Hi all! I hope you all had a great weekend and happy late Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian friends! I had an amazing weekend at the Vista Fiber Fiesta, but more about that tomorrow. I know, I know...you want to hear all about the show and see pictures! You'll just have to come back tomorrow. ;) That being said, check out the Candy Skein website to see new colors of Delicious fingering, Delicious lace and Yummy fingering. I'll have new colors of Yummy lace and Yummy worsted later this week.
This WIPW is going to be pretty short, as I have been finishing projects, not starting them. I guess that's a good thing with the October KAL starting (October 15), as well as Christmas knitting! That leads me to my first WIP...
I just started this tonight at my meet up. It's just the swatch for the Candy Skein Rhombi KAL. I decided to go up two needle sizes for the swatch to try and get gauge since I'm such a tight knitter. I think I've learned my lesson with always having to go about 2 sizes up. We'll see if that does the trick. I plan to also block the swatch, since this will be my first major garment. I'm excited and nervous! I'm doing it in Delicious fingering in Brain Freeze.
My last WIP is a second sock. You may remember that I made a sock a LONG time ago in Candy Skein Yummy fingering in the colorway Blackberry. Since I had the fiber fiesta this weekend, I wanted to obviously use my own yarn while working the booth during the slow times. As you see, I didn't get much done due to the constant flow of traffic through the booth! I'm excited to work on this sock, as it will be my second pair of socks for myself, but first for myself in Candy Skein yarn!That's it for me this week. I finished my husband's socks, but that's for FO Friday!
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Both your projects look good. Looking forward to reading all about the festival.
ReplyDeleteHey, at least you got a little done on that sock! I think if I had a booth, it'd be pretty fruitless to even *try* working on anything.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm so glad to have finally gotten to meet you! I wrote a little bit about the Festival on my WIP Weds update, just fyi. A few more days 'til payday!! ;)
I thought I recognized that sock in the picture! It was the one you had stuffed in your apron right? Like Contessa said, if I had a booth I wouldn't be able to do anything like that because I would be so distracted :)
ReplyDeleteOh, it's going to be a pair of beautiful socks as the Blackberry is such a lovely colour!
ReplyDeletethe blackberry is lovely. and it sounds like the festival went well :)
ReplyDeleteLove both the colours you're using (especially Brain Freeze)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear more about the show :)
Can't wait to hear about the festival! And I love the colors (and names!!) of your yarns :)
ReplyDeleteI really like your blackberry colorway...I saw it somewhere else too....maybe after Rhinebeck...
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way with tight crocheting! I learned very early to do the same thing and always go up two hooks sizes from what the pattern says to use.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out I'm a tight knitter too. If it calls for size 7 needles I use 10.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that you got very little knitting done this weekend -- it's the sign of a super successful festival weekend! Way to go, Tami.
ReplyDeleteAs always your colors are great and I love the names!
ReplyDeleteI'm the exact opposite, I'm a loose knitter, which makes things difficult when doing stranded colorwork.
ReplyDeleteLove that green skein of yarn! Can't wait to see how your socks turn out.
Sounds like a very successful festival if you didn't have much time to knit!
ReplyDeleteThe brain-freeze colourway is going to make for a fabulous Rhombi!
Both looking good !!
ReplyDeleteDrat! I was *really* hoping for an update on your show! I suppose I'll come back tomorrow. :) Today I'll settle for being excited to watch you knit your first sweater. It's gonna be awesome. Go, Tami!
ReplyDeleteFirst time here!!
ReplyDeleteSaying Hi! from Argentina!!
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ReplyDeleteYou are such a tease!!! I'll be back tomorrow. I love that blackberry colorway!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks great! I can't wait to hear about your weekend.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear the festival was a busy one for you -- that's always a good sign! You make such amazingly pretty colors, I have no doubt that people were happily filling their bags with your yarn.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good weekend and both your wips look great!
ReplyDeleteI love the colorways of both project yarns! Glad you enjoyed yourself too!
ReplyDeletelove the colors as always! :o) happy wipw day!!!
ReplyDeleteBoth colors are GAW-JUSS!!! But the subtleties in the Blackberry are really awesome. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGosh - Christmas knitting! I need to get started on mine too. Hope the show goes well!
ReplyDeleteARGH! You give me such knitting needle envy! This is my 1st link up to WIPW, so I hope I did it right! LOL
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