Hi everyone! I hope your week is good in your neck of the woods. It's been pretty darn hot here this week, making me tires and sluggish. Luckily I knew the heat was about to hit (it's been on the 90's F here), so I took advantage of a slightly cooler Monday and dyed a bunch of May colorway, Berry Sangria!
Over the weekend, or last week in fact, I finished my Strathcona scarf. I hope to share it Friday with you. It still needs to be blocked, but that shouldn't be too much of an issue with it drying considering the heat!
This is the start of a new project, and though it doesn't look like much, it's actually bigger than it is. It's the start of the Mielie Vest pattern. I'm actually making it with a group of friends, but we're just doing it for fun, not a serious KAL. I'm using Candy Skein Yummy worsted in Oyster. I've decided not to bring in two balls of yarn yet, as they looked so similar. If I get some striping oh well. A few of the skeins are lighter and I'll have to bring those in together. I'm a little further now than this picture shows, as I've started down the front (this is the start of the back).
I hope you all have a great rest of the week!
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Hi everyone! Happy Friday. Yes, I finally posted FO Friday! Shocking, right? Sorry I've been slacking lately. Not only am I posting a FO Friday, I HAVE a FO!
This week I'm going to share the Rondelay I made with Candy Skein Yummy fingering in Atomic Jelly Beans, the March '14 colorway. This shawl/scarf is made with all short rows and has to be one of the most fun things I've ever knit. Just as the pattern calls for, I used a size US 6 needle and a 40" cable, as at the end you have 412 live stitches. I'd highly recommend this pattern. I used one full skein of yarn.
Just a reminder, Atomic Jelly Beans and this quarter's 3 month pack (April/May/June) will only be on sale until the end of the month at Candyskein.com
Hi everyone! I hope you're doing well. I'm back from vacation and recharged. I got a little bit of time to knit in the car on the way to Las Vegas, but that's about it. I'm in a mode where I just want to finish projects, so that's my goal
First up is this project, the Strathcona scarf by Jane Richmond. It's from the Island collection. I love this pattern so far and this yarn. I've talked about it before, so won't say too much. I'm on the second half of the scarf but have a bit more to go. Luckily it's a mindless but fun knit so hopefully it will go fast. The yarn is Skinny Bugga! by Cephalopod Yarn in the Sochi colorway, but an Oddity version of it.
This is the very start of the second sock, plus the second sock of my Socks on a Plane. I'm using Candy Skein Savory fingering. Sorry the picture is so yellow, but it's the only way the colorway comes off semi-true to life. When taken normal, the purple shows as blue. This is a great (and free) pattern. :)
That's it for me today. I hope you have a great week. I finished my Rondelay and hope to block it today. I'll share it with you either blocking or dry on Friday!
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Hi everyone. I hope you are having a good week. Nothing exciting in my neck of the woods. I've been busy with life things and work, so haven't gotten as much knitting done as I had hoped.
I'm still plugging away on my Rondelay and on the last row! I got nervous thinking I didn't have enough yarn, so didn't actually do the first knit row of the border, but now I think I do. I debated on ripping it back and adding the row, but I don't it would really add much. Sorry for the crappy photo! I'm in the middle of the row so can't pull it out and it's terrible lighting.
That's pretty much what I've worked on! Nothing too fancy. I started the second sock of my Socks on a Plane, but it's seriously 4 rows into the toe, so not worth photographing. I did finish the 1st sock!
I'll try to post something for Friday, but will be out of town, so no promises. I hope you all have a great rest of the week and I'll hopefully see you Friday. If not, have a great weekend and see you next week!
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Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a great week. Mine is going okay so far. It's extremely hot here (it was in the 90s yesterday and will be again today!) so it's been a challenge to get all of my work done in my studio before I start to get too hot. My studio really heats up when I have three pots going at the same time of almost boiling water and no air conditioning. The good thing is, since I have to speed through the work before the late afternoon hits, that means more knitting time!
Last week you saw the start of my sock, but I actually ripped it back and started over. I realized it was too big, despite using the normal number of stitches I usually use (64). I made the toe narrower, going down to 12st per needle, and then only increased to 60. That seemed to work out great, and it was easy to do since the only patterning on the sock is the side cable.
I'm actually a little further now than in this picture, but as you can see I've started to travel up the leg. As mentioned last week, this is my first toe up sock. I'm glad I'm doing it, but I think I like the process and feel of cuff down better. The positive is I won't feel like I have to shy away from any sock pattern due to the way it is constructed. I don't want these socks too tall, so I've added a few more cable repeats up the side and then will start the cable with ribbing today if I get a chance. I'm using Candy Skein Savory fingering, so I have 400 yds to play with, and I want to make sure I have enough left over to make a square for my sock blanket.
As far as new things, these are also new to me needles. I'm using the Addi Sock Rockets for the first time. I will say, I love them and want a few more. The cables are amazing and the needles are sturdy, but light with sharp tips. I have no complaints at all and these will be my go to needles from now on I think. It's funny because I don't care for normal Addis but it makes me want to try them again to see if the company has improved them since last I worked with them.
That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of the week. Hopefully I'll have this sock done by FO Friday!
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Hi everyone! I hope you're having an awesome week so far. I have two projects to share today, one being my Rondelay that I'm still working on, and the second is a toe up sock!
As mentioned, this is the Rondelay pattern. It uses one skein of yarn and I'm using my Candy Skein April '14 colorway, Atomic Jelly Beans. I'm still loving the pattern, though haven't gotten as far as I'd hoped on it. I just finished the second portion and have a third left, plus a small border. I really do love it!
My second project is a new pair of socks. This is huge for me because I've never done toe up before! I decided to pick a pretty easy but popular pattern that wasn't plain vanilla but didn't have too much going on. I'm using Candy Skein Savory fingering and knitting the Socks on a Plane pattern that's free on Ravelry. So far so good, though I did the cabling that I have so far at knitting group and kept losing track of my row count. Oops! Sorry for the blurriness of the photo (and my hand in it) but it was the only picture that the color came through at all. Most pictures made the yarn look all blue. It will be interesting to see how I like toe up. It seems big and blocky right now. I'm doing 64 sts which is what I normally do for socks. Hmmm...
That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of your week and I'll see you Friday!
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