Thank you for tuning in to Episode 324 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
- Some Years Later
- Knitting in Passing
- Crafty Adventures
- In my Travels
- KAL News
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Stitched by Jessalu
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Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Wicked Witch
- Pattern: The Wicked Witch by Ana Maria Liasch da Silva ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & Etsy– Etsy also offers larger bundles of Oz characters)
- Yarn: Worsted weight acrylic yarn from stash
- Hook: C: 2.75 mm
- Ravelry Project Page
- Note: I found the wig cap to be a bit small. Check before starting to sew in place.
Dorothy
- Pattern: The Wicked Witch by Ana Maria Liasch da Silva ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & $4 on Etsy (sale)- Etsy also offers larger bundles of Oz characters)
- Yarn: Worsted weight acrylic yarn from stash
- Hook: C: 2.75 mm
- Ravelry Project Page
- Note: I found the wig cap to be a bit small. Check before starting to sew in place.
Mine! Socks
- Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Fingering (90 SW Targhee, 10% Nylon) in the colorway- Mine! aka A Gull Takes Off with Bluberry
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Wild Violet Socks
- Yarn: Wild Violet Fibers Merino Sock (85/15 SW Merino/Nylon) in the OOAK #155 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: 1st sock finished. 2nd sock part way through the heel flap
Right as Rain Socks
- Yarn: Teal Torch Knits Fingering Weight in the Right as Rain 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: 1st sock is finished. 2nd sock is onto the foot.
From the Armchair
- This Story May Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- Whistler by Ann Patchett. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. Amazon Affiliate Link.
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Knitting in Passing
- Roc loves to visit yarn stores so we went to:
- Wicked Good Yarns in Braintree, MA where he bought scissors, a kit for a chicken and Joann gifted him the tapestry needle he was looking for.
- Elissa’s Creative Warehouse in Needham, MA where he bought blue yarn to cast on an elephant.
- Stitch House in Dorchester, MA where Roc found a bright mini skein he liked and I restocked my favorite knitting stitch markers.
Crafty Adventures
- Riley worked a bit on the cuff of a sock with her Area 51 Fibres Be FearLESS colorway yarn. Here’s the Ravelry Project Page for mine. She also started a diamond painting project and crocheted several rounds on her hexagon blanket. She’s using white worsted weight yarn held with minis from the advent yarn Nicole sent her.
- Marta and Roc both worked on his diamond painting project- a seaturtle. Marta got a crochet kit for a slice of pizza at Walmart and was able to finish 2 pieces with the yarn from the kit (with some heavy mods on the second one).
- Roc completed 2 hippo stuffies out of microfiber blanket yarn (free pattern from the Friendly Fox site). He finished a dinosaur he started during his last visit and the chicken he bought this year.
- Gabriella got a Craft-tastic learn to knit kit for her birthday (on sale at CVS right now). It came with a small circular loom. I taught myself how to do it and made a small axolotl. Came out cute! Has patterns for a bee and a panda too.
In My Travels
- We visited Tall Ships while they were in Boston
- Museum of Ice Cream (lots of fun, especially with kids. We spent about 90 minutes there)
- Bota Borg
- 24 quests- each is a series of escape rooms. You can do as many as you like with teams of 3 or more. You choose 2 or 4 hours. We loved it and would definitely go back.
- The Great Gatsby (musical)
- We enjoyed seeing our small towns from another perspective.
KAL News
Splash Pad Party ’26 Details
- Event runs 5/22-7/31
- Splash Pad Party Registration is open as of 5/1
- View Stats and/or Verify Registration here.
- Check out our Sponsor List
- Splash Pad ’26 Official Rules
- Enter your FOs using the Summer Celebration Form. Then come over to this Ravelry Thread to share pics and let us ooh and ahh with you!
- Submit something incorrectly? Need help? Fill out this Support Form & we’ll be in touch.
- Find official SPP’26 images you can use on social media in this Google folder.
Splash Pad RAVELRY Links
- Tune in to see if you won a July Participation Prize
- Pigskin Party will kick off with the NFL on Wednesday September 9th. Get those WIPs done before then!
On a Happy Note
- Pottery from Riley! Wow
- A few amazing pool days during 4th of July weekend with family and friends.
- Riley & I went to the Megan Moroney concert!!
- Score N’ Hole pool game!
- Marta’s visit highlights
- America’s Funniest Videos- especially these two contenders for best video of the year. We had running jokes based on these for 2 weeks straight.
- Riding around in Riley’s Jeep. Kayaking. movies, night swimming, Making up songs. Going for ice cream & slurpees. Taste tests & inside jokes. I felt like I was at summer camp!
- On our last night togetherwe made up lyrics to a song from the Six musical we’d been listening to and Riley made a video using it. Adorable!
- My boss gave us 2 of his older kayaks. Dan bought a new rack for the truck so we can fit 5 inside the bed and the 2 longer ones on top.
- Our friends visited from PA. Millie and twins Rhiannon & Teaghan are so cute- especially in their matching bathing suits.
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Quote of the Week
“Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time.” – Aliyyah Eniath
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