Episode 105 – “Stash Dash Level Insanity”

Welcome To The Dreamland:

 

In this episode: (

1. FOs (2:42)
2. WIPS (17:58)
3. Silver’s Unraveling Fast (28:46)
4. Radio GaGa (31:08)
5. Book Pile (33:12)
6. Screen Time (35:52)
7. My Favorite Things (42:29)
8. The More You Know (47:22)
9. The End of The Road (1:09:15)

 

FO’s: 

1. May 2021 DVD Socks (244.86 yards for S.D.)
2. Shawl 3.0 (900 yards for S.D.)
3. Christmas Eve Shawl (900 yards for S.D.)
4. Fiery Viajante (1,680 yards for S.D.)
5. Peacock Shawl 2.0 (3,500 yards for S.D.)
6. My Scrappy Happy Blanket – Take 2 (5,410 yards for S.D.) 
7. Stocking 1 (796 yards for S.D.)
8. Stocking 2 (796 yards for S.D.)
9. Hello Sweetie Socks (248.4 yards for S.D.)
10. Stocking 3 (796 yards for S.D.)
11. Minerva Socks (460 yards for S.D.)
12. The Doctor Ensnared (277.2 yards for S.D.)
13. Sugar Skulls Socks (248.4 yards for S.D.)

 

Stash Dash Totals:

Yards: 16,256.86

Meters: 14,865.27

Stash Dash Threads on Discord: https://discord.gg/BybV4qnv (good for 7 days: Sunday the 6th->the 13th)

WIPs:(

1. Cubed Blanket
2. A Family Holiday 
3. Pride Shawl
4. Curiouser & Curiouser Shawl
5. Marc’s Green Scarf:
6. Crochet Pride Shawl

 

Silver’s Unraveling Fast:

1. Space Invaders Shawl “Pew Pew”
2. HufflePride Sweater

 

Radio GaGa: (

1. Music
2. Podcasts

 

Silver’s Book Pile:

1. Finished
2. Currently

 

Silver and The Case Of The Screen Time: 

1. TV
2. Movies
3. Podcasts
4. YouTube Channels

 

My Favorite Things:

1. Enabling
   1. KnitCircus Yarns
      1. Greatest of Ease, 600 yards. 80 Superwash Merino, 20 Nylon “Love is Love”
   2. Birthday Cookies. No idea who sent them, even though I’ve asked… Most mysterious… Barnells
   3. Birthday:
      1. Candle 
      2. A T-shirt that says “Don’t the humans know that they are living in my house”. I’ve already worn it, so it’s still in the laundry. Sorry. I’ll have to remember to get a pic of it and put it up on Instagram sometime today…
   4. Black Thermos
   5. Gamer Chair for EE
2. Other
   1. Mother’s Day Get Together. See StashVlogs. Most are videos…

 

The More You Know: (

Random Announcements

1. Summer Schedule Announcements:
   1. StashVlogs started on 4/21. I’ll have 3 per month on Wednesdays. I’ll be sure to remind everyone. These will be Live Premieres at 1PM ET. They will be abbreviated podcast episodes with what I have been working on & finishing. Maybe some life stuff… 
   2. StitchySilver Vlogs started on 5/5 and will be the first Wednesday of every month through August. This will be the only time you will see my stitching from now until the September episode. I know myself. During the summer, I won’t want to stop finishing knitting/crocheting items. This at least makes me spend a few hours a month working on it. I may continue them after the summer, but we’ll play that by ear… 

 

