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. 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.
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