Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Work in Progress Wednesday 133


Hi everyone! I hope you're having a good week so far. It's crazy busy in my neck of the woods as we have the last push before handing over the keys to our condo to the renters. I'm so excited to get that monkey off my back of stressing about renting it.

I had a great time at Stitches and I'll write more about that later, as I'll just focus on WIPW. On the trip I got a chance to knit in the car, but not much knitting other than that believe it or not. I thought we'd have tons of time to just sit around and knit but we didn't have a moment to spare! Granted, we were only there for one full day and two days of driving.

I was happy to have an easy project like my Color Affection shawl to work in the car. The only hard part was trying to juggle three balls of yarn on my knees! As you can see, I'm working my way across the shawl with the stripes. I have a bit more to go, but I definitely made huge progress. I can't wait to bind off to really see it. It's so squished on the needles/cable, it's hard to tell what it really looks like.







This is a new project, as I was dying to cast on with new Stitches yarn and needles. It's Cephalopod Skinny Bugga! yarn in colorway Blue Ringed Octopus. I'm using the new Knitter's Pride Karbonz needles in size US 1.5 (2.5mm). I'll do a review of the needles soon! Anyway, I'm going to make the Hourglass Eyelet Socks which is a free pattern on Ravelry.

That's it for me today! I'll have more posts this week about my trip and hopefully the needles! Have a great rest of your week.


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17 comments:

  1. TanyaFebruary 27, 2013 at 1:20 AM

    Love the look of the shawls! Almost makes me want to cast one on!!

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  2. Christine NFebruary 27, 2013 at 2:12 AM

    Gorgeous shawl!

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  3. katie metzrothFebruary 27, 2013 at 4:08 AM

    Your shawl looks perfect and I love the color of the blue-ringed octopus!

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  4. sustainablemumFebruary 27, 2013 at 4:48 AM

    Your shawl is looking great and less portable now, you are brave to have three balls of wool on your knee. I think it would end up in a tangled mess if I attempted it!

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  5. UnknownFebruary 27, 2013 at 6:06 AM

    Colour affection is looking great and I to can't wait to see what it looks like when it comes off the needles. Those are some pretty socks and will look great in that yarn colourway.

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  6. LeahFebruary 27, 2013 at 6:39 AM

    I love that sock yarn colour! Beautiful.

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  7. Handmade by StefanieFebruary 27, 2013 at 7:01 AM

    Awesome, I'm looking forward to your review of the needles. I got a pair of fixed circs for Christmas that I can't wait to try!

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  8. Renee AnneFebruary 27, 2013 at 7:13 AM

    I think I'm falling in love with the color for those socks. I didn't get to Stitches West this year because we were moving. I'm kinda bummed because I was going to take a class and everything and it didn't happen :(

    Oh well. Next year :)

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  9. Charly HarriesFebruary 27, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    I love the colours for your Color Affection Shawl, I haven't made one yet but I'm constantly seeing people making them so I'm sure I'll be on the bandwagon sooner or later.

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  10. CarolFebruary 27, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Another great weekend at Stitches. So much to see and so many beautiful hand dyed yarns!. If you come next year, it would be fun to do a meet up!

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  11. bookworm-MaryFebruary 27, 2013 at 9:05 AM

    I love the color of your new yarn! It is very spring-like to me, and as I am hoping for an end to my winter weather, this color is uplifting!

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  12. UnknownFebruary 27, 2013 at 10:37 AM

    Lovely colour choices! How do I get a little badge for my own blog please, I can direct the 3 or 4 readers back here to join in!

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  13. SamFebruary 27, 2013 at 10:50 AM

    The turquoise yarn is soo pretty. I have an octonauts obsessed daughter that would just love that colour.

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  14. HeatherFebruary 27, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    I've been wondering how those needles were, so I'll look forward to your review! And the shawl is gorgeous!

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  15. SylviaFebruary 27, 2013 at 3:01 PM

    pretty yarn!

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  16. unionjgirlFebruary 27, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    Who knew Blue Ringed Octopus would be so pretty!

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  17. StefanieMarch 12, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    I do like those two colors together, how they're not the norm and will go with everything. That is such a pretty blue for the Lacey socks.

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