Thank you for tuning in to Episode 173 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For full show notes with photos click here.   This week's segments included:    

• Off the Needles
• On the Needles
• Brainstorming
• From the Armchair
• Crafty Adventures
• KAL News
• Life in Focus
• Ask Me Anything
• On a Happy Note
• Quote of the Week

  Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Fibernymph Dye Works & JDStudios480      Off the Needles   Knit Picks City Tweed Dragon Belly Shawl

• Pattern: Dragon Belly Shawl by Jo
• Yarn: Knit Picks
• Hook: J
• Melville - City Tweed DK Value Pack.  Needs to be blocked.

  Aila’s Orange Crayon

• Pattern: Crayons Amigurumi by StringyDingDing
• Yarn: Plymouth DK?
• Hook: D (3.25 mm) Start at top. Moved down to a C Hook.
• Thanks to  SaraKnitsKC for mentioning this pattern

On the Needles   Darker Side of Pi(e) Socks

• Yarn: Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce base in The Darker Side of Pi(e) colorway
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams

  The Huddle is Real Socks

• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
• Yarn: Queen City Yarn NODA Sock (75 Merino/25 nylon) in the Huddle is Real Colorway (Pigskin Party '18 Exclusive colorway)
• Needle: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)

  Alan the Baseball Playing Alien

• Pattern:Alan the Alien & his Flying Saucer by Moji-Moji Design
• Yarn: leftover DK/worsted weight scraps
• Hook: C (2.75 mm)

Scrunchies

• Pattern: Perfectly Ruffled Scrunchies by Miranda Dielsen
• Yarn: Bernat Velvet in the Spruce and Mulled Rose Colorways
• Hook: J (6 mm)
• Thanks Melissa for tip on free pattern for Velvet Ruffled scrunchie

Sport Weight Scraps Dragon Belly Shawl

• Pattern: Dragon Belly by Johanna Lindahl
• Hook: G (4.25 mm)
• Yarn: leftover sport weight yarn

Kaylee’s Christmas Stocking

• Pattern: Christmas Stockings to Knit and Crochet from Family Circle Magazine
• Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Red, Everglade Heather and White
• Hook: F (3.75 mm)

Brainstorming

• I'd like to crochet a Hedgehog for my niece Hattie to go with books her parents have been reading to her by Steve Wilson I am leaning towards Hedley the Hedgehog  by Moji-Moji Design.

• I want to use up the Bernat Velvet Yarn I've purchased. Searched by the yarn name on Ravelry in the Advanced Pattern search and found the Velvet Valentine Crochet Bear by Sarah Zimmerman.

From the Armchair Tune in to hear reviews of the following 2 items:

• JDstudios480 Pigskin Project bag and Football Notions pouch.
  • Football Zippered pouch
  • Knit Love Football Large Knitting Bag
• Nomadic Knits: Issue 5 Vermont by Becky Beagell and Melissa Kemmerer
  • Check out this link to see where you can buy Nomadic Knits in a shop near you.

Crafty Adventures Thank you Jen for gifting me this beautiful walnut stained Kromski Minstrel. I'm so excited to get spinning. If you know of any great resources for a beginning spinner please send them my way!   KAL News   Slay the Stash 2019

• Each month you can declare a skein of yarn to knit/crochet/weave to its very end. Let’s use up those older special skeins (purchased before 2019) - and maybe win a new beautiful skein of yarn from one of our sponsors along the way!
• Check out the November Post 
• Use and follow #slaythestash2019 on Social Media
• Tune in to see if you're the October Slay the Stash Winner.

