Thank you for tuning in to Episode 96  of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week's segments included:  

• Off the Needles
• Brainstorming
• Knitting in Passing
• In my Travels
• Events
• Contest, News & Notes
• On a Happy Note

Off the Needles   Perfect Beach Shawl

• Yarn: Knits4Comfort Merino/Silk in the Beach Shade Colorway (438 yards of fingering)- used 80 grams
• Yarn: Valley Yarns Huntington- used 42 grams in a medium gray
• Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm)
• Pattern: a new, original design that will be called the Emelyn Mae shawl after my niece who goes to knitting festivals with me and helped me pick out this skein of yarn from Knits4Comfort

  Dunks Socks 

• Yarn: Knitting Fever KFI Luxury Collection Indulgence Cashmere Colorway- 602
• Needles: US 2 (2.75mm)
• OMG Heel by Megan Williams

  RI Socks

• Yarn: Koigu KPPPM in Color 6156 & Louet Gems Gingering Weight (burnt orange)
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• OMG Heel by Megan Williams

  Sock Yarn Blanket

• Yarn: leftover fingering weight yarn from sock
• Hook Size: D 3.0 mm & H 5.0 mm
• Pattern: Double Crochet Granny Square
• Some Notes:
  • Each square has 3 rounds with sock yarn (2 grams each) & a border of Plymouth Select DK in white (1 round= 2 grams)
  • I purchased 16 skeins of the Plymouth DK.  3 full skeins plus almost another full skein in scraps remain.
  • Final size- 10 squares by 16. Single crocheted together. 3 rounds of DC edging. Specific notes about how I did the corners are in my project page linked above.
  • Fingering for squares: 1280 yards  | White for squares: 832 yards  | White for seaming: 327.6 yards  | TOTAL: 2439 yards (2230 meters)

Colorful Cowl

• Yarn: Mirasol Tuhu- DK weight yarn
• Needles: US 5
• Provisionally cast on 60 stitches, knitting in the round. long tube that kitchener together to make a long infinity cowl.
• Random striping- gray, aquamarine, chartreuse, cream, hot pink and tangerine
• Kitchener in the Round Tutorial: I used this video to help me kitchener this cowl together.
• Final result: 54 inches long and 5.5 inches wide

  Frankensocks #2 and #3

• Yarn: Various Scraps
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams (knit cuff down)
• Video Tutorial I created for the join I use for these socks
• So much fun! I have 3 total now. Can't wait to make more to mix and match.

  Melissa's Christmas Socks

• Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Kaleidescope colorway
• Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
• Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams (knit cuff down)
• First Knit Picks experience- this yarn had 3 knots between the two 50 g skeins. Not the ideal first time around, especially for self striping. I did my own color management and made this best of it. I'm still totally happy with these, the yarn is super soft. I think it is great for gifts.

  Santa's Ho-Ho Hat

• Yarn: Cascade Eco Alpaca (worsted) in Nature & Burgundy
• Needles: US 6: 4.0 mm
• Pattern: Santa's Ho-Ho Hat by Jacquelynn Vance-Kuss (free)
• Saw this at knit night, friend Jenn Sheelen knit one and I wanted one! So happy to have this finished

  Stash Dash 2016 Total: 11,351 meters in 40 FOs (16 started before Stash Dash)  Brainstorming   

• I want to knit a week's worth of Christmas socks. Do you have ideas of yarn I could buy? Tell me about it in the Ravelry Group.
• My next scrap yarn blanket will be with Crochet Hexagons. Maybe with a gradiating gray border. What do you think of that idea? Here's a tutorial I found on the crocheted hexagons in case you're interested: Tutorial that might help.

Knitting In Passing  My 4 year old niece, Millie, loves the bunny I knit for her she was little. She calls it Hoppy. Pattern from Susan B Anderson: Mini-Sock Yarn Bunny pattern. She wants a friend for Hoppy in Purple!     Aila at Williamsburg - where she encountered and participating in knitting.   In My Travels  Red Sox Stitch and Pitch: super hot but we had a lot of fun!     Fiber Revival in Newbury MA on Saturday 8/13. I drove up with Lisa and Emilia. We met up with Mara & Erika.   Cool stuff I bought:

• Project bag from Stitched by Jessalu
• Yarn from Spunky Eclectic
• Mini Skeins from Pinestar Studio

Mara learned some spinning from the lovely, talented and very funny Kathy and her husband David from The Merlin Tree.   Events 12 Months to Christmas KAL-- Winners Announced this Episode

• 12 Months to Christmas FO Thread
• 12 Months to Christmas Chat Thread
• Continue to enter (max 1 entry per month) through the end of the year. More prizes will be announced soon!

Pigskin Party '16 KAL

• Tune in to hear a review of the Rules and Details of the Pigskin Party '16 KAL. The KAL runs from September 8, 2016- February 6, 2017.
• Check out the Prize Thread in the Ravelry Group.
• Our list of Sponsors is almost finalized. Click here for a link but check back soon for the FINAL list. 
• Some of our amazing sponsors have offered up Coupon Codes. Check them out before you start shopping!
• The Pre-Season chat thread has already started. Want to strategize, meet some new friends and catch up with the ones you made last year-- click here!

  On a Happy Note 

• Custom orthotics might be the answer to my heel problems! Fingers crossed
• Lisa & I went to a Jazz concert by a Berklee Student at the Boston Public Library for knit night a few weeks ago! SO fun!
• Family time! Sleepovers & my grandmother's birthday. Always makes me happy!

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