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.


For those that are new to WIPW, to share your WIPW post with us, just fill out the Mr. Linky below. Despite it saying you must comment, don't feel as if you do. That is something Mr. Linky automatically adds. I just ask you to check out a few of the links posted to see what everyone else is working on and comment there if you can. Everyone loves feedback and a little encouragement on their projects! Also, please link back to this post in your post to get the word out! The more the merrier!

FO Friday 126

Happy Friday everyone! No project from me today as I'm typing this on Wednesday before I leave for Stitches. I hope you all have a great weekend! I can't wait to tell you about Stitches West when I return.

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Work in Progress Wednesday 132

Hi everyone! It's been a CRAZY week over here, let me tell you! We rented our townhouse, so the past week has been all about showing the place, paperwork, Home Depot and plumbers. Add to that a lot of orders to fill and my undyed yarn got stuck in customs. Oh yeah, and I'm leaving for Stitches in a few days! I'm just a little stressed. ;)

Speaking of Stitches, a few of you have asked if I'll have a booth there. Not this year, I'm just going with a group of my best friends. I thought it was best to experience Stitches first, before jumping straight into the deep end. I hope to be a vendor next year. :) If you'd like to follow my group's trip up to Stitches, you can follow me on Instagram at @candyskein. I'll try to take lots of pictures for everyone.

My WIP isn't too exciting to say the least. The Color Affection shawl is growing, slowly but surely but it doesn't really look much different to be honest, so I'm not going to bother with a picture. I'm still enjoying the yarn/pattern and will at some point probably make another one. It will be great car knitting while we drive the 8 hours to Santa Clara.

That's it for me today. Sorry to keep it so short. Have a great rest of your week.

For those that are new to WIPW, to share your WIPW post with us, just fill out the Mr. Linky below. Despite it saying you must comment, don't feel as if you do. That is something Mr. Linky automatically adds. I just ask you to check out a few of the links posted to see what everyone else is working on and comment there if you can. Everyone loves feedback and a little encouragement on their projects! Also, please link back to this post in your post to get the word out! The more the merrier!

FO Friday 125

Happy Friday! I hope you had a fabulous and fun Valentine's Day if you celebrate. We rented a Redbox movie (they sent us a coupon for a free rental!), had steak, potatoes and wine. It was a nice quiet evening.

I wanted to thank everyone who used the coupon code I offered yesterday for the holiday! You should be receiving an email from me (if you haven't already) regarding your order's shipment or timeline for shipping.

Today I have more cross stitch to share! As far as my knitting, I'm still trucking on my Color Affection shawl, but it's the only knitting project I'm working on right now since I have a time limit on it. I don't think I'll finish before Stitches, but I'll bring it on the trip and maybe I'll finish it there!

So, for my FO today, I have February's block for the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery's Woodland Sampler. I love this little guy!!! I finished March's frame and now just need to wait for the new month. :)

That's it for me today. Have a great weekend.

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Candy Skein Sweet Fingering is here and a Coupon!

Hi everyone! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!! As a little treat, I'm offering a 15% off coupon on your total order for the rest of today (until tomorrow morning when I wake up and can deactivate the code really). Just enter the code VALENTINESWEETS at checkout to receive the discount!

If you didn't need any more incentive, I've released a new to Candy Skein base, Sweet Fingering! It's the yarn I've been teasing you about when showing pictures of my Color Affection shawl! The shawl is the first time I've used the yarn and I have to say, I love it! The twist is a bit like Delicious fingering, if you've used that at all. It's a little splitty at cast on, but after that it's amazing. It slides along the needles just right and has an amazing shine to it.

From Candyskein.com:

Sweet fingering practically glows in the sunlight with the gorgeous marriage of soft merino superwash and luscious silk. This yarn is great for every project, including socks, scarves, shawls, hats, mittens and even sweaters. You won’t believe how sweet this yarn is until you try it.

 

Here are the colors I've currently dyed Sweet Fingering in, but a few are already sold out! This yarn is going fast. (Click the picture to enlarge it)

You can purchase Sweet fingering, and all Candy Skein yarn at Candyskein.com!


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