Episode 297: Prepping the Splash Pad
Update: 2025-05-15
Description
Thank you for tuning in to Episode 297 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
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Dinosaur T-Rex
- Pattern: Dinosaur T-Rex and Pterodactyl by Anita Suriaa- $5.99 crochet pattern on Ravelry
- Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted
- Hook: 2.5 mm
- Changed teeth- white embroidered Vs
Belle the Butterfly #4
- Pattern: Belle the Butterfly $4 pattern from Theresascrochetshop on Etsy
- Hook: D (3.25 mm(
- Yarn: leftover DK yarn from stash
- Ravelry Project Page
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
David... Fold in the cheese socks #2
- Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz in the David...Fold in the cheese!!!! colorway (with cream/gray mini skein)
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- About the yarn- cream, pink and blue to match rose apron David wears in this episode of Schitt's Creek.
- Nearly to the heel of the first sock
Inclinations Cowl
- Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)
- Yarn: 2 skeins of handspun Color A: Fiber Addict Designs 100% Merino in the Wild Plum Colorway- Ravelry link. Color B: Candombe, I think the fiber is from Malabrigo- Ravelry link.
- My Ravelry Project Page
- I love working with my handspun
Same as It Ever Was Hat
- Pattern: Same as It Ever Was by Sarah Jordan ($6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock (Yarnable Box January 2024) in the Dino-Mite colorway
- Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- About the yarn: aqua, gray and purple.
- I don't love knitting on small needles in the round. Just placed a knit picks order so I ordered a US 2 needle with a 47 inch cord to see if going back to magic loop may serve me better.
Granny square top
- Yarn: MC- Cloudbourn Fibers Wool Fingering Twist in Natural (1 skeins), Advent Mini Skeins from Legacy Fiber Artz (Steel Toes Base) & Fibernymph Dye Works (Bounce Base)- both from 2024.
- Hook: D (3.25 mm)
- Pattern: none
- Ravelry Project Page
- 3 round granny squares: Round 1= more tonal color, Round 2= speckled, Round 3= natural
- Yarn organization: I put 2 sets of colors in each mostly clear zippered pouch from my Yarnable Subscription kits. It keeps the yarn from the mini skeins from getting tangled.
- Progress: Squares to date: 57 squares.
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
- Worked on these last weekend. Nearly to the toe on the first sock.
Cozy Clusters Blanket #5
- Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted in Dove Heather
- Hook: J hook (6.0 mm) (cast on) and I hook (5.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- 53 clusters wide
- Currently 34 inches wide about 15.5 inches tall. hoping to get to 36 inches tall before border
Felici Granny Stripe Blanket
- Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Colorways: Punky, Whatits Galore (50g), Space Disco, Carrot Cake, Base Jump, Game Over, Secret Garden, Fiesta
- Pattern: Granny Stripe by Attic 24
- Hook: I (5.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- 7 colorways wit
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