Episode 293: Love Bugs
Update: 2025-03-15
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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 293 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
- From the Armchair
- Knitting in Passing
- KAL News
- Events
- Contest, News & Notes
- Life in Focus
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
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Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Aurealis
- Pattern: Aurealis by Jennifer Steingass ($8 US Ravelry Knitting Pattern)
- Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm)
- Yarn: Cloudborn Fibers Highland DK in the Gray Heather colorway (MC) & Junction Fiber Mill Making Tracks DK in the Vermont Vice colorway (CC)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Size: C
- Mods: Bottom ribbing- 2x2 instead of 1x1. Ribbing on sleeves is also 2x2
Love Bugs
- Pattern: Love Bug by Trish Hoskin (free crochet pattern on Ravelry)
- Hook: C- 2.75 mm
- Yarn: Knit Picks Felici Worsted & Knit Picks Brava Worsted
- Ravelry Project Page
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Ebb & Flow Socks
- Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the Ebb & Flow colorway
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Progress: first sock done. I cast on the second.
Cold Goat Farm Spinning Project
- Fiber: Cold Goats Farm; believe it is a merino/mohair batt (8oz) in a natural, undyed cream color
- Ravelry Project Page
- Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S
- This means when I'm spinning, my wheel is spinning clockwise and when plying my wheel is moving counter-clockwise.
- Progress: Nearly finished with my 3rd bobbin of fiber
Calendula Christmas Quilt
- Pattern: Calendula Quilt by Elena Fedotova available on Ravelry for $7.50 US.
- Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids in Ivory, Deep Red, Varsity Green, Aqua, Medium Rose, Gray
- Hook: G (4.0 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- granny squares- 1 color or 2 (colors on each half a diagonal)
- I used Canva to help me figure out color placement to extend out the quilt pattern.
- I am seaming squares using the Mattress Stitch.
- I started working on this after being inspired by NDJen04's video about her scrappy blanket- you can find that find on YouTube.
- I had the 2 color (on the diagonal) granny square memorized but totally forgot how to do those. Here's a helpful video I found that helped refresh my memory.
- Goal: 6 per week
- Crocheted 7 last week.
Aila's Daisy Socks
- Yarn: On The Round Nimble Sock (85%/15% SW Merino/Nylon) in the Forage colorway
- Pattern: None (will likely use OMG heel)
- Needles: US 1.5 & US 2
- Ravelry Project Page
- I cast on 60 sts. Worked 1x1 ribbing and daisy pattern I charted out using US 1.5 needles. Way too tight. In listening to another podcast, I was reminded that going up a needle size may help. Reknit colorwork section with US 2. Too tight. Washed and blocked to be sure AND to see if I liked the fabric with a US 2. I do. Increased up to 64 sts. Used US 2 for colorwork. Then decreased back to 60 sts shortly after, a few rows later back to 56 sts. Knit about 2 inches.
Adrift on an Inland Sea Socks
- Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the Adrift on an Inland Sea Socks colorway
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
From the Armchair
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- How to Stop Time by Matt Haig. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Amazon Affiliate Link.
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