KAL Breakdown

1. Stripe-Along 2021 
   1. Details
      1. At some point last year, I had realized that I was down to 3 more skeins of Desert Vista Dyeworks’ stripey yarn. As I have enough stripey yarn to get through a full year if I continue knitting a pair a month, I have decided to start an Along for those who like stripes of ANY kind.
      2. This along will run all year long.
      3. I’ll be using #sdlstripealong2021 on all Social Media.
   2. Rules
      1. The rules are simple. Anything you finish in 2021 with stripes will count.
      2. You must be a member of The Silver’s Dreamland Discord or FB group. If you don’t use either, please make sure you use the Hashtag and @ me on Instagram (@silverstreats). This way I know to count your projects for this along.
      3. Colorwork, Fairisle, Stranded Colorwork, Double Knitting, and Intarsia will count, as long as the colors you use are bright and cheerful.
      4. A Few Notes: For this Along, you can enter your project multiple times. There is no need to enter the FO multiple times. As long as you notate how long it took you to complete each project, I’ll comment with the correct Post numbers.
         1. If you started and finished the project in 2021, you can enter your FOs 2 total times.
         2. If you started and finished the project in 6 months time, you can enter your FOs 3 total times.
         3. If you started and finished the project in 3 months time, you can enter your FOs 4 total times.
         4. If you started and finished the project in 2 months time, you can enter your FOs 5 total times.
         5. If you started and finished the project in 1 months time, you can enter your FOs 6 total times.
   3. Prizes
      1. Digital Prizes
         1. @Pat (loonyhiker) has offered one of her lovely patterns. You can look at her patterns on Lovecraft, or on Rav.
            1. Pat on Lovecraft:
            2. Pat on Rav:
      2. From West Yorkshire Spinners (
         1. “Fairy Lights” colorway and corresponding pattern.
      3. 200 yards/100g of 100% Merino and a mini from “The Fibre Tree”
      4. The winner’s choice of blanket crafted by yours truly.
         1. Option 1.
         2. Option 2.
      5. If anyone wishes to donate any prizes, please message me on Discord (I’m Silver Dee #8858, FB, or you can e-mail me at silversdreamland@gmail.com. I do have a few prizes in mind as of right now, but I haven’t completely decided (as I JUST now thought to put this Along together.

 

May’s FO’s: Reminder. Please make sure to come by and like all of your favorite FOs from the past month. 

 

2. Dream Along 2021 
   1. Details
      1. I was dreaming of saying goodbye to 2020 something fierce by the end of the year. In an effort to literally dream 2020 away, I thought to host a new along in 2021 where I finally cast on projects I’ve been dreaming about starting. I also have been (literally) dreaming about finishing projects that I’ve had on the project for a long time. To this end, the Dream Along 2021 was born.
      2. This year will run all year.
      3. I’ll be using #sdldreameralong2021 on all Social Media.
   2. Rules
      1. The rules are simple. Anything you finish in 2021 will count.
      2. You must be a member of The Silver’s Dreamland Discord or FB group. If you don’t use either, please make sure you use the Hashtag and @ me on Instagram (@silverstreats). This way I know to count your projects for this along.
      3. The main idea I had for this Along is to Start or Finish things that have been in your Queue (weither as UFOs or things you have been dreaming of making for years and haven’t gotten up the gumption to do so before. I’m looking at you Evenstar…). However, ANYTHING you finish in 2021 will count for this Along.
      4. A Few Notes: For this Along, you can enter your project multiple times. This is based on the length of time the project has been in your Queue. There is no need to enter each FO multiple times. As long as you notate how long it’s been marinating, I’ll comment with the correct Post numbers for you.
         1. If you started or have had this in your queue more than a year, you may enter your FOs 2 total times.
         2. If you started or have had this in your queue more than 2 years, you may enter your FOs 3 total times.
         3. If you started or have had this in your queue more than 3 year, you may enter your FOs 4 total times.
         4. If you started or have had this in your queue more than 4 years, you may enter your FOs 5 total times.
         5. If you started or have had this in your queue more than 5 years, you may enter your FOs 6 total times.
         6. If you started or have had this in your queue more than 10 years (longer than I was on Rav), you may enter your FOs 10 total times.
   3. Prizes (
      1. From West Yorkshire Spinners (
         1. “Starry Night” colorway and corresponding pattern.
      2. Louet Sonix circular needles. Size US 5, 3.75mm, 24 inch circs

         

      3. The winner’s choice of blanket crafted by yours truly.
         1. Option 1
         2. Option 2
      4. If anyone wishes to donate any prizes, please message me on Discord (I’m Silver Dee #8858, FB, or you can e-mail me at silversdreamland@gmail.com. I do have a few prizes in mind as of right now, but I haven’t completely decided (as I JUST now thought to put this Along together. (

 

May’s FO’s: Reminder. Please make sure to come by and like all of your favorite FOs from the past month. 

