Thank you for tuning in to Episode 322 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
- KAL News
- Events
- On a Happy Note
- Quote of the Week
Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Miles’ Dump Truck
- Pattern: Dump Truck by by AnvisionCrochet (crochet pattern for sale on Ravelry & Etsy)
- Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids
- Hook: C (2.75 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
Merry Christmas Kevin
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz, Steel Toes in the Merry Christmas, Kevin colorway
- Ravelry Project Page
Midnight Orchid Socks
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Yarn: Patons Kroy Stripes in the Midnight Orchid colorway
- Ravelry Project Page
On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
Goldwing Sweater
- Pattern: Goldwing by Jennifer Steingass ($8 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 6 (4.0mm) for body and US 5 (3.75 mm) for rolled neck
- Yarn: Valley Superwash DK in Sand (MC) and handspun from Wound Up Fiber Arts for CC (Ravelry page for handspun details)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Progress: I’m working on the colorwork yoke
Pollen Party Socks
- Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock in the Pollen Party colorway + 20g mini (I think it’s Legacy Fiber Artz mini)
- Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
- Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
- Ravelry Project Page
- Progress: I’m well into the foot of the second sock.
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
- About the Colorway: Nemo Reference- thin white stripes with wider colorful stripes in between Orange, aqua, yellow, navy, light gray. May 2025 Club Colorway. Navy mini
- Almost to heel of sock 1
From the Armchair
Books
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. Amazon Affiliate Link. (You may enjoy this- Beautyland Review)
- Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Amazon Affiliate Link.
- Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden. Amazon Affiliate Link. Check out this link to a Guardian article about the book.
- John of John by Douglas Stewart. Amazon Affiliate Link.
Musical: Black Swan at American Repertory Theater
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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
A few fun highlights from the June Poolside Chat
- Broken Jack socks knit up by Ravelry user KBamr- Check out the Ravelry Project Page here.
- PAKnitWit shared a handy video for the Tubular Cast On using scrap yarn in this Ravelry Post.
- SammichStitches is working on a Persian Tiles Blanket and got all of the pieces done- ready to seam up and wow is it beautiful. Check out this Ravelry Post.
- Lmecoll shared a test knit sock for Chit Chat Knits- check it out in this Ravelry Post. They’re called the Summer Sizzle Socks.
Events
- July 31-August 1: Flock Fiber Festival in Seattle, WA
- August 8- FIber Revival in Newbury, MA
- September 12 & 13: Boston Fiber Festival in Boston, MA (full or half day passes, or 2 day passes)
- September 19 & 20: Adirondack Wool & Arts Festival in Greenwich, NY
- October 17 & 18: NY State Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY
- November 7: Fiber Festival of New England in Springfield, MA
On a Happy Note
- Seeing Riley off to Prom and attending her high school graduation!
- Visiting with Vikki, in from Las Vegas.
- Miles’ second birthday party.
- Aila’s voice recital and then a girls shopping trip to follow with Megg, Kris, Riley and Aila.
- An absolutely splendid birthday!
- Seeing all the kids in their recitals this weekend. My brother did the father/daughter dance with Riley in her last recital. I blubbered through most of it. We then danced the night away at our twin friends’ 50th birthday party.
- Brunch before Black Swan with Megg and Rose. $18 bottomless brunch (food- not alcohol) at The Painted Burro in Harvard Square is so delicious! Great conversations.
Quote of the Week
“Heroes didn’t leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn’t wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else’s. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.”
― Jodi Picoult, Second Glance
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