Episode 231: Wordle, Geometry & Travel Adventures

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 231 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For full show notes check out: www.downcellarstudio.com/231 

This week’s segments included:

• Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
• Brainstorming
• From the Armchair
• Some Years Later
• Knitting in Passing
• In my Travels
• KAL News
• On a Happy Note
• Quote of the Week

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Wordle

• Pattern: Wordle by Ham & Eggs (free crochet pattern available on Ravelry) Yarn: Knit Picks Brava Worsted in Peapod (Green), Loops & Thread Impeccable in True Gray, Rowan Purelife in Alder Buckthorn (Mustard), Red Heart Super Saver in White
• Hook: D (3.25 mm)
• Directions tell you exactly how to make the format they show in the pattern or you can create your own. I chose to use one of the Riley’s actually Wordle days using a screenshot she sent me.
• I did the bottom row as one strip instead of five squares. When I joined the columns, I ran a slipped stitch down the existing stitches to match where I seamed up the previous rows
• I didn’t weave in any ends. I tucked them inside snd tied some of them together. I did one round of white to edge the front piece. Then seamed together the front and back together with sc with right sides facing out.
• I made the back piece in gray. I dont think that’s what was called for in the pattern.
• He has safety eyes and two little white arms.
• Riley is calling him Stove- after the winning word I based it on. She wants me to embroider STOVE on the back so we don’t forget his name

Perry’s Hat

• Pattern:Turn a Square by Jared Flood ($4 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & on the Brooklyn Tweed website)
• Yarn: Berroco Vintage in the Dungaree Colorway
• Needles: US 5 (4.5 mm) and US 7 (3.75 mm)
• My Ravelry Project Page
• I realized i don’t do all the decreases correctly. I work them every other round until the end. 

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Wool Ease Hexagon Blanket

• Pattern: Basic Crochet Hexagon Pattern & Tips from Make Do and Crew Website & YouTube Tutorial
• Hook: 10 mm (N/P) hook
• Yarn: Wool Ease Thick & Quick- Solids, Stripes and Prints (colorways used, Wheat, Seaglass, Slate, Fern, Coney Island and 
• Ravelry Project Page
• My hexagons are 3 rounds each- 2 with color (earth tones, mostly gray/blue/green), last round with Wheat. 

Brainstorming

I’m looking for a necktie pattern to knit up for my friend Liz. She’d like one with a squared off bottom (not the V bottom)

From the Armchair

Weaving the Rainbow written by George Ella Lyon & illustrated by Stephanie Anderson-Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link

 If you’re looking for a great book for a child in your life- check this out. It’s beautiful!

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Some Years Later

April 2015- I knit the sample for my Trickle Shawl pattern.Ravelry Link. LoveCrafts Link. $5 US Knitting Pattern 

Knitting in Passing

• Riley wore her Everyday Cardigan in Merino Number 5 by Loopy Mango. Click here for my Ravelry Project Page.
• Aila love her A’s Scrappy Dance Shoe Legwarmers My Ravelry Project Page
• I shared a story about knitting with Eme’s roommate Zi.

In My Travels

• Visit to the Berkshires with the kiddos for Riley, Aila & Eme’s birthdays
• We visited Hancock Shaker Village
  • Baby animal petting through May 8, 2022
• Riley, Aila and Eme wanted to record a bit to tell you about our adventures.

KAL News

Splash Pad Party ’22 

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On a Happy Note

• Date night with Dan the local Brewery.
• Day trip to Visit Eme. Dan drove. I knit on the way there and then was motion sick the whole way home!
• Easter!
• Ihecked out nail salon near my house and they were great.
• Dinner with Mom, Dad & Mom’s eBay friends. 

Quote of the Week

“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” 

-Raymond Joseph Teller

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