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Episode 237: Paddling, Packing & Prizes
Manage episode 337893174 series 56525
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
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
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.
- 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.
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.
#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
- 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.
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
Thank you for tuning in! Contact Information:
- Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon!
- Ravelry: BostonJen & Down Cellar Studio Podcast Ravelry Group
- Instagram: BostonJen1
- YouTube: Down Cellar Studio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downcellarstudio
- Sign up for my email newsletter to get the latest on everything happening in the Down Cellar Studio
- Check out my Down Cellar Studio YouTube Channel
- Knit Picks Affiliate Link
- Bookshop Affiliate Link
- Yarnable Subscription Box Affiliate Link
- Music -“Soft Orange Glow” by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/
- 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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Manage episode 337893174 series 56525
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
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
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.
- 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.
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.
#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
- 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.
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
Thank you for tuning in! Contact Information:
- Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon!
- Ravelry: BostonJen & Down Cellar Studio Podcast Ravelry Group
- Instagram: BostonJen1
- YouTube: Down Cellar Studio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downcellarstudio
- Sign up for my email newsletter to get the latest on everything happening in the Down Cellar Studio
- Check out my Down Cellar Studio YouTube Channel
- Knit Picks Affiliate Link
- Bookshop Affiliate Link
- Yarnable Subscription Box Affiliate Link
- Music -“Soft Orange Glow” by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/
- 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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