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
 
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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
  • 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
 
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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)
    • 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.
  • We enjoyed seeing our small towns from another perspective.
 
KAL News
Splash Pad Party '26 Details
 
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!!
  • 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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