FO Friday 36

Happy Friday everyone! Let me tell you, my family needs the long holiday weekend to recuperate from last weekend. My husband and I (and even Milo my corgi) haven't been feeling well this week. I hope to just rest, relax and knit socks! I also want to thank all of you who ordered yarn this week from Candy Skein! Wow, you made my week! I had several orders so I've been busy going back and forth to the post office.

Okay, on to FO Friday. You have to promise not to laugh at the pictures though. Remember, I was in Palm Springs so I look all hot and sweaty as it was 95 degrees and we were in the sun all day. It was awesome to knit there (at Tiki Caliente, a tiki convention), as I got a lot of attention from it. I even met a girl who crochets and knits, but unfortunately, she doesn't live in my area, but her boyfriend does, so hopefully I'll get to meet her again. I finished knitting on Saturday morning, which meant I worked on the hair kerchief Friday evening before the sun went down. The great thing was, I was able to wear it both Saturday and Sunday and one lady even stopped to say she saw me knitting it and thought it looked great. :) It made me proud, even though it was a silly little project. It helped me meet people, which is good, because I'm pretty shy in person and don't feel very comfortable around a ton of people I don't know. Anyway, here it is! Please excuse the cup within a cup within a tiki mug. Also my weird 'I'm trying not to squint' expression. Also, I got tanner, I promise. LOL

Edit: I also forgot to mention that I crocheted the ties (which I added to the materials used now. Can you tell I wrote this post in a hurry?) because I could crochet them in about 2 minutes and knitting would have taken forever.

Materials Used:

Knit Picks size US 7 US needles
Size 5.00 crochet hook
Lily Sugar'n Cream (Bronze Blue colorway)
Bad Hair Day Kerchief pattern

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FO Friday 35

Happy Friday everyone! As I mentioned Wednesday, I'll be out of town starting today, so won't be able to get to all of your FO posts until I get back on Monday (or probably Tuesday since I'll have to write my Tuesday post when I get home Monday night).

Sadly, I don't have an FO to share. I had planned to share my hair kerchief, but I haven't finished it yet. I thought I would get a lot of knitting done this week at my meet up, but it was canceled this week and rescheduled for next Tuesday. I was going to push on it today (Thursday), but I had to do silly things like clean house and laundry. So, I will share it next week, hopefully with pictures of me actually wearing it on vacation! YAY!

Just as a teaser...I'll be releasing 4 skeins of lace weight yarn on Tuesday! Three new colorways and a colorway that seems to be quite popular. :) I have to say, the new ones are so pretty, I'm having a hard time parting with them. Until then, have a great weekend everyone!

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday 41

Happy Wednesday! It's cold and rainy in Southern California, but that's okay for me, as I'm heading to Palm Springs this weekend. This cool weather will make the hot desert bearable, which is a nice surprise!



Since we're going to the desert and I just got a haircut (a severe haircut, chopping off about an average of 6 inches), I thought I would make the hair kerchief that someone had in last week's WIPW (sorry, I don't remember who at the moment!). I just bought two new bathing suits for the trip that have teals and blues/purples, so when I found this cotton in my stash, I knew it would be perfect for it. So far I like the way the yarn is pooling, except for the large white spot in the middle.



I haven't had too much time to work on my sock, but I finished the ribbing and am working on the heel flap. I decided to do the partridge eye version (I think that's what it's called), since I did the standard heel flap on my other sock.


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