 

 

1. Pride-Along2122 
   1. Details
      1. This Along will run from Monday, May 17th 2021 [The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)] through June 30th 2022. Please use #sdlpridealong2122, #mcpridealong2122, #ggkcspridealong2122, #akpridealong2122, or #pridealong2122 on all social media platforms.
   2. Ways To Play/Rules
      1. Knitting the Progression Shawl by Carin Risinger (Rav Link: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/progression-shawl-2) or Crochet the Quick & Simple Granny Shawl by Hannah Owens ( https://notyouraveragecrochet.com/).
      2. (Using any Pride colorway (including, but not exclusively Rainbow, Gender Fluid, Intersex, Trans colorways, etc.) 
      3. If you knit/crochet/stitch ANY Pride flag, it will count. (Using blocks of color to represent the flags in a shawl or other items DO count)
      4. Using a pattern with the word “Pride” or “Proud” in it counts as well. Please include the name of the design, the designer, and a link (if you can’t find one other than to Rav, that’ll be fine…)
      5. You will get double entries if you knit the Progression Shawl with a Pride colorway or making a Pride Flag while knitting the Progression Shawl. 
      6. You will also get double entries if you crochet the Quick & Simple Granny Shawl with a Pride colorway or making a Pride Flag while crocheting the Quick & Simple Granny Shawl. 
      7. Anything with rainbows in it will count as well. 
   3. Prizes
      1. Digital Prizes
         1. CC and Dami of JavaPurl Designs have offered her wonderful “Catch The Rainbow Socks” as a prize to one lucky winner every month. (This pattern can be found On Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/850836062/catch-the-rainbow-socks-pdf-knitting, Or on Payhip: https://payhip.com/b/F3RQ)
         2. They have also donated A free pattern of CC and Dami’s every month as well. This will be of your choice. All of their patterns can be found at http://www.javapurldesigns.com/patterns.
         3. A free copy of my “Proud To Be Me” shawl pattern will also be given away per quarter.
         4. MercuryZelda has offered one of her wonderful paid patterns per Quarter. Her shop can be found here: https://www.mercurialknits.com/shop/
         5. Two of MercuryZelda‘s wonderful patterns will also be given away at the end of the Along.
      2. Physical Prizes
         1. Sher and her Hubby (of the MeditativeCrafting Podcast) will be giving away a board game called “Arch Ravels” to a lucky winner!
         2. A skein of Desert Vista Dyeworks yarn in the “The Mother of All Zombody Queens” (an 8 stripe yarn) colorway
         3. A skein of yarn from Nice & Knit in the “Times Square” color on their Fingering Base.
         4. A skein of Yarn from SweetGeorgia Yarns in the “Rainbow Sprinkles” colorway.
         5. Two sets of Rainbow Progress Keeper & Stitch Marker sets donated by AdoreKnit. Their shop can be found here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AdoreKnit
         6. A set of Large Rainbow Progress Keeper & Stitch Marker set (including a cute heart marker) donated by AdoreKnit.
         7. Rick from WhimzeeStitches Designs has donated two sets of a Rainbow Pride Sheep Enamel Pin & a Rainbow Unicorn Progress Keeper.
         8. A combo Pride Rainbow Bag and Progress Keeper set from WhimzeeStitches Designs.
         9. A set of 30 Rainbow Silicone Stitch Markers & Rainbow Progress Keeper from WhimzeeStitches Design.
      3. If you would like to donate a prize, please PM me or email me at silversdreamland@gmail.com

 

The End Of The Road:

Silver Being Social:
Silver’s Dreamland Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Y7HmvGfm
On Discord: Silver Dee #8858
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silversdreamlandpodcast
On Instagram: SilversKnitting
On Twitter: @SilversKnitting
On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilversDreamlandPodcast
On Twitch: https://twitch.tv/silverluna2112
On Goodreads: Silverluna
E-mail: silversdreamland@gmail.com

 

Patterns Mentioned:
1. “Minerva’s Lucky Quidditch Socks” by Audrey Paquin
2. “Quick & Simple Granny Shawl” by Hannah Howens
3. “OMG Heel” By Megan of StockinetteZombies
4. “Viajante” by Martina Behm
5. “Peacock Shawl” by Emily Walton
6. “Spoilers Socks” by CC Almon
7. “Devil’s Snare” by Erica Lueder
8. “Progression Shawl” by Carin Risinger
9. “Curiouser and Curiouser” By Laura Linneman
10. “Old School Space Invaders Scarf” by Emily Mitchell
11. “Hogwarts a History” by Meghan Regan

