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Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday.  I hope you are having a great week.

 

I realized Monday afternoon that I wasn't actively knitting anything, and my knitting group meets Monday night. This past weekend I worked a lot on my steam punk cross stitch, and didn't have time to really think about what I would be knitting for the week. I had so much fun with the Sweet Summer Rays shawl, I knew I wanted to make another shawl. I remembered I had purchased several Stephen West patterns last year during a 50% off sale he was having. I thought the mix of this skein of MadTosh Sock in Spectrum that I bought at Stitches West.

Here's the start of the shawl. I have to say, this yarn is GORGEOUS! This picture doesn't even do it justice. I can't wait to see this shawl grown and how the colors will pool.

That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of the week. On Friday I'll have my Sweet Summer Rays shawl to share!

 

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Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week, and are happy that the weekend is upon us once more. I just have a small project to share with you that I made last minute.

As I mentioned last week, my husband's work was having a Defiance launch party for the release of the video game/tv show he has been working on the last five years. I bought a new dress just for the occasion, but of course, as I always seem to do, I ordered it from Modcloth at the last moment possible. We ended up having to pay for faster shipping, as I kept debating on which dress to get, and also which size. That's always the dilemma with online clothes shopping, right? I've always had great success with Modcloth, but this was a little different as it was in UK sizes.

The great news was it fit perfect and came in the nick of time (it arrived at 11am on the day of the party!). The bad news was, it was supposed to have a little red belt with it, and the belt was no where to be found. I called customer service and they were very awesome, as usual, and promised to put the missing belt in the mail ASAP at no extra charge. Of course, that didn't help me that night, right? So, I turned to my crafts and figured out what to do...

At 3pm, only 3 hours before the start of the party and when we were meeting our friends for dinner beforehand, I came up with a plan. I took my leftover Hazel Knits Artisan Sock yarn in Ruby Love, held it double to make it a little thicker, grabbed the only double point needles I could find (I usually hate DPNS) which were a US 7 and went to town on a very long I-cord. In an hour and a half, I had a belt! I seriously was weaving in ends as we walked out our front door. I think it worked out PERFECT, and of course my husband had to mention to everyone we talked to that I made my belt right before we came to the party.

Here is the final product!

How's that for some quick thinking and craftiness?? Have a great weekend!

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Hi everyone! Happy hump day. I hope you're all doing well. Thank you for the kind comments on Friday for Candy Skein/Milo's birthday. They were much appreciated. :) We had a great time at the Defiance party. I'll have a picture on Friday for you as I ended up knitting something quickly for my outfit!

Today I just have my Sweet Summer Rays shawl to share with you. I haven't had much time to work on much of anything else. I just started the border tonight, so I don't have much more to go. It will definitely be on the blog as a FO next Friday. I can't wait to finish this and then move back onto my sweater! I also have a few other things I want to work on, but haven't had the time. Sorry the picture is so blown out! If you're interested to see some amazing versions of this shawl, many made in Candy Skein yarn, check them out!


That's it for me today! I hope you all have a great rest of the week and I'll see you on Friday!

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Happy Friday everyone!! Today is a busy day for us over here. It's my Corgi Milo's 4th birthday (Happy birthday Mi!), it's Candy Skein's 2nd birthday and tonight is a fun/big night, as we are going to the Defiance launch party (the game my husband has been working on the past 5+ years) for my husband's company. It should be a good time.

I also wanted to thank you for the good wishes for my cat, Roxy. She's feeling better, though still sneezing/watery eyes but MUCH better. She doesn't want to be held 24/7.

 This is my Woodland Sampler cross stitch from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. As you can see, I did finish April in time, which I'm so excited about! This is my favorite one so far I think. May is just as cute, but you'll have to wait until Wednesday to see the start of that one.


I hope everyone has a great weekend. We're taking Milo to the beach or lake (we haven't decided), Starbucks (he loves it there!) and a pet store to buy a new birthday toy on Saturday.

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Hi everyone! Happy May 1st! I hope you're having a great week. Today I get my haircut and styled and am very excited about it! I usually go to the cheaper places, but this time I actually have an appointment at a real salon. I'm nervous and excited..we'll see how it goes! That's all that's going on here other than yarn dyeing, knitting and cross stitch! I guess it's time to get to WIPW!

I started this new cross stitch for my husband's studio/guitar room! It's steampunk based and is going to take me FOREVER. It's really big (I think 10"x16" or a little bigger) and the WHOLE thing is filled in, not just the main image. That's a whole lot of thread and stitching. So far it's fun and almost feels like a puzzle. I'm coloring in the chart with a blue pencil as I got so I don't get confused on what I've already completed. You'll be seeing this thing grow slowly but surely and for a very very long time. I apologize in advance. I'll only show it when it changes a lot.

Sorry for the awkward picture, but my kitty is sick and I'm holding her while trying to take this picture sideways. Not an easy thing to do! This week I've also worked a little on my shawl, but haven't had a ton of knitting time lately. I didn't pick up any knitting at all this weekend! Crazy, right? This is the Sweet Summer Rays shawl and the KAL is still going on on Ravelry. You're welcome to still join in!



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