she did. 
  • We enjoyed our last pool day and family trip to Hornstra for ice cream! 

Quote of the Week

At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.–TONI MORRISON


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2 thoughts on “Episode 239: Party People!”

  1. shana

    yaaaaaaus for the Savers shout out! I actually smiled a huge smile when you said you ran into your mom there, and then LOL’ed when you mentioned me!!

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