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Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope those in Canada had a great (and safe) Canada Day on the 1st! As a hockey fan, it was odd not to have free agency start on Canada Day.

As you can see, not much knitting has happened on my end of things. Not much crafting for that matter! I didn't have time while in Los Angeles (we had a great time and Neil Gaiman is so funny and charming!) and since I've had to hit the ground running at work. This is the Hermione's Everyday Socks in a new Candy Skein yarn, Savory Fingering, which is a 80/20 blend.

Speaking of, I'm making a new set of mini skeins featuring 7 of Candy Skein's new colorways: Watermelon, Foil Wrapper, Poppy Seed, Bananas Foster, Tardis Tart, Sugar Snap Pea and Grape Soda. The sets will be available for sale this weekend and will start shipping Monday!

For those of you in the US, have a fun and safe 4th of July!!!! See you Friday!

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Hi everyone and happy Friday! This is going to be short, as I'm writing it well in advance. I just wanted to share with you my finished Tardis Tart Ombre sock (I hope to make the second one at some point soon!). I hope you all have a great weekend and stay cool, as it's warming up here!

Materials:

Yarn: Candy Skein  Yummy in Tardis Tart Ombre
Needles: US 1.5/2.5mm
Pattern: I just made up a basic 2x2 ribbed sock with 64 stitches. I used the Eye of the Partridge heel.

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Holy smokes, 150 Work in Progress Wednesdays. That's incredible, right? I never thought when I started doing this I would still be doing it 150 weeks later. Crazy.

This week I'm working on a new sock. It's my go to pattern when I don't want to do something fancy but want a little more than a regular vanilla sock. It's Hermione's Everyday Socks and this is the 3rd time I've made them. I'm making it because I'm testing a new yarn I'll be carrying for Candy Skein soon! It will be called Savory Fingering and so far I like it! It has a twist similar to Tosh Sock and is a 80/20 merino superwash/nylon blend. I figured I'd make a pattern I"m really familiar with so I can compare this yarn to Yummy fingering. Don't worry, Yummy fingering won't be going away, this will just be a new option!

That's it for me. I'll be writing FO Friday tomorrow as we're headed to LA for a Neil Gaiman talk/signing! I can't freakin' wait!!!

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Happy Friday. This week I'm very happy it's Friday, despite having to work this weekend. It's felt like a long week for me for some reason. Unfortunately this post is going to be short as I haven't been able to work on my sock since Wednesday afternoon. I'm starting the toe decrease, so probably only about an hour's knitting, but I worked late tonight (Thursday) and had no energy to even comprehend a toe decrease.

I hope you all have a great weekend! In between work I hope to have a little fun, maybe the San Diego fair!

See you all next week! I'll try to post about my talk to the San Diego Knitter's Guild that's Monday afternoon!

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Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday. I hope you're all doing great. Another busy week for me, as I'm preparing for the trunk show/talk for the San Diego Knitter's Guild. I've also been updating the stock on the website, so if you've been waiting for a certain color in Yummy fingering or Sweet fingering, it's probably back in stock, including Tardis Tart Ombre!

Please excuse the pajama pants! HA! At least they're Candy Skein colors. ;) As you can see, I'm about half way down my foot. It's the easy, yet boring knitting part. I kept the 2x2 ribbing continuing on the instep, and then just stockinette on the bottom of course. I used the Eye of the Partridge heel and love how the yarn patterned itself over it! I really do love this sock!! Again, this is Yummy fingering in Tardis Tart Ombre and using 64 stitches with a 2.5 mm needle (US 1.5). I'm trying to finish the sock as a sample as I mentioned, for Monday. So far so good! Because I have a deadline, it's all I've been working on lately, so that's it for me today.

I'll see you Friday, hopefully with this sock finished!

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