Episode 237: Paddling, Packing & Prizes

Down Cellar Studio Podcast

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 237 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For full show notes with photos, please check out my website: www.downcellarstudio.com/237

This week’s segments included:

• Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• From the Armchair
• In my Travels
• KAL News
• Events
• On a Happy Note
• Quote of the Week

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Shawl Design

• I finished up the sample for a new shawl design using a 150g skein of fingering weight from agirlandherwool in the On the Boardwalk. I lost at yarn chicken andended up finding another similar colorway in leftovers bin. I think it was Queen City Pigskin Colorway- the Huddle is Real.
• The finished shawl weighs 160 grams
• 676.8 meters for Stash Dash

Tiles for Miles Blanket

• Pattern: Tiles for Miles Crochet Baby Blanket by Yarnspirations. Free crochet pattern available on the Yarnspirations website
• Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted. Mint for MC. Many colors of greens, blues and grays for Contrast Colors.
• Hook: I (5.5 mm)
• Ravelry Project Page
• 586 grams
• 1172.0 meters for Stash Dash

Scrappy Europe Socks

• Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams
• Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Double Dog Dare Colorway, Paton’s Kroy FX in the Geranium Colors Colorway and other fingering weight leftovers.
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Leftovers from Megg’s Socks that I knit and left in Ireland in May and Marta’s socks that I knit in Scotland and Spain and leftt behind for Marta.
• Cate’s Clasp Weft join- check out this video on my YouTube Channel for the tutorial.
• My Ravelry Project Page
• 60 grams. 238.8 meters for Stash Dash

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Spinning

• Malabrigo Nube Roving.113g combed top Merino wool. Colorway: 870 Candombe. 1 bobbin full.
• Wool of the Andes Unspun Roving. Colorway: Delft Heather (100 grams) 100% Peruvian Highland Wool.

Uneek Christmas Socks

• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry)
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Yarn: Uneek Sock Yarn. Colorway 25- Xmas Limited Edition. 2 cakes 220 yards/200 meters each.
• Ravelry Project Page
• 1st sock done. 2nd is beyond the heel

Tweed Tie

• Pattern: Tweed Tie by Jem Weston- 4 GBP (around $5 US)
• Needles: US 2. (2.75) for body, US 3 (3.25 mm) for cast-on
• Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Tonal in the Flagstone Heather colorway.
• My Ravelry Project Page
• Omitting all increases//decreases to keep the bottom at the end of the tie flat not pointed.
• Modification: for the last stitch of each row, I am slipping purlwise with the yarn in front for a neater edge.

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)
• Holding all yarn triple. Clusters of treble crochet.

Scrappy Hexagon Blanket

• Pattern: Basic Crochet Hexagon Pattern & Tips from Make Do and Crew Website & YouTube Tutorial
• Hook: F (3.75 mm)
• Yarn: Knit Picks Hawthorne Marl Sock Lab in the Grey White Marl Colorway, Patons Kroy in the Gentry Colorway + fingering weight scraps
• Ravelry Project Page
• Planned for 20 columns total. 11 or 13 hexis depending on the column.
• SCing them together with 2 strands like I am for the hexagons themselves. A great way to use up very small scraps because I only ever seam 3 sides together.

From the Armchair

• How the WILD EFFECT Turned Me into a Hiker at 69: An Appalachian Trail Adventure by Jane E. Congdon. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link.
• Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link.

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In My Travels

• Camping at On the Saco Campground in Fryeburg ME
• 2 days paddling. 9 miles each day
• Thurs night went to Saco River Brewing then to the restaurant next door.
• Living my best life sleeping my hammock tent.
• Trash collecting.

KAL News

#SplashPadParty22

• Link to the 2022 Splash Pad Party Rules.docx
• Participant Sign Up- 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 Splash Pad Exclusive Items here
• Enter your FOs using this Splash Pad Summer Celebration Form to be eligible for prizes (not a Ravelry link).
• View all the Entries and the Leaderboard here -> Splash Pad Party Player Stats
• Need help with an entry submission? -> Splash Pad Support Request Form
• Questions- check out this Ravelry Thread or email Jen.

Stats:

• 155 players entered
• 1022 projects finished & entered
  • 424 used around 50g
  • 357 used around 100g
  • 189 projects used around 200g!
  • 52 used around 150g
• 10 Pro Shop Sponsors
• 17 Snack Shack Sponsors
• 2,268 Sponsor Products used in the creation of the 1022 FOs
• 33 Participation Prizes
• 30 Final Prizes

Thank you to Wendy and Jen!!!!! Tune in to hear if you’re one of our end of the summer winners! I will email all winners within a week of this recording.

Events

• Summer Bingo hosted by Monica & Cortney of the Craft Cook Read Repeat Podcast
  • Starts friday evening may 27, ends Mon Sept 5
  • Need to post a photo of completed Bingo with #CCRRsummerbingo2021 to Instagram or Ravelry
• Summer Sock Camp hosted by Kay of The Crazy Sock Lady YouTube Channel. The KAL runs 5/28/22 – 8/31/22 this year!
• Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Summer Spin In. June 1-September 5th. Find their Ravelry Group thread here. #SummerSpinIn2022
• Stash Dash (Hosted by The Knit Girllls) will be hosted on Discord again and will be from May 27th-end of August.
  • Discord link: knit girllls discord
  • Jen’s Stash Dash Spreadsheet Tracker- Google Doc. I’ve added 2,087.6 meters since last episode!!!
  • Jasmin’s Stash Dash Spreadsheet Tracker- Google Doc

On a Happy Note

• My friend Laura visited during the first weekend in August. Celebrated her birthday. She, Mom and I saw The Neil Diamond Musical; A Beautiful Noise in Boston.
• Second hand shopping. I bought a beautiful cedar entertainment center.
• Dan, Laura, Aila and I all had sleepovers at Mom & Dad’s. Pool time, ice cream and penny drop.
• The Rowans are home from Ireland!
• Tuesday August 9 we celebrated Mom & Hattie’s half birthdays at the beach.
• Camping!
• Sunday- pooltime and dinner with Mom, Dad and my brother, Jeff.

Quote of the Week

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock.–JAMES BALDWIN

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