Episode 304: Flock
Update: 2025-08-31
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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 304 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
- Events
- Life in Focus
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Stitched by Jessalu. Check out Stitched by Jessalu bags and so much more at the Adirondack Wool & Arts Festival September 20 & 21 in Greenwich, New York.
& Love in Stitches
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
The Muses Socks
- Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the colorway The Muses
- 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- 3 stripes in pink, green and purple. In between each color, there are thin stripes of white, gray, white. Cuff, heel & toe all knit in gray contrast mini
- Total for Stash Dash- 263.2 meters
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Same as it Ever Was Hat
- Yarn: fingering weight yarn from stash (no ball band); maybe MCN base
- Needles: US 2
- Pattern: Same as it Ever Was by Sarah Jordan $6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry
- Ravelry Project Page
- About the yarn: all different shades of gray with blips of a mustardy/rust and turquoise
Traveler Sweater
- Yarn: Hazel Knits Small Batch Sport (90/10 SW/Nylon)
- Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Progress: I'm in a few inches into the body
Tie Dye Day Socks
- Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Steel Toes base in the Tie Dye Day 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: on the heel of sock #2
716 Splash Pad Socks
- Yarn: 716 Knit Sock Set in the 716sock base in the colorway: It needs to be ok with getting on a boat with Levar Burton and never coming back.
- 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: stripe of black, stripe of bright poolside colors (orange, yellow, peach, greens & aquas .
- Jenna of 716 also sent me the mini skein set which is part of her SPP Exclusives.
- Progress: on the heel of sock #2
Four Leaf Clover Granny Square Blanket
- Pattern: Four Leaf Clover Granny Square by Apinya Roszko
- Hook: H (5.0 mm)
- Yarn: Knit Picks Brava 500 in colorway Mint & Loops and Threads Impeccable in Colorway 01808
- Center square (in darker green)- 4g. Three rounds on outside of clover (in mint)- 12g
- Size: 6 inch square.
- Planning 5x7 blanket (30x42”) before border.
- Modification- the pattern calls for attaching new yarn (at the end of the square) to make the stem for the clover. I just chain to get to the center, make the stem and cut the yarn. I find it easy to crochet the granny square around it in Mint. No issues and one less end to weave in.
- I am joining squares as I go. I used this YouTube tutorial to remind me how to do this.
- Progress: Nearly done with 6 of 7 rows. 6 squares left. Should be finished Labor Day weekend.
From the Armchair
- stitchintime82-Dani recommended: Gmorning, gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me and You by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Amazon Affiliate Link.
I finished:
- The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- The Last Flight by Julie Clark. Amazon Affiliate Link.
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Knitting in Passing
- I shared stories about 2 ready to wear items we saw in Seattle, a crochet dress & a granny square style tank. <li dragga
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