FO Friday 54

I was hoping to have finished my hat for this week, but sadly, I STILL haven't knit since last Wednesday. I'm feeling much better, and thank you all for the get well messages. They brightened my week. :) You'll all just have to wait for the hat next week.

Have a great weekend everyone! I'm off to Vegas to watch the LA Kings and Colorado Avalanche play at the MGM Grand. It's a great time each year, so I hope this one is fun as well. Then next weekend is the Vista Fiber Fiesta!!! EEK!!!

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Work-in-Progress Wednesday 60

Soooo, I'm still sick. I'm feeling better, but STILLL SICK. Tonight (Tuesday night), I left the house for the first time since Thursday afternoon pretty much. I needed some human contact from the outside world, so we went to In N Out (an amazing burger joint here in CA for those who don't know). That all being said, I hadn't touched yarn since Wednesday night until today. Insane, right? I'm lucky to have an awesome husband who even reskeined a ball of yarn for me and shipped out two packages. I didn't want to touch any of the Candy Skein yarn while sick. Unfortunately that means I'm SERIOUSLY behind for the upcoming show (Vista Fiber Fiesta, October 8-9). I was able to dye about 6 skeins today.

Even more unfortunate, I don't have a normal WIP. I haven't knit since Wednesday afternoon. I just haven't felt well enough (this weekend was BAD BAD BAD...that's right. I had to miss Vogue Knitting Live.) So, what will I share today? It's a WIP in some sense!




Yes, that is a pile of Candy Skein yarn needing to be re-skeined (sorry for the terrible picture. It is 10pm and it's dark so I had to put some lighting on it which in turn just made it look weird and spooky. LOL). Sadly, that's not all that needs to be re-skeined right now. There's 4 more waiting to be put into cakes, and 6 more drying and a LOT more to dye. Umm...yeah, I have my work cut out for me. LOL

That's all for me today sadly. What are you working on?

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FO Friday 53

Hi all! So, I am SO close to finishing the hat. Seriously, like practically finished. I have two more rows and then just gathering the top. I was ready to finish it for FO Friday.

But I'm sick. :( I've felt really tired and have been going non-stop to prepare for the show. Thursday I woke up with a sore throat and by 2pm, it turned into a full blown cold. I'm so so so disappointed. I had a good post planned for yesterday but didn't have the energy. I have Vogue Knitting Live in LA on Sunday. I've been looking SO forward to it, so we'll see if I can still go. Right now, it doesn't look good.

So please, cheer me up and share your amazing FOs!!!

Work-in-Progress Wednesday 59

Hi everyone! Happy WIPW and a HUGE happy birthday to my mom!!! I hope everyone is having a great week and had a lovely weekend. We have a great time at Disneyland and it was much needed. I feel like I've been doing non-stop recently, which sadly doesn't lead to much knitting time and which also leads to not much to share for WIPW. :(



You may remember this hat from last week. I'm using this pattern, which is so easy and fun. It makes the hat reversible (which is awesome) and funny enough, I like the inside better than the outside. Here's the outside shown above. I don't have too much to do left. I'm going to add one more row of the pattern and then start the 8 row decrease. The pattern is for a slouchy hat, but I didn't really want it slouchy, so I didn't go up the needle size for the lace pattern part, and I'm going to stop before it gets too big at top. So far, so good. For those who missed it last week, I'm using Candy Skein Ripening Tonal in Blackberry, which will be on sale soon.


That's it, you ask? Well, yeah, sad isn't it? I only get to knit at knitting night to be honest. The rest of the time is doing this:



That is a HUGE tub of Candy Skein yarn in all different weights and fibers. The ones on the top not in bags need to still be tagged. Pretty soon, I'm going to have to get a new tub, as this one is almost full. I have 17 (yes 17) more skeins that are in the process of being re-skeined and 8 drying right now. I won't even tell you how much I still have to dye between now and the Vista Fiber Fiesta, or maybe I don't want to know! I've been averaging about 10 skeins a day though (as far as the dyeing is concerned) so that's the good news! I'll try and take some better pics this week of some of the fun new skeins!

That's it for me today. What are you working on?


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FO Friday 52

Happy Friday and happy one year of FOs!!!!!!!!!! I'm super excited for this weekend as it's my husband's birthday tomorrow! We're headed to Disneyland (we used to go ALL the time because we had year passes, but don't anymore so it's a real treat. We're considering them again, but that's another story) for his birthday and the new tiki bar at Downtown Disney afterward called Trader Sam's. I can't wait!

Beyond that, I've been dyeing my little heart out lately. I can't wait to show you the piles and piles of yarn I've dyed, balled and re-skeined in the past week. It's insanity. This weekend (or at least Saturday) will be a nice break. :)


I actually have a FO to share with you! I know, you're shocked, right? So am I! It's nothing too major, but I'm still really proud of it because it's insanely small. Remember me mentioning in WIPW last week that I got the Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi book and started the elephant? Well, I fnished him!! WOOT! Here he is:

Materials Used:
Size US 1 needles
Knit Picks Stroll Tonal (Thunderhead)
Pattern: Tiny Elephant
Beads for eyes
3 cotton balls

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