Episode 15

It was a shorter episode than usual this week but hope you've enjoyed it!

This week's segments included:

On the Needles
Off the Needles
Brainstorming
From the Armchair
Life in Focus
Events
Crafty Adventures
On a Happy Note
Contest
Quote of the Week

On the Needles
Confection Baby Shrug free pattern by Tonya Wagner Bernat Softee Baby in the prettiest pink colorway!

Off the Needles
Finished yet another washcloth (#6 for the year)

From the Armchair
Joy the Baker Podcast: 2 very funny ladies. Love this show! Listening through the entire back catalog now.

Life in Focus
I recently did a photo shoot with 3 month old baby.

• Some handy props were:
• Various colored blankets (I brought black, red and green)
• A small chalkboard & chalk

I also bought a Canon 60D just before recording this episode! 20% off at Ritz's going out of business sale. Couldn't pass it up!

Events
Holiday Knit-a-Long is in progress! We're splitting this into two sections with prizes at the end of each.

Section 1: September 1- October 31st

Section 2: November 1- December 31st

One prize for Section 1 is a skein of yarn donated by OhLoops! They have gorgeous handpainted yarn. Check out their Etsy Shop.

More prizes to be announced soon.

To get you "in the spirit," I talked through my holiday knits from 2011 (all 16 of them). Here are the links to those projects:

Strib Hat
Basketweave hat

Cable Yak Hat
Irish Hiking Hat
Cheery Scrap Cap
Knotty But Nice
Holy Cowl!
Butterfly Hat
Legwarmers- Pink Pair & a Black Pair
Verdant Shrug
Whirligig Shrug 

3 of the Plain Girl Hoodie dresses from the Pickles website.
A’s dress size 2-3
R’s dress size 4-5
E’s dress size 8-9

Local Eastern US Events Coming up Soon:

Slow Cloth Talk- September 27th at 7p

Greater Boston Yarn Crawl- September 28-30th
Ravelry Group

Stitches East-  October 11-14

NY Sheep and Wool in Rhinebeck - October 20 & 21st
Fiber Festival of New England- November 3rd & 4th

Crafty Adventures

Dan hung my cabinet doors! Photos coming soon.

On a Happy Note

Lots of fall adventures around here. Wedding, bridal showers, college reunions...

Contest

Congratulations to trl710 (Tobie on Ravelry) on winning the eBook copy of Shaping Shawls by Anna Dalvi. I highly recommend this book. See the Cooperative Press Website for details on how to get your own copy!

Quote of the Week
“October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.” - Nova Bair

I love hearing from you! Please feel free to reach out before next episode. And any star ratings or iTunes reviews would be much appreciated!

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Episode 14- Sew Cute!

Thanks for listening!

On the Needles

Color Affection Shawl

Off the Needles

Rocky Coast Cardigan

Brainstorming

• I’m super excited to yarn bomb my car for Rhinebeck!
• Do your have any old swatches you want to destash? Or old projects you don't have the heart to frog send it along? Email me- downcellarstudio@gmail.com

From the Armchair

This week I reviewed the eBook version  of Shaping Shawls by Anna Dalvi which you can at the website for Cooperative Press.

My thoughts:

• Great presentation of shawls. Crisp photography.
• 10 patterns - complicated lace which is gorgeous! Nearly all charted instructions.
• Great resource if you’d like to design your own shawl
• My favorite pattern in the book (or at least the one I’m most likely to knit is the Tidal Waves shawl.

Contest!

I have an eBook copy of Shaping Shawls to give to one of you, courtesy of Cooperative Press!

To be entered to win, simply come over to the Down Cellar Studio group on Ravelry, make sure you join and comment on the Episode 14 Contest thread. Deadline for entry is 12 noon (EST) on Thursday September 20th.

Events

Down Cellar Studio Holiday Knit-a-Long

Please considering joining for the first ever Down Cellar Studio Knit-a-Long!
What to do to play along?
Start knitting a holiday gift for anyone you love. Chat about it on the forum (links below). Post your finished object and you’ll be entered to win a prize!

We’ll run two sections of the KAL
1. Objects started on/after September 1st and finished by October 31st.
2. Objected started on/after November 1st and finished by December 31st.

Prizes be awarded by choosing using Random Number Generator at the end of each KAL. Prize details to be announced on upcoming episodes.

Click here to start chatting about your ideas for holiday knitting.

Click here for the link to the September/October Finished Objects Thread.


Other local Eastern US Events:

Slow Cloth Talk- September 27th at 7p
A Talk with Leonore Alaniz, textile artisan who links fiber arts to the Slow Food–Slow Living movement.

Greater Boston Yarn Crawl- September 28-30th
I’m going! Message me if you’d like to meet up.
Ravelry Group

Stitches East-  October 11-14

NY Sheep and Wool in Rhinebeck - October 20 & 21st

• I’ve started a chat thread in the DCS Ravelry Group Forum- if you’re going to Rhinebeck, please stop by that thread and let’s chat! I’m so excited and want to start living a little bit of the experience early!
• Searchable list of vendors is now available!

Fiber Festival of New England- November 3rd & 4th

On a Happy Note

• The coming of fall is making me extremely happy.
• If you’re local, check out the apple picking and other fall goodness at AppleCrest farm in Hampton Falls, NH.
• Videocasts (on my iPad)

Thank you to Emily of Whatcha Swatchin for the Shout out on Episode 33 of her show!

Crafty Adventures

Thanks again to my Mom for joining me this week. Here are the links to the things we talked about!
Nifty Nines Sewing Pattern
Joann Pattern- Take-a-long Tote Pattern
Omni Edge Ruler
Dritz Quilting Slip n Grip (adhesive dots to put your ruler so it doesn’t move)
Binding Tutorial- a great resource! Be sure to watch the video. Towards the bottom of the same page is how to bias cut your binding to make it long enough to wrap around your piece.

I have 2 coats of paint on my cabinets! Time to start putting everything back together.

My fabrics arrived! Can’t wait to play with them. I’m very happy with the colors!

Quote of the Week

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
- Jim Rohn

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