Thank you for tuning in to Episode 232 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website. This week’s segments included:
- Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
- On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
- Brainstorming
- From the Armchair
- Knitting in Passing
- KAL News
- Events
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Sunsoaked Yarns & Fibernymph Dye Works Note- there will be only one episode in May 2022. Talk to you again in June (or join us May 30th for our Splash Pad Virtual Kick Off)
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Mom’s Zen 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 Zen Colorway
- Ravelry Project Page
2 Tiny Turtles
- Pattern: Little Miss Turtle by Diana Moore (free crochet pattern available on Ravelry & on the PinkMouseBoutique website)
- Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Minis in various greens
- Hook: B 2.25 m
- Ravelry Project Page for Turtle 1
- Ravelry Project Page for Turtle 2
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Spinning:
- Wool of the Andes Unspun Roving. Colorway: Delft Heather (100 grams) 100% Peruvian Highland Wool & Malabrigo Nube. 113 grames Combed Top 100% Merino Wool in Colorway 809 Solis.
- Planning to ply these together with Rhapsody Fiber Arts- 2oz 50% Angora/50% merino no colorway- lighter blues.
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 + fingering weight scraps
- Ravelry Project Page
- 3 rounds with yarn held double
- 75 hexagons completed to date
Double Dog Dare 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 Double Dog Dare Colorway
- 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.
- 2 recent Unboxing Videos- check out April & May on YouTube.
Brainstorming Shawl idea forming. Maybe a new design? Maybe a disaster? Time will tell.
From the Armchair * The Invisible Kingdom: Reemerging Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. * One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (narrated by Julia Whelan) Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. * 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.
Knitting in Passing * My cousin Gayle gave me an antique darning egg that was her great grandmother’s. + It appears to be a vintage white milk glass hand blown darning egg- similar to this one listed on eBay * Mom got us matching pink socks with sheep on them for upcoming Wool Festivals!
KAL News * 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 availableCoupons 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. * Join our Virtual Kick Off Events Monday May 30th. Click here for a Google Doc with the full schedule.
Events * 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
On a Happy Note * Scituate Salt Cave + I enjoyed the quiet time & guided meditation. I’m not sure I believe in the benefits of the salt and am especially skeptical that the website sites Dr. Oz as their source. + Check out the Maintenance Phase Podcast to hear some behind the scenes details you may not know about Dr. Oz * Morgen’s First Communion and A’s birthday dinner. * I saw a local production of Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with my cousins, my grandmother & my great aunt Florence as part of her 94th birthday celebration. She’s always wanted red leather pants. Her daughter Joanie bought them for her and she rocked them! * Savers trip with Mom! Always fun (and funny) * My cousin Bella’s performance as Fiona in Shrek the Musical * Our friend Liz’s surprise 30th Birthday- Star Wars Themed Party. The decorations were on point! * We have a new nephew- Zachary! * Mother’s Day at Mom’s. * My mom, Diane Lassonde, was on Episode 190 of the eBay for Business Podcast. Check it out!
Quote of the Week Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.– Sarah Kay
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