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Happy Work in Progress Wednesday 200!!!! WOW! That's a LOT of years doing this. HA! Thanks to everyone who stuck by me through some spotty posting times and who still visits weekly.

I have a few new projects to show you and one I'm super excited about. I posted a sneak peek of the upcoming July '14 colorway, Deviled Egg on Instagram so I thought I would share it here as it also has to do with one of my new projects.

 

The yarn is available in the Monthly Colorway section of candyskein.com in the 3 month pack which starts shipping tomorow. If you'd like to buy single skeins, that will be available on Friday when I post full skein pictures.

 

I started ANOTHER Sockhead with the yarn, as I knew people would want to see it knit up. Isn't it amazing? It's spiral striping! I'm so in love with it, though already said I would be giving the hat when done, so I'm hoping to have enough yarn left over for ankle socks for me!

This is going to be Escalator Socks and I'm knitting them in Candy Skein Yummy fingering in Midnight Mousse. These are for my stepdad. Mom, please don't show him this picture or any in progress pictures! (Yes my mom reads my blog. LOL) I'm hoping to have them done by his birthday, but since that's right around the corner (August 3rd) and I have a few projects I have to finish for work, I always have Christmas to fall back on. We'll see how fast I can knit big guy socks. HA!


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

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Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday. I hope you all had a great weekend and the first part of this week. I know I did as I got to watch my hockey team, the LA Kings, hoist the Stanley Cup for the second time in three seasons on Friday night. It was a heck of a finish, as was the whole playoff run. It was made even more special because my husband and I traveled up to LA and watched the game with my mom and sister across from the arena with hundreds of other fans. It was pretty magical to be in that atmosphere. It was great to be back in my home city, as we haven't visited in awhile, so overall a great weekend, which was then topped off with the Stanley Cup parade on Monday.

Due to all the excitement and traveling in the car late at night both there and back, I didn't get much knitting time, but I have made progress on my two projects that I'm actively working on.

The first is the Sockhead for my brother in law out of Candy Skein Savory fingering in colorway Oyster. I'm about 3 1/2-4" into the body of the hat. I haven't decided how tall I want to make it as he isn't a very slouchy hat kind of guy. I'll have to have my husband try it on to be a good judge. I have plenty of time to finish, as it's a Christmas gift for him.

Next up is the Diffraction shawl I'm making for my mother in law for Christmas (it's never too early to start your Christmas knitting) out of Candy Skein Savory fingering in Oatmeal Cookie and Plum. I wish the camera could capture the depth of these two colors. Once I am finished I'll try and see if I can get better pictures of it, as these are just with my iPhone. I'm loving this pattern, and despite the insane number of stitches and the insane number I still have to increase, it's going crazy fast. A friend of my, Regina, is also making one and she just cast off after only two weeks. I think it definitely helped to have someone else work on it at the same time.


That's it for me. I hope you all have a great rest of your week and I'll hopefully have time to share something on Friday!

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Good morning everyone. I'm sorry to post this so late for you on Wednesday, but I was at Disneyland yesterday for a friend's 40th birthday and didn't get a chance to type it up. I hope you're all doing great. I'm doing pretty good! My hockey team that I live and breathe is one win away from the Stanley Cup, I was just at Disneyland, my husband is done with insane overtime (for the time being) and tonight I'm headed to LA. Not too shabby!

 

I've decided to get a jump on Christmas gift this year, and to begin with I decided to make my brother in law a Sockhead. Okay, okay, maybe it was just another excuse to start another one. Anyway, I'm using Candy Skein Savory in colorway Oyster this time and I LOVE how it's turning out. Since he has a bigger head than I do, I'm using 144 sts. Isn't it so so pretty? I sure hope it fits!

And while I was at it, I started this gorgeous shawl/stole/scarf for my mother in law for Christmas. I'm using Candy Skein Savory in Oatmeal Cookie and Plum. The pattern is called Diffraction Shawl. It's a gorgeous pattern and weirdly addicting despite it being a boring knit. You cast on a LOT of stitches using Judy's Magic Cast On, and weirdly, when I KtBL for the second needle on the first row, my stitches ended up twisted. I'm not sure how I cast on without twisting them. Very bizarre. I'm hoping it will block out and not be as noticeable. I wish you could see this thing in person. The Plum is amazing. I'll try and get a better picture of it next week. It's now close to 500 sts! Yikes! HA!


That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of your week. GO KINGS!

For those that are new to WIPW, to share your WIPW post with us, just fill out the Mr. Linky below. Despite it saying you must comment, don't 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 merrier! 

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Hi everyone! Look, I'm posting on Friday! YAY! First off, I just want to say that my team is THREE WINS AWAY from winning the Stanley Cup! WOOHOO. Unreal.

As you know, I'm addicted to the Sockhead hat pattern on Ravelry. I finished the one I made for my friend Meaghan, out of Candy Skein June colorway, Orange Cream Soda!

I cast on 136 sts instead of the 144 called for in the pattern and knit 7" for the body of the hat, instead of 9". Other than that I just followed the pattern. Didn't it pool awesome?!


That's it for me. I hope you have a fantastic weekend. I'll be headed to the dog beach and pub afterward on Saturday, and then to watch game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. GO KINGS!

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Hey guys! Sorry I'm late to the party today. To be honest I forgot it was Wednesday! My husband worked on Sunday, and my Monday knitting group didn't knit this week so I don't know if I'm coming or going. HA! I hope you had a great weekend. We did (despite my husband working). We spent a few hours at the San Diego Zoo, as we're lucky enough to be members and live minutes away from one of the best zoos in the world. We then hung out with a friend at our local bar/restaurant. It was awesome because they had Adventures in Babysitting playing, so I just happily sat and watched while knitting and eating/drinking. Can't beat that! Sunday I worked, since my husband did, and then we watched the hockey game. As a bunch of you know, my favorite hockey team (I'm a die hard fan) is the LA Kings. They won on Sunday to earn a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. To state that I'm excited for game 1 today would be a huge understatement!

But you didn't come here to talk about hockey!

I'm sorry to say I don't have much that is exciting to share today. I finished my second Sockhead hat, and what did I do? I cast on another. Yes, this is my THIRD straight one. I'm loving the simple knitting and quick finish of this project. This time I'm using Candy Skein Savory fingering in colorway Oyster. I'm making this for my brother in law in Chicago. I figured it's never too early to start Christmas knitting, right? It will be November/December before we know it! I can't believe it's already June!

That's it for me today. I hope you have a great rest of your week. I PROMISE to have FO Friday up, as I'll hopefully get it scheduled today.

GO KINGS!