Hi everyone! Sorry today's post is a little late! I actually have a new project to share with you today.
I've been obsessing over the Armande by Andi Satterlund. Ever seen I saw the pattern a few weeks ago (though since it was a Knitty pattern I'm sure I've seen it before and didn't remember), I couldn't stop thinking about it. I realized despite having a thousand projects to work on, I needed to cast on. I had some Candy Skein Yummy Worsted from the Miele vest I had cast on. I knew I would wear this more, so I frogged that for this.
Sorry for the crappy picture but it's hard to get it all in picture at the moment. It's a bottom up construction and right now I've built the inside of the pockets and are now picking them up as the sweater grows. This is my first time doing pockets and I love how they're constructed for this sweater! Also, another great thing about this pattern, the button band is built in! No need for picking up hundreds of stitches at the end of knitting the body and worrying about puckering.
I can't wait to get this sweater off the needles and wearing it once it gets cooler here.
Also, for those who haven't seen it, the September colorway, Acai Berry is now available at Candyskein.com!
That's it for me today! I hope you have a great rest of your week.
Hi everyone! I hope your week is good in your neck of the woods. It's been pretty darn hot here this week, making me tires and sluggish. Luckily I knew the heat was about to hit (it's been on the 90's F here), so I took advantage of a slightly cooler Monday and dyed a bunch of May colorway, Berry Sangria!
Over the weekend, or last week in fact, I finished my Strathcona scarf. I hope to share it Friday with you. It still needs to be blocked, but that shouldn't be too much of an issue with it drying considering the heat!
This is the start of a new project, and though it doesn't look like much, it's actually bigger than it is. It's the start of the Mielie Vest pattern. I'm actually making it with a group of friends, but we're just doing it for fun, not a serious KAL. I'm using Candy Skein Yummy worsted in Oyster. I've decided not to bring in two balls of yarn yet, as they looked so similar. If I get some striping oh well. A few of the skeins are lighter and I'll have to bring those in together. I'm a little further now than this picture shows, as I've started down the front (this is the start of the back).
I hope you all have a great rest of the week!
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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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Hi guys! I'm so sorry for the delay but honestly I just lost track of my days. I thought of WIPW yesterday but in the context of "Man, when it's WIPW, I can show how much I've worked on my sweater!!" not, "Tomorrow is WIPW, I get to show my sweater tomorrow!" ::facepalm::
Happy Wednesday! I hope your week is living up to expectations. I will say, this week is a hard one for us, as my husband is back at work. We're having to get back into a routine after being able to sleep in, go to bed late and leisurely get ready to start our day. This week is busy too, as I'm dyeing yarn for a LYS as well as others for the shop.
I have had time to knit though, as you can see from the picture. This is the sweater that you saw barely started last week! I have about 5 more rows before finishing the waist shaping if you can believe that! I don't know why it's going so fast, but my guess is because I'm so used to working in fingering weight yarn (this is worsted) that the progress is flying which makes me want to work on it more! As mentioned last week, this is Candy Skein Yummy Worsted in Watermelon and pattern Ladies Classic Raglan Pullover by Jane Richmond. I love the way she writes patterns, as you fill in all of the info based on your size from charts. That way you don't have to remember which size in the bracket you're doing or highlight. So smart!
My only issue so far (if you can see it in the picture) is the way the sweater joins after knitting back and forth to get the back of the neck. This is my first pullover and I was very sloppy (not sure how I could have done it better, as I'm new to it) carrying the yarn. I'm rotating balls of yarn, since it's hand dyed. I hope it looks better after blocking, and if not, I think that's a GREAT place for a cute patch/felted needle pin, etc! ;) If you have any tips/tricks to make this look better, let me know in comments! After I split for the arms, I am now carrying the yarn under the arm, down the side which is working MUCH better, as you can imagine.
I wanted to share with you April '13's monthly colorway, Mint Mojito! This yarn is available in Yummy fingering (as usual) now through April 30th! If interested, you can purchase it here!
That's it for me today! I hope you have a great rest of your week and I'll see you all on Friday!
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Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week so far. My husband and I have had a fun and busy week so far! We've done a few things to the house we've been wanting to since buying it, caught up with some friends, did some shopping and today we're going to Downtown Disney!
First off, before I get into WIPW, I wanted to let you all know about my Easter /Passover sale at candyskein.com! I'm offering 15% off now through March 31st. Just enter code EASTERSALE at the time of checkout.
Also, don't forget that Holly (Sillylittlelady) and I have a KAL starting on April 15th! For full details, please visit this post.
Now to WIPW!
I have something new to share with you today! I got the sweater itch the other day, so I cast on Jane Richmond's Ladies Classic Raglan Pullover. I wanted something mindless to work on, and a pullover (which I have yet to make) that I could just throw on with anything and go. I'm using Candy Skein Yummy Worsted in a new colorway (though a slightly lighter version of it), Watermelon! I am so excited about this project. I have two more rows before I cast on a few more stitches for the front of the neck and join! I have to say, I'm also very excited because this might be the first project I got gauge using the correct needles (both row AND stitch) the first time! Remember how tight I used to knit!?! So exciting!
That's it for me today. I hope you all have a great rest of the week. I'll see you back here Friday where I show you my Variance finished (or at least blocking)!
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