Candy Skein June '13 colorway- Bubblegum Ice Cream

It’s here! The June ‘13 colorway, Bubblegum ice cream, available now through June 30th!

The summer months are finally here and what better way to chase the hot days than ice cream? As a kid, my favorite flavor of ice cream in the summer was Bubblegum. It was a perfect combination of sugary sweet that was a flavor of its own, and the best part, you had bubblegum to enjoy later that night!


 That’s why I picked Bubblegum ice cream as the June 2013 colorway! This awesome yarn is kettle dyed in two different layers of a bright pink and turquoise that mix into a pretty purple that creates a wild and fun tie dye affect. It would be perfect for any fingering weight project!

Colorway: Bubblegum Ice Cream
Fiber content: 75% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon Superwash
Weight: Fingering Weight
Yardage: 465 yards
Unit Weight: 100 grams
Care: Machine wash/Tumble dry low
Price: $20

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Work in Progress Wednesday 146

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. We had a very fun and busy weekend, and since it was a long one, it's catch up time this week. Before I get started, I just had to take a quick moment to have some hockey excitement. As you all know, I'm a HUGE HUGE HUGE hockey fan, and my teams are the LA Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins. As of Tuesday night, they are both going to their respective conference finals. I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I have a few things to show you, but not a lot of progress to be honest. I didn't get any knitting/crafting time this weekend.

 

Not a ton of progress since you last saw this, but do you notice the little side wings starting?! It's going good, and now I'm just marching to the finish. I think the pattern calls for 12" before the final end rows. I hope to have this finished in the next week or so. This is my Herbivore shawl by Stephen West in MadTosh Sock in Spectrum. Not a great pic, but I took it at 11:30 at night. 

This is fabric that I cut out to make a little tote bag. It's a free pattern on Craftsy (a free class actually!). I was having issues with my sewing machine (user error I think, since my friend came over and it worked great for her), so I hope to jump back on this and see how I do making it. I don't have a ton of sewing experience but one of my goals is to get much better than I am at it. Isn't this amazing fabric? Again, sorry for the bad pic, but it's Nancy Drew fabric!!!! So awesome.


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

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FO Friday 139

Hi everyone! I hope you had a good week. I was super busy so I'm very excited for the weekend to come, especially since it's a long weekend here in the US. Monday is Memorial Day, which is always the unofficial start to summer. This weekend is the start of grilling, watermelon, deviled eggs and tiki drinks in the backyard. I can't wait!

This is the finished May square of my Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery Woodland Sampler cross stitch. I've also finished the frame section for June, so come June 1st, I'm ready to rock. I'm having so much fun with this cross stitch and was just telling my husband that if it continues the way it's going, I want to get it nicely framed. Each month gets better and better in my opinion.

That's it for me this week. Have a great and safe weekend!

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Work in Progress Wednesday 145

Hi everyone! I hope all is well with you. Today I have an update to my Stephen West, Herbivore shawl and a few new yarns in stock at Candy Skein to share.

I've completed the first part and have a few rows of the second section. I actually almost screwed up (or did a little but not big deal). I forgot that I was only supposed to do the first part for 5". Once I remembered (at knit group last night), I already had 5 1/2", but decided to go with it and just start the second section once I got the full 4 rows completed of the portion I was doing. I figured if I have to, I can just make the second section a little smaller since it's by inches as well (12"). No worries. I like the way it's turning out so far. It's funny to see it in picture form. I think the bright red and pink areas are way more prominent in the picture than they are in real life.

This is a new colorway to Candy Skein, Sugar Snap Pea! It's currently available in Candy Skein Yummy fingering, which I also updated in several other colors on Monday.

 I also updated the Sweet fingering section of the shop! All of these colorways are now available, from left to right starting at the top: Poppyseed, Foil Wrapper, Grape Soda, Tardis Tart and Watermelon.

All yarn shown (and listed as in stock on the website) is available to ship today!

That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of the week.

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FO Friday 138

Happy Friday everyone! I have my Sweet Summer Rays shawl as I promised to share this week. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any pictures of me wearing it as my husband worked a lot, so I was never able to get him to take pics. I did however get a lot of other pictures of it! I hope you enjoy! I have to say, I love love love it.

I thought this picture showed the great texture change between the purls and knit stitches. Please excuse the bird poop...lol

  

Materials:

Pattern: Sweet Summer Rays Shawl by Holly Priestley 

Yarn: Candy Skein Sweet Fingering in colorway Foil Wrapper

Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm)

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