Hi everyone and happy Friday! I have to start out this blog post with an apology. I promised you the shawl, and it won't be on today's post. I finished it, blocked it and forgot to take pictures. I want you to see it in it's best light and with me wearing it. Considering it's 7pm on Thursday night when I'm writing this and home alone, that's not going to happen. I'm going to have my husband take pictures this weekend and I PROMISE it will be next Friday.
I didn't want to have you go home empty handed, so I thought I would post a few finished squares of my cross stitch! I hope you're enjoying all of these stitching pictures as much as I love posting them. It's such a fun hobby, as I mentioned to you on Wednesday and I thank you for letting me share them with you, despite the fact it isn't knitting or crochet!
Please excuse the shadows on it, as I'm taking the pictures at night with my OttLite. You can see that I did 1-5 and then jumped to 10 since I had to move the canvas to get to 5, so I just went on to 10. The stocking is the one you saw started on Wednesday!
That's it for me today! Saturday we're planning to move over the rest of the stuff from the old house to the new, but Sunday we have fun plans as we are going to get our Christmas tree! I hope you have a great weekend.
Happy Work in Progress Wednesday everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was a little less eventful than we thought it would be unfortunately. We had a great Saturday running errands, putting up Christmas lights and hanging around the house. We decided to have a date night Saturday night and got dressed up to eat and see a movie. The meal was good, but about 45 minutes after eating (and already sitting in the movie theater to see Wreck It Ralph), I started to feel sick. We had to leave the movies (luckily we got a refund since we probably only saw 20 minutes of the movies if that) and I was VERY sick all night. I think food poisoning got the best of me. :( I'm doing good now, but it kind of foiled our Sunday plans. We were supposed to rent a large truck to move the remaining items from the old house to the new. That will have to wait until this weekend. The good news of it all was we had a relaxing Sunday at home, watching movies, knitting and cross stitching.
I have my Quarker Ridge shawl blocking in the studio right now, so I'll be sharing that with you on FO Friday! I can't wait.
For those of you who follow me on Instagram, I apologize as you'll be seeing a few of the same pictures here this week. I just got so excited to start the Rock and Purl Winter Mystery Glove KAL that I wanted to share my progress. You can still sign up for the KAL, as we just started and are on clue 1. Candy Skein is the main sponsor for the KAL, but you can use any fingering weight yarn if you are stash busting for the holidays. The great thing is, Ruth, the designer, has planned it so by the end you should have a pair of gloves for a gift for the holidays (or to keep yourself!) She has a Ravelry group so you can work on the gloves with others and see their progress!
This is clue 1 that came out on Monday for one glove. I haven't decided if I want to just work on the one, or if I should try and split the ball into two and work on the other at the same time (using two separate needles since my cable isn't long enough to do two at a time). Right now I'm just waiting for next week's clue, so if I did split the ball into two, I could actually have both started through clue 1 by the time clue 2 comes out. I don't have two sets of these brand needles, but do you think that's a big deal? Might gauge might be a LITTLE off with a different brand, but as long as they're the same size, could it really make a huge different? Anyway, I'm using Candy Skein Yummy fingering in January '12 colorway, Arctic Mint.
I've also been working on my cross stitch! I have a few more finished from the last time you saw it, but I'll keep that picture for my FOs on Friday. I finished days 1-5 and decided since I had to move the canvas over to do day 5, that I'd just jump down and do day 10 and work in a zig zag pattern. I wanted to share this with you because I thought it was pretty funny. It currently looks like I'm stitching Mickey Mouse's pants but I promise you, I'm not! I have to say, I LOVE cross stitching! It's so fun. I just love to see the pictures appear and it's great for when you're watching tv or a movie!
That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of your week and I'll see you on Friday!
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Hi everyone! Happy Black Friday. I don't usually brave the crowds, except a few years ago we bought a new tv. This year I'll be working and then headed to a birthday party at our favorite local tiki bar/restaurant, the Bali Hai! I hope all who celebrate Thanksgiving survived! I'm currently in a food coma as I type this Thursday evening with a cup of Thanksgiving blend Starbucks coffee next to me.
Speaking of Black Friday, don't forget that the Candy Skein sale is still going on through Monday at midnight. Some of the yarn is going fast, so be sure to check out the website. All yarn is 15% off with code HOLIDAYSALE at checkout in the coupon section.
I finished my shawl! The beaded bind off took about a day and a half, but is so worth it. I will have better pictures of the shawl once it's blocked, but I wanted to share it since I am done with the knitting part! Please excuse the dark pictures, but as mentioned, I'm in a food coma.
Hi everyone. I hope you're having a great week and to all my US followers, Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!! I'm so very happy that my husband gets the day off (but not Friday unfortunately) and that my family will be together for the day. We haven't gotten to spend much time together lately, and haven't had a relaxing day of sleeping in, lounging around and eating in a long time. It will be nice to forget about work for one day, if that's possible. What do you have planned for the holiday weekend?
Speaking of the holiday weekend, before I jump into WIPW, I wanted to let everyone know about the Candy Skein holiday sale. This isn't just for US customers, but worldwide! If you're looking for a few gifts or even to treat yourself this holiday season, be sure to stop by Candyskein.com
this weekend to take advantage of our holiday sale by using coupon code
HOLIDAYSALE during the checkout process. Receive 15% off your total
purchase and we’re even giving a free gift! Spend $40 and receive a
Candy Skein button. Spend $60 and receive a full set of 5! The sale runs from Thursday, November 22nd at 12:01am PT through Monday, November 26th at 11:59pm PT.
I don't have too much to show for WIPW as I've been working on the same project. I will say, I'm SOO close to finishing and will have it done for Friday so I don't want to show too much and give it away.
It's my Quaker Ridge Shawl in Tosh Sock. I'm working on the beaded bind off so I figured I'd show you a little sneak peak of it! You'll have to come back Friday to see the rest. :)
That's it for me today. Please have a fun and safe Turkey day in the US and a great Black Friday/Cyber Monday!
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Candy Skein minis are back!
The set currently available is the Rainbow series, including 8 of
Candy Skein’s most popular colorways. This is a great way to add eye
popping color to your Beekeeper’s Quilt, Sock Blanket, or any other mini
projects you have on the go.
Each assortment set includes:
8 mini skeins, one in each of the following colors:
Cherry Cotton Candy Orange Sherbet Banana Lemon Lime Brain Freeze Midnight Mousse Party Punch
