Description
Thank you for tuning in to Episode 272 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Show notes with photos can be found on my website- www.downcellarstudio.com/272
This week's segments included:
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Brainstorming
Knitting in Passing
From the Armchair
KAL News
Events
Contest, News & Notes
Life in Focus
On a Happy Note
Quote of the Week
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Same as It Ever Was Hat
Pattern: Same as It Ever Was by Sarah Jordan ($6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Beatnik colorway
Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)
Ravelry Project Page
Nimbus Vest
Pattern: Nimbus by Berrocco Design Team (free knitting pattern)
Yarn: Worsted Weight 100% Wool (from Rhinebeck 2022) held double
Needles: US 10 (6.0mm)
Ravelry Project Page
Notes: I added length to the body before the underarms. I worked 13 inches before the sleeves (4 inches longer than called for)
Goofed up working on front left. Didn't read the instructions well and I bound off stitches for the underarm on the RS of the piece instead of the WS. Thankfully the rows were very short after that, so ripped back and was able to fix it in less than an hour.
Seaming- I seamed the shoulders and then the sides before setting in the sleeve. I should have done it in this order 1) shoulders 2) sleeves, 3) sides. This post from Amy Herzog was helpful re: Setting in Sleeves.
Collar- added a row of SC around the collar to make it look a little neater.
Finished Project 700g.
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Jenny's Blanket
Pattern: Modified Sedge Stitch Blanket by Nicole Mansfield ($2 crochet pattern available on Ravelry)
Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids in Sky Blue, Teal, Mint, Cyan, Jade Green and Aqua
Hook: I (5.5 mm)
Ravelry Project Page
Progress: Finished all 5 color-block sections. I am using the 6th color for the border because the blanket was already long enough with 5 colors. The pattern has 2 border options, a scalloped edge & a modified picot edge. The latter is what I was planning but I think instead I'll use a bobble edging.
I first used this border on a Cozy Clusters Blanket (Ravelry project page here). I learned about this edge technique on this website.
Same as It Ever Was Hat #2
Pattern: Same as It Ever Was by Sarah Jordan ($6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
Yarn: Kingdom Fleece and Fiberworks. No colorway listed.
Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)
Ravelry Project Page
About the colorway- pink/mauve base with taupes, blues, greens and other pinks/maroons.
Declan's 2nd Socks
Yarn: Patons Kroy in the Greener Pastures Colorway
Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry )
Ravelry Project Page
Green, black, gray, cream, mustard stripes + gray/green/white self patterning stripe.
Progress- I finished the first sock and turned the heel on the second sock this weekend.
FearLESS Socks
Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz DK (75% Merino, 25% Nylon) in the FearLESS Colorway
Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm)
Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry )
Cast on for the smallest size and that fits well.
About the Colorway- Special Colorway “FearLESS” available in DK, Steel Toes (sock) and Cozy Toes (sock). Sue & Chelsea are donating 50% of sales to our FearLESS Living Fund.
Progress: Leg of the first sock is almost done!.
Brainstorming
Greyhaven Hat by Robin Ulrich. $5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry
Chicken Family Crochet Pattern by Atomic Crochet Shop on Etsy. $5 crochet pattern on Etsy.
Knitting in Passing
Millie finished the headband she'd started for Mom.
Riley made Mom a chemo hat on a knitting loom in craft class at school.
I cast on for a hat with the Plied Yarn we bought for M