Thank you for tuning in to Episode 229 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For full show notes with photos, check out my website.

This week’s segments included:

• Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• From the Armchair
• Some Years Later
• Crafty Adventures
• Knitting in Passing
• KAL News
• Life in Focus
• Ask Me Anything
• On a Happy Note
• Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsor: The Yarn Sellar. Check out their Fiber Marketplace on Saturday 4/9/22 in York Beach Maine!

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Kris’ Dance Shoe Legwarmers

• Pattern: Dance Shoe Legwarmers by Sherry Katherine Vernon (free knitting pattern)
• Yarn: Charming Ewe Suki Sock in the Mystic Topaz Colorway
• Needles: US 1 (2.25 mm) & US 2 (2.75 mm)
• My Ravelry Project Page
• If you’d like a good afterthought heel pattern, consider Susan B. Anderson’s Smooth Operator Heel pattern (Ravelry Link) For a video tutorial, check out this video from the EarthtonesGirl YouTube Channel

Blue Kamakaze Socks

• Yarn: ThreadHeadKnits Co. Plump Sock (100% Superwash Merino 4 ply- 438 yards/100g) in the Blue Kamakaze Colorway.
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams $5 on Ravelry.
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• My Ravelry Project Page

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
A’s Scrappy Dance Shoe Legwarmers

• Pattern: Dance Shoe Legwarmers by Sherry Katherine Vernon (free knitting pattern)
• Yarn: Various Fingering Weight leftovers including Knit Picks Felici
• Needles: US 1 5(2.5 mm)
• My Ravelry Project Page

Eme’s Unicorn Macaron Amigurumi

• Pattern: Unicorn Macaron Amigurumi free crochet pattern by Anitha Domacin available on their website.
• Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted in white and various other colors. Small bit of silver metallic yarn from Stash
• Hook: C (2.75 mm)
• My Ravelry Project Page

Pumpkin Patch Socks

• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry)
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock in the Pumpkin Patch colorway (October Yarnable Subscription Box Colorway). Click here for my YouTube Unboxing Video.
• Curious about Yarnable? Consider checking out my Yarnable Subscription Box Affiliate Link. Use Coupon Code BOSTONJEN for $5 off your first box.

Sagamore Flyover Cowl

• Pattern: in draft
• Needles: US 9 (5.5 mm)
• Yarn: Sugarbush Dawson in the Graphite Gray Colorway- 50% Llama/50% Merino 100 grams, 151 meters
• My Ravelry Project Page
• Ribbing, mistake rib used in my Sagamore Flyover Hat pattern.

Kim’s Christmas Stocking

• Pattern: Christmas Stockings to Knit and Crochet from Family Circle Magazine. Available in this web archive link. I’ve also saved it to my podcast Gmail Google Drive in case it disappears! web.archive.org-Christmas Stockings to Knit and Crochet from Our Archives.pdf
• Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry Red, Hunter Green and White
• Hook: G (4.00 mm)
• My Ravelry Project Page

From the Armchair * In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link * Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. + I heard about this one on interview with the author on the Bad on Paper Podcast * Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.

Some Years Later March 11. 2022 was our 10 year podcast anniversary! THANK YOU to everyone who has listened, told a friend, left a review, purchased a pattern, joined my Patreon group, participated in a KAL. THANK YOU! I’m so appreciative.

Crafty Adventures I helped Millie (age 10) with a craft kit: Mini Garden Unicorn- Amazon Affiliate Link

Knitting in Passing * I was gifted yarn from Megg in Ireland: Hedgehog Fibres– Sock Yarn (90% Merino, 10% nylon) in the Crush colorway. Pinks from light to magenta with yellows, oranges and royal blues. * My niece Millie received yarn from the nurse at her school whose daughter had taken up knitting and then given it up. * I ordered needles for Millie and cast on a cowl she wants to knit with the skein of yarn from A Hundred Ravens at Russell’s Garden Center Farm Fiber Days at the beginning of March.

KAL News * Splash Pad Party ’22 Call for Sponsors! * Sponsor Call: Deadline 4/25/22 * Want to sign up (after you read the details)? Please fill out this Google Form * Info Page for Sponsors on my Website- click here * Kick Off Date- Monday 5/30- Memorial Day. Virtual Events.Sign ups for Participants coming soon

Life in Focus * Thanks to Nikki for telling us about the Hiking Project App (available for Apple & Android) * I shared an update on my plan to incorporate 20 min of movement/4 times per week into my life and a check in on my word for the year PAUSE.

Ask Me Anything * Tune in to hear more about killing acrylic. Check out this blog post from Sew Homey who found using a hair dryer to flatten acrylic worked best.

On a Happy Note * Something Rotten Musical * Garret’s birthday sleepover * St. Patrick’s Day with my cousins * Tom visiting from Ireland * A weeknight sleepover with Riley, Garret & Millie. Snuggles and reading Ply magazine from Suzanne during the kids’ reading time before bed. * Oscar party * Dress shopping with Mom * Immersive Frida Exhibit in Boston with Melissa

Quote of the Week Poet May Sarton on the importance of rest:
“I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged, damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room.”

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