Episode 303: Ask Me Anything Returns!
Update: 2025-08-15
Description
Thank you for tuning in to Episode 303 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
- In my Travels
- KAL News
- Ask Me Anything
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Gabriella's Unicorn
- Pattern: Shy Little Unicorn by Ana Paula Rimoli
- Hook: C (2.75 mm)
- Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver (white), Knit Picks Brava Worsted (cotton candy & various solids)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Total for Stash Dash: 116 meters
Sum-Sum-Summertime socks
- Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime
- 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 Colorway- thinner stripes- 2 colors of aqua, lime green, pink and an orange/peachy yellow. CC mini in lime
- Total for Stash Dash: 293.3 meters
Stash Dash Total for this episode: 8,715.2 meters
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Hot pink spinning
- Fiber: Mountain Vewe Coopworths Fiber in hot pink (no specific colorway name)- three 4oz bumps
- 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: ~1/2 way through first bump. 1st bobbin full and the second is started
- I've now spun in July and August so I've only missed 2 months so far this year.
Log Cabin Blanket
- Pattern: Log Cabin Square by Julie Harrison. Free crochet pattern available on Ravelry. Video tutorial available on the Little Woollie Makes YouTube Channel
- Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Minis (mostly from Advent calendars 2023 & 2024)
- Hook: I (5.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Inspired by Rachel (treehousefiberarts on Instagram) and Sue & Chelsea (Legacy Fiber Artz on Instagram). Check out the Floss Toss Ravelry Group for details on their Scrappy Blanket CAL. Ends December 21st (but you don't have to finish. 2 prize drawings will be done).
- My color placement is inspired by this project/pattern available on Ravelry.
From the Armchair
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister. Amazon Affiliate Link.
My Friends by Fredrik Backman. 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.
Knitting in Passing
I shared a story about a little girl in the nail salon who asked her mom if they could come talk to me because she wants to learn to knit.
In My Travels
Travel packing tips
- Packing cubes- here's an Amazon affiliate link to the set I purchased 6 years ago and still love!
- I always pack some clothes pins/ metal or wood that I use for snacks/drink mix pouches and/or to keep curtains closed in hotel.
- I have a standard packing list in Evernote that I customize for each trip. It saves so much time and frustration.
- Pack a travel power strip- to keep all of those chraging cords in one place (also less likely to leave one behind)
- Knitting project approach
- At least 2 socks/stockinette hats for waiting, sitting etc.
- A project that occupies my brain and makes a long flight go by easier.
- Queue the audiobooks & download podcasts
KAL News
- Splash Pad Final Winners were announced!
Pigskin Party '25
Sponsor Sign Up is Open- click here for details
Key Dates:
- Registration starting Thursday August 20, 2025
- KAL Starts- Thursday September 4, 2025
- KAL Ends- Monday February 9, 2026
- Form Teams- starting Monday August 25, 2025
- Virtual Kick Off- Friday September 5 & Saturday September 6
Ask Me Anything
Tune in to hear the answers to these questions:
- Pat- loonyhiker asked: I know you have probably told this before, but I’d love to hear how you and your honey met. I also would love to hear how your parents met. (bonus audio of my parents talking about this by the pool in 2017)
- Sandy, sjh801 asked: Favorite children’s book? Both as a child and now as an adult.
- Children's Book (purely for sentimental reasons): Walk Rabbit Walk by Colin McNaughton. <a
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