Yarn Dyers Mentioned:
1. Must Stash Yarn: https://muststashshop.com/
2. West Yorkshire Spinners (a google search will bring you to SEVERAL sites. Cannot find a direct site for this yarn. Sorry)
3. Desert Vista Dyeworks: https://www.desertvistadyeworks.com/
1) Babushka
2) Poodle Skirt
3) Happy Birthday Cupcake!
4) Oh, Clark!
5) Clue
6) Mr. Darcy
7) Zombody’s Eating Candy Corn
8) Dracula
9) Dia De Los Muertos
10) Bing And The Andrews Sisters
11) Daphne Zombody Blake
12) Crystal Ball Frap
13) Rose Champagne
14) Harold’s Purple Crayon
15) Elvis
16) Zombody Loves The Knitgirllls
17) Holiday Striped Cup
18) Zombody’s Hanging The Lights
19) Minis
20) Witches Ball Frap
21) Sonoran Sunrise
22) Neon Cotton Candy
23) Alyssa Zombody Edwards
24) Brace Yourself
4. Nice & Knit: https://niceandknit.com/
5. Sheepy Time Knits: https://www.sheepytimeknits.com/
6. Leading Men Fiber Arts: https://www.leadingmenfiberarts.com/
7. Miss Babs: https://www.missbabs.com/
8. ArtisticYarnbyAbi: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisticYarnbyAbi
9. Into The Whirled Yarn & Fiber Co: https://intothewhirled.com/

Bag Makers Mentioned:
1. The Fat Squirrel: https://thefatsquirrel.com/
2. Addicted To Sock Knitting: https://addictedtosockknitting.wordpress.com/
3. Molly Klein Design: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MollyKleinDesign?ref=shop_sugg
4. The Silver Shed USA: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSilverShedUSA?ref=shop_sugg
5. Slipped Stitch Studios: https://www.slippedstitchstudios.com/
6. Bags By Awesome Grannie: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bagsbyawesomegrannie
7. The Knitted Broomstick: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/KnittingBroomstick
8. WhimzeeStitches: https://www.whimzeestitches.store/

Podcasts Mentioned:
1. Wine & Crime: https://wineandcrimepodcast.com/
2. And That’s Why We Drink: https://www.andthatswhywedrink.com/
3. My Favorite Murder: https://myfavoritemurder.com/
4. The Murder Squad: http://themurdersquad.com/
5. GGKCS: https://geekygirlsknit.blogspot.com
6. TheKnitgirllls: http://theknitgirllls.com/
7. Stockinette Zombies: https://www.stockinettezombies.com/
8. Stitching The High Notes: https://stitchingthehighnotes.com/
9. The Knitters’ League: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPxrJdP8LXqR3WvvlJ1Z5w
10. The Yarn Hoarder Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8DBs1iYq8f0t134RxPcsw
11. AdoreKnit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs9EkbhCaVaOMIFz7UWb3Hw
Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AdoreKnit?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=844528016
12. Knitscents: http://knitscents.com/
13. MeditativeCrafting: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jwpkvdki6FPGQH5WU4EAw
14. DramaticKnits: https://dramaticknits.com/
15. Plies & Hellhounds: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6raoofDBkZKowQ49tRa1g
Shop: https://www.pliesandhellhounds.com/
16. Crazy Sock Lady: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzJ6l6pgniBj_GDDhN-BYw/videos
17. Knittin Kitten: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeHZFt56WnPpXkitnRh60AQ
18. Crazy Sock Lady: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzJ6l6pgniBj_GDDhN-BYw
19. One More Row: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5nNHnmA7L-ZqPPZS-CpUyA
20. I Am All In: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-i-am-all-in-with-scott-pa-81509112/

21. Criminally Creative: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD2kRdzeNxSox09wosBRgjQ

Okay. I’ve rambled for long enough. I know your time is valuable. Please feel free to join in any discussion (or start your own) on the Silver’s DreamLand Discord board or the FB group! I don’t bite, I promise!!! If you’re feeling generous, please click that like button below this video. It really helps my channel out. I’ll be back with a StashVlog next Wednesday and an episode of Stitchy Silver this Wednesday.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

-Silver-