Thank you for tuning in to Episode 187 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week’s segments included:

• Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• Brainstorming
• KAL News
• Events
• Life in Focus
• On a Happy Note
• Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Yumi Yarns Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

C2C Blanket

• Pattern: Corner to Corner Start tutorial by Lauri Bolland
• Hook: I (5.25mm)
• Yarn: Vanna’s Choice 3 skeins each of (pink) and (light gray)
• Border- I used the first round from this tutorial. 
• 858 meters

Red Thumper Hat

• Pattern: Thumper Hat by Jennifer Lassonde ($5 knitting pattern)
• Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm) and US 8 (5.0 mm)
• Yarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca
• 128 meters

Pan the Alien

• Pattern: Allen the Alien Amigurumi by Abby Sy (free crochet pattern)
• Hook: C (2.75 mm)
• Yarn: Worsted Weight Superwash Wool, blue white and green.
• 44 meters

Demic the Round Plus Alien

• Pattern: Round Plush Alien by Janet Carrillo (free crochet pattern)
• Hook: C (2.75 mm)
• Yarn: Worsted Weight Superwash Wool, blue white and green.
• 38 meters

Misfit Scrappy Sock 

• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Yarn: Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarn Twist Sock in the We R All Misfits (self striping). Holly Press Fibers Sheepish Minis in 2 colors of green
• 241 meters

Paton’s Kroy Socks for Gram

• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
• Yarn: Patons Kroy Green Stripe Ragg Colorway
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• 212 meters

PrideSockathon2020 Socks

• Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Rainbow Colorway & Paton’s Kroy (coal)
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams
• Cast on for Abigail of Covert Knits Video Podcast Pride Sockathon 2020 runs through June 30th. #pridesockathon2020 
• Abigail is donating money to The Trevor Project for each pair she finishes. I donated $60.60 when I finished this pair.
• 272 meters 

Stash Dash Total to date: 8,463 meters (20K here I come)

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Summer 2020 Wash Cloths Round 2

• Pattern: Solid Granny Square by Lullaby Melodia
• Hook: J (6.0 mm)
• Yarn: Lily Sugar n’Cream
• 30+ in second round so far! Goal is to use up all of this stash.

Chevron Scrap Blanket

• Pattern: Chevron Scrap Blanket by Maria’s Blue Crayon
• Yarn: Various acrylic worsted weight yarn from stash
• Hook: J (6.0 mm)
• This is a great stash buster. I need at least 16g to make one stripe of 7 rows & 10g to make a corner

Spinning Corriedale to ply with BFL

• 8oz of corriedale (natural cream color)
• First 4 oz done.

Brainstorming

The Crochet Luna Podcast is hosting an August MAL for these Soap Sacks.

Fortune’s Shawlette crochet pattern by Tamara Kelly $4.00

Hatching Alien by Kayte-Did’s Free crochet pattern

KAL News

Quarterly Quests!

Get all of the details here. Check out the Quarter 2 Thread April 1-June 30 – Free the Favorites Thank you to our Quarter 2 Sponsors: Prairie Bag Works, NahSt Designs, Yumi Yarns Designs, agirlandherwool, Holly Press Fibers

Quarter 3: July 1- September 30 – Lessen the Library– check out the Ravelry Thread here. Quarter 3 Sponsors: Sunsoaked Yarns, Apple Fiber Studio, Cookie and Bees Don’t forget to post on Instagram #QuarterlyQuests you can also add one for the Quarter: #FreetheFavorites #LessentheLibrary #SlaytheStash

Splash Pad Party 

Check out the Start Here Thread for Details & Links to everything you need

Pro Shop Sponsors:

• 2 Guys Yarn Company
• Adoreknit
• agirlandherwool
• BedeSisters & Blueberry Chick Yarn
• Fibernymph Dye Works
• Jennifer Lassonde Designs
• Prairie Bag Works
• Rising Tide Fiber Co
• Sunsoaked Yarns
• Yumi Yarns Designs

Snack Shack Sponsors

• Anne Beady Designs
• Apple Fiber Studio
• Cookie and Bees
• Fair Winds Farm
• Irocknits Designs
• Keegan Lane Designs
• Kino Knits
• Knitters Brewing Company
• Legacy Fiber Artz
• NähSt Design
• Pearl and Plum
• Progress Keepers by Meliabella
• The Sensible Stitcher

Tune in to hear if your name was randomly selected for a June participation prize. Keep posting in Poolside chat thread and use #splashpadparty20 on IG. 

Events

Stash Dash, hosted by the Knit Girllls, runs May 22- August 22, 2020. Check out the Chat Thread & the Rules in the Knit Girllls Podcast group

Tour de Fleece runs from Saturday June 27 to Sunday July 19 

Life in Focus

• Goals for year- 7 patterns- 3x week workouts
  • 3x week workouts are still going strong.
  • Design- I finished the knitting and most of the writing of another pattern (which will be #5 for the year). 
• Continuing work on Me & White Supremacy workbook.
• I need to revisit my 20 for 2020 list because some things like visiting 2 new cities just won’t be realistic. 

On a Happy Note

• Walking with my BFF while kids worked in yard with Dan. 
• Two tiny fawns and their moms who are hanging around our property a lot right now. 
• Father’s Day at my parents with my brother’s 3 kids. Outdoor movie night. Seafood. Swimming.
• Judging jumps off the diving board using the score cards Riley made (0.0, 1, 2 and 3) 
• Oisin’s birthday.
• Dan playing guitar again.
• Date night at the Drive In to see the new Lion King. 

Quote of the Week

“There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear.”

— John Cage

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