Slay the Stash Sponsor List- 2019 Official Rules for 2019 

• January- Fish Belly Fiber Works
• February- KnitCircus Yarns
• March- Holly Press Fibers
• April- Fibernymph Dye Works
• May – Another Crafty Girl 
• June- Flying Finn Yarns
• July- Sponsored by WindsweptMonique– yarn TBD
• August- Knit Style Yarns
• September- Artistic Lilly 
• October – Infinite Twist 
• November- 716 Knit 
• December –  Hypnotic Yarn

Pigskin Party ‘19   Pro Shop Sponsors

• 2 Guys Yarn Company
• Abstract Fiber
• AdoreKnit
• agirlandherwool
• Designs of Acadia (Pigskin Logo Bag)
• Fibernymph Dye Works
• Holly Press Fibers
• Imagined Landscapes Designs
• Infinite Twist
• JDStudios480
• Jennifer Lassonde Designs
• Knitosophy Designs
• Knitters Brewing Company
• Knit Style Yarns
• Prairie Bag Works
• Progress Keepers by Meliabella
• Sunsoaked Yarns
• Yarn Love

Snack Shack Sponsors

• Anne Beady Designs
• APLCrafts
• Birch Hollow Fibers
• Brenda Castiel Designs
• Creations of the Anomalous Mind
• Designs by Meliabella
• Fish Belly Fiber Works
• Geektastic Fibers
• IrocKnits Designs
• Kino Knits
• Kitchen Counter Crafter
• Knit/Wit Designs
• Leading Men Fiber Arts
• Legacy Fiber Artz
• Lilliput Yarn
• Lolodidit
• Love in Stitches
• Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarns
• Nicole Simmons Designs
• Queen City Yarn
• Remade By Hand Designs
• Shanalines Designs
• Tangerine Designs
• Teal Torch Knits
• The Project Bag
• Tin Can Knits
• UNICORN CLEAN
• Wild Branch Design
• Windswept Designs
• Woodsy and Wild

Tune in to hear the October Interception Winner & the October participation winners.  

• The November Interception is sponsored by Queen City Yarn. The theme this month is to Put in Your Back-up Quarterback. Find all of the details in the thread linked above.
• Tune in to hear the Pigskin Party 19 Grand Prize Details!!

Life in Focus

• I shared the blackberry dressing recipe I use sometimes for salad.
• I've been enjoying doing weekly meal prep for both Mom and me. Proud of myself for being able to flip the 215 pound tire at Tabata class.

Ask Me Anything   Thanks JenKPhillips on IG for reaching out to ask what knitting audio podcasts I listen to List of knitting podcasts I listen to (thought of a couple after I recorded so I've added them here too)   2 Knit Lit Chicks Backstage Knitting Bede Sisters Podcast BHooked Collage Knits with Amy Small Cook Craft Read Repeat Doubleknit F This Knit Fiber Knitche Imagined Landscapes Keep a calm and Carry Yarn Knit Picks’ Podcast Kino Knits Knitmore Girls The Knitting Hook-Up Knitting on the Run Knitting Pipeline Knitty McPurly Podcast Maine Yarn Just One More Row Prairie Girls Knit and Spin Salty Jo Knits Skein Enable Podcast Spin Control Podcast Stash and Burn The SweetGeorgia Show Teaching your Brain to Knit Traveling Stitches POdcast Two Ewes Fiber Adventures The Unraveling Podcast VeryPink Knits The Woolly Thistle Podcast The Yarniacs   Question for YOU! Do you have thoughts on whether you'd be interested in joining as a patron (though Patreon) if I started one? Come share in the Down Cellar Studio Ravelry Group.   On a Happy Note

• Lots of family fun at my cousin Mike’s wedding - got a red, lace Ann Klein dress for $18 at a consignment shop! 
• Atticus birthday Party- sat with a couple whose youngest child has the same parts in the Nutcracker as Aila!
• Went to see Oisin perform in Seussical. He did a great job as Thing 2 and when Hattie saw him on stage, she lit up! 
• Halloween- my friends and I dressed up at gym (as our trainer) for a contest. At night I went out to Trick or Treat with Will, Aila, Oisin and Hattie.

Quote of the Week  

“Perhaps it is the simplest and most popular truths which are also the deepest after all.” – Thomas Merton 

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