Episode 257: Fiber in Phoenix

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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 257 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week’s segments included:

  • Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • From the Armchair
  • Some Years Later
  • In my Travels
  • KAL News
  • Events
  • Life in Focus
  • On a Happy Note
  • Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Sunsoaked Yarns, Bella Fio, Woolen Women
Thanks to Mom for joining me for part of this episode!

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Cushion Bags

  • Pattern: none
  • Yarn: Lion Brand Re-Up & Other Dish Cloth Cotton
  • Hook: F (3.75 mm)
  • I made 2 cushion covers for Mom because the bags for her inflatable seat cushions were too small to easily fit back into.
  • Ravelry Project Page- Cushion 1: green and aqua
  • Ravelry Project Page- Cushion 2 : black and aqua
  • 155 meters for Stash Dash (in the 2 projects)

2021 Scrappy Socks

  • Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Yarn: sock yarn minis and scraps
  • Ravelry Project Page (started in April 2021. Picked back up in September 2022)
  • In this project, I used Helical knitting using Video Tutorial from Knitty Natty & Cate’s Clasp Weft join- check out my YouTube Tutorial  by clicking here.
  • 228 meters for Stash Dash

In a Fog Mittens

  • Pattern: In a Fog by Allison O’Mahony ($5.50 US knitting pattern available on Ravelry & the designer’s website)
  • Needles: US 4 (3.5mm) & US 6 (4.0mm)
  • Yarn: MC: Spun Right Round (multi color) CC: Fibre Seed Costa Laurel worsted yarn in Colorway CL014 (gray)
  • Size: Medium (3 sizes available)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • 161 meters for Stash Dash

Curiouser & Curiouser Socks

  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry )
  • Yarn:  Legacy Fiber Artz Steel Toes in the Curiouser & Curiouser Colorway
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • These count for the #legacyfiberartzknityourstashMal
  • Will weigh these socks when I get home from Phoenix

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Summer Rainbow Socks

  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry )
  • Yarn:  Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso base in the Summer Rainbow Colorway
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Progress: Almost to the heel of sock #2

Zebra Stripes Socks

  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry )
  • Yarn: Patons Kroy in the Zebra Stripes Colorway
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the colorway:
  • Progress: Finished most of the first sock

Chevron Scrap Blanket

  • Pattern: Chevron Scrap Blanket by Maria’s Blue Crayon (free crochet pattern) available on Ravelry & the Maria’s Blue Crayon Website.
    • This pattern presumes you already know the c2c crochet technique.
  • Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted in White & Tranquil (light green), Lion Brand Pound of Love in Pastel Pink and Loops & Threads Snuggly Wuggly Big! in colorway Soft Lilac
  • Hook: J (6.0 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page (I crocheted one of these in summer 2020- click here for that Ravelry Project Page)
  • For help learning the Corner to Corner Crochet method you could check out this free Ravelry Download from Lauri Bolland or this video tutorial from Lion Brand on YouTube.
  • Each section is 11 squares tall. Green, white, pink, white, purple, white.
  • Progress: 5 strips finished. 1 more started. Once finished, I need to seam them together & debating a border.

From the Armchair

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Some Years Later

Cozy Classic Raglan

  • Pattern: Cozy Classic Raglan by Jessie Maed Designs
  • Needles: US 3 for Ribbing. US 7 for body
  • Yarn: Rowan Cashsoft DK in color 547 Sunny
  • Knitting Size Medium. 
  • Finished in May 2020
  • I never loved the way it fits me. Riley recently wore it during sleepover, so I let her take it home. She sent me a fit check wearing it with white jean cut offs, a slick hairdo and some poppin lips! Looking gorgeous. Makes me even happier than the meters that helped me kick Jasmin’s butt in 2020!

In My Travels

KAL News

Splash Pad Party 23: May 26-July 31, 2023

Events

Life in Focus

  • It’s been a tough couple weeks with Mom having a bad reaction to her normal infusion, then Dan’s mother, Marilyn passed away on June 25th.

On a Happy Note

  • Our nephew Oisin turned 15 and we enjoyed his taco truck birthday party.
  • That same weekend, we had 3 kiddos in a dance recital, and our niece Aila was in Beauty & the Beast as Maurice that night. Mom, Riley, Millie and I grabbed dinner (and for the adults a cold beer) in between!
  • We enjoyed Father’s Day with my dad and gave him custom corn hole boards and bags!
  • Mom, Riley and I got VIP tickets to Kane Brown at Fenway Park. We wore matching tees Mom bought for us.
  • Not one but 2 bucks in our driveway at the same time. Stayed long enough for me to bring Dan back.
  • Fireflies are out! I got to show our friend Liz when she came for dinner.
  • I got to go into the ORs for the first time, after working at MGH for nearly 21 years.

    Quote of the Week

    One’s life begins on so many occasions, constructing itself out of accident derived from coincidence compounded by character.–DONALD HALL


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