On May 3rd, 2013, Candy Skein officially turns 2 years old, and to
celebrate I thought a cupcake colorway was in order. With gorgeous
flowers bloom all around the Candy Skein studio, it only seemed
appropriate to make a yummy chocolate lavender cupcake colorway! The
only thing better than a chocolate lavender cupcake (is there anything
better, to be honest?) is a cupcake inspired yarn!
That’s why I picked Chocolate Lavender Cupcake as
the May 2013 colorway! This awesome yarn is kettle dyed in three
different layers of a silvery purple, lavender and chocolate brown. It
would be perfect for any project!
Happy Friday everyone! I've had a pretty uneventful week, which is sometimes a good thing. Quiet weeks of mindless work and home watching TV or movies is good for the soul, don't you think? This week is much of the same I think, which is all right for me. We've started work on our basement bar (a basement in southern California...odd, right?). Luckily it's already a complete bar, including bathroom, wet bar, and even fireplace, but my husband is fulfilling a dream of his and turning it into his very own tiki bar. I'm guessing much of this weekend will be working down there when we're not out enjoying the sunshine. It will be years until he has it complete, but the beginning stages are exciting and changes will happen fast. I'll be posting pictures along the way on my Instagram (@candyskein) if you're interested in following along. I'll try and post a few WIP pictures here too, if any of you are interested in the process.
As far as FO Friday is concerned, I do have something to finally show you. I showed you my Variance cowl on the blocking mats awhile back, but never showed you completed pictures on. I kept forgetting to get my husband to take pictures for me and each time I thought of it, it was too late in the night to get anything good. It's a lovely pattern by Lisa Mutch (Northbound Knitting) who I adore. Her patterns are gorgeous, simple and timeless IMO.
Hi everyone. I hope you're having a great week and that the weather shapes up for those of you who are still getting snow in the northern part of the Midwest! Unreal!
I have a few things to show you this week, a few new things in fact.
As you may remember from Friday, I finished March, so I thought I would show you the little bit of April I've worked on, as well as how it's all laid out so far on the sampler! For those asking about cross stitch patterns last week, I'm pretty new to cross stitch and don't know too many books/mags to recommend. I buy all of my patterns from Etsy and The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery! There are amazing Etsy cross stitch patterns out there.
I obviously just started this tonight. This is my first time trying out two at a time socks, so I decided to just do something basic. I'm doing a 3x2 rib using a size 0 (I didn't have a 40" cable in anything else I could find that would work) needle. I normally use a 1.5 needle so I cast on 70 stitches to allow for the smaller needle. We'll see how it goes. Next time I might just try a 32" cable. What does everyone else use when doing two at a time? The yarn is Candy Skein Yummy fingering in Tardis Tart Ombre.
That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of the week and I'll see you on Friday!
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Hi everyone. So sorry for the delay on getting this up! I don't have much to share, but I did finish my March cross stitch for my Woodland Sampler by the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. Yes, I am behind on it, but I did start April right away to try and get right back on track! It looks a little crooked in the pic, as it's in the q-snap and the linen is being pulled a little.
I hope you all have a great weekend and everyone please stay safe in Boston and Texas, or everywhere for that mattern!
Hi everyone! I hope your week is working out to your liking. I just wanted to take a moment for those in the Boston area, or who have friends/family there, my thoughts are with you. What a terrible
tragedy. :(
As far as WIPW, I have progress on the sweater and a new project to share:
In this picture, I was an inch away from finishing the 1x1 ribbing, and I actually did tonight after this picture was taken. The body is now bound off and tomorrow I'll hopefully have time to pick up the neck stitches and knit the collar band. I can't believe how fast this sweater has progressed. It's amazing what worsted weight yarn can do after using fingering so often. Again, I'm using Candy Skein Yummy Worsted in colorway Watermelon (though it's a slightly lighter version of the colorway. The pattern is the Ladies Classic Raglan Pullover by Jane Richmond.
This is the start of the Sweet Summer Rays Shawl by Holly Priestley . I have to increase until I hit 30 stitches between the markers and then move onto the main pattern/body of the shawl. I'm using Sweet fingering in new Candy Skein colorway Foil Wrapper. I thought the rays of the shawl would look beautiful in silver (gray). Due to the content of the yarn (50% merino/50% silk), this yarn really does look like it's silver thread. It's gorgeous! I'm making this for an ongoing KAL we have over at Holly's Ravelry group. It's ongoing until May 15th, so there's still time to join in!
That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of your week.
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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
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