Episode 283: PUMPKINS!

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 283 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
• Contest, News & Notes
• Life in Focus
• On a Happy Note
• Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Stitchin with Yarn, winemakerssister, Yumi Yarns & Fibernymph Dye Works Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins LFA Helical Socks

• Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Steel Toes in the Portal Colorway & a Mystery Colorway (both 50g skeins: 75% SW Merino, 25% Nylon). Knit Picks Felici in the Beatnik Colorway
• Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Ravelry Project Page
• Cast on in June 2023. Finished September 5. Forgot to share in the last episode.

Frozen Shake Cozy

• Pattern: Ball Band with a Twist by Jennifer Lassonde. $2 crochet pattern available on Ravelry | LoveCrafts
• Yarn: worsted crochet cotton
• Hooks: F (3.75mm) & G (4.0mm)
• Ravelry Project Page
• Yarn- mystery blue cotton on a cone that was from Aunt Rachel's stash.
• Made for mom during September hospital stay when the dietitians started making frozen shakes to get nutrients into her.

Ribbed Bobble Pumpkin

• Pattern: Ribbed Bobble Pumpkin by Breann Mauldin. $3 crochet pattern available on Ravelry. Free version available here.
• Yarn: KnitKraft Wintuk Yarn in the Tangerine Colorway
• Hook: F (3.75 mm)
• Ravelry Project Page
• Yarn gifted to me by my friend Heather. We became friends through the dancing school we went to. Her mother was the stage manager and my mom was the house manager for our recitals. We've all know each other since I was 12. Heather's mother Rita passed away a few years ago. When Heather heard my mom was in the hospital she dropped off a care package at the dancing school- chemo caps for Mom and yarn from her mom's stash for me!

Rita's pumpkins

• Pattern: Pumpkin by June Gilbank. Free crochet pattern available on Ravelry. Free version available here.
• Yarn: KnitKraft Wintuk Yarn in the Tangerine Colorway
• Hook: F (3.75 mm)
• Ravelry Project Page
• 5 finished
• Yarn is definitely 1970s/1980s squeeky acrylic, so not my favorite to work with, but it feels great to put it to good use and to bring a bit of life to Rita's old stash.

Farmhouse Pumpkin

• Pattern: Farmhouse Pumpkins by More Dreams Less