Hi all! I hope you had a great and safe Halloween if you celebrated! We handed out candy and watched Corpse Bride and Shaun of the Dead. I LOVE both of those movies. It was fun overall and we actually had a lot of Trick or Treaters which is unusual. Anyway, it's late as I forgot it was Tuesday (I write this the night before) because my Monday night knitting group met tonight due to Halloween.Here's what I'm working on:
My Rhombi is coming along great. It fits awesome so far and now it's the boring part of knitting the body. I have a few inches under the arms, so not a ton, but I'm plowing along. For those of you new, I'm using Candy Skein Delicious yarn in the colorway Brain Freeze and it's for the Candy Skein October through December 15th KAL. I love the construction so far. So easy, though I'm a little nervous about picking up all of the front and neck stitches. The sleeve holes look a little odd in this picture as they're overlapping and squished.
These are my mother in law's Christmas present. I love this pattern, as I mentioned last week, because it's so easy to remember, but looks great. It's the Hermione's Everyday Socks pattern which is free on Ravelry. I'm using Candy Skein Yummy fingering in colorway Royal Rock Candy, as mentioned last week.I also wanted to say, for those interested, I'm hosting a sock KAL/CAL for the month of November. I figured I have to do a bunch of socks for Christmas so it would be awesome to have other people working along with me to push me to finish. The only requirement is that you use Candy Skein yarn. You can use any pattern, and I suggested a few in the KAL thread (linked above) that are awesome patterns and free. I'd love if some of you who've wanted to buy yarn, or who already have a skein with no projects attached to join along!
Anyway, that's it for me! I hope everyone has a great day. Happy knitting!
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Your projects look fantastic!! I can definitely see why you'd enjoy the sock pattern. If I can ever get done with my father's sock, I might have to give that one a go. :)
ReplyDeleteI love Corpse Bride, too. Unfortunately, it doesn't entertain the little one very much, so I haven't gotten to watch it recently.
It sounds like you had a wonderful Halloween--we didn't have a single trick-or-treater here. Last year, we didn't have any either. Maybe it's the community. (That's okay, because we didn't have candy to pass out.) :p
Both your projects are looking great, how do you do it every time? =P
ReplyDeleteOooh, that sock pattern is just lovely, have queued it myself ;)
ReplyDeleteYour cardigan is coming along beautifully, hope the boring part passes in a flash!
As always, beautiful WIPs!! And I love the colors that you choose!! Happy belated Halloween :)
ReplyDeleteI love Harry Potter series and I love hermione more. Wish I will learn knitting faster and try this sock.
ReplyDeleteLooks like we're both making good progress. Sorry about the duplicate entry in the blog list, I messed up the link the first time.
ReplyDeleteOh, but even boring parts are fun in your yarn!
ReplyDeleteI love the blue yarn, it is really vibrant!
ReplyDeleteYour sweater is coming along so nicely. I love the color of that yarn:)
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in both of your projects! I have yet to try socks yet, I need to force myself to do so :-P
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the sock pattern; I'm adding it to my queue now. We only had three trick-or-treaters which is bad news because we have a bowl with almost 70 leftover mini chocolate bars!
ReplyDeleteBoth of those pieces are lovely, Tami -- the yarn colors are stunning. I have a bunch of projects in queue for the holidays, but I have some "post-Christmas just for me" designs that will be lovely in Candy Skein. They'll be my 2012 personal pressies!
ReplyDeleteI love that shade of blue of your socks.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! Richard, I'll fix your link, no worries. :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice! You are moving right along. I like the color of your mil's socks, very nice.
ReplyDeleteRhombi continues to get gorgeous-er, but no surprise there. I'd love to get in on the sock KAL, but I'd have to finish the current socks first. I'll see what I can do. I have some spectacular Grape Taffy yarn that's looking for a sock pattern. :)
ReplyDeleteStill loving that Brain Freeze Rhombi! Can't wait to see it develop!
ReplyDeletewow your projects are, as ever, fantastic!!! I love the colour of the Rhombi, very pretty xx
ReplyDeleteLove the cardigan and socks.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to join in the KAL but I'm assuming the yarn is from the US? It's not worth it, financially, for me to order from the US :( Plus I have another pair of socks that I need to finish. I look forward to seeing your socks though :)
Yes, lovely projects. Thankyou for allowing me to join the party! I have posted my first WIP Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteOh, those yarn colours are fantastic! You're making me want to dust down my dye pots :)
ReplyDeleteRhombi is looking fantastic! I love the colour you've chosen for it. The sock looks great too. :)
ReplyDeleteThe sweater is looking great. I love the colors for both projects.
ReplyDeleteI love Shaun of the Dead, too, and the Royal Rock Candy color!
ReplyDeleteYour Rhombi looks great. It is such a cute pattern and I love your Brain Freeze colorway!
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