Episode 299: ABCs- Abstraction, Birthdays & Crochet
Update: 2025-06-15
Description
Thank you for tuning in to Episode 299 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
- Crafty Adventures
- Knitting in Passing
- In my Travels
- KAL News
- Events
- Life in Focus
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
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Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
103 Hat
- Pattern: 103 Hat by Jennifer Lassonde. $5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry & LoveCrafts
- Yarn: Malabrigo Rios (worsted) in 845 Cirrus Gray
- Needles: US 5 & US 7 (3.75 & 4.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- 115.2 meters (126.0 yards), 60 grams used.
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
- This is the repeatable version of the 2023 Advent, with 16 of the original 24 colors.
- 259.3 meters (283.5 yards). 70 grams
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.
- Check out this Instagram reel which highlights.
- 60 squares total
- Cloudborn 371.7 meters (406.5 yards), 101 grams
- Legacy Fiber Artz- 162.9 meters (178.1 yards), 38 grams
- Fibernymph Dye Works- 60.4 meters (66.0 yards), 16 grams
- Total: 595 meters. 155 grams
Ball Band with a Twist Cozy
- Pattern: Ball Band with a Twist by Jennifer Lassonde. $2 Crochet pattern available on Ravelry & LoveCrafts
- Hooks: F (3.75 mm) & G (4.25 mm)
- Yarn: Loops & Thread Classic Cotton in Pewter, Midnight Blue and Bubblegum
- Ravelry Project Page
- Stash Dash: 40.3 meters
- You may also be interested in my more basic jar cozy pattern: Ball Band- Ravelry | LoveCrafts (free)
Stash Dash total for this episode- 1,009.8 meters
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Boss A$$ B|tc# Socks
- Yarn: Woolens & Nosh Superwash Targhee Fingering in the Boss A$$ B|tc# Colorway (purposely not spelled out here, though it is on the label)
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- 90g of yarn to start
- About the Yarn: Self striping with yellow, tan, peach, pink, light aqua, teal & navy
- Progress: All but the toe of sock 2 is done
Miles' Montessori Toy
- Pattern: Montessori Colour Sorter by Lexie Warren. Free crochet pattern available on Ravelry & on Crochet River)
- Hook: D (3.25 mm)
- Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids in Purple, Orange, Teal and Cyan. Knit Picks Brava in Canary, Rouge and White.
- I've gotten some great ideas in the Toy Cabana chat thread on Ravelry
- Progress: 6 cups and 4 balls are done. Need to do white for center (basket and ball)- then seam together. Clever pattern.
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</
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