Hot Wngs
A bulleted list of Buffalo activities from our weekend visiting the fam:
- A new haircut, with bangs. Last time I had bangs, I was 16 and my mother warned me about how horrible I would look when they grew out.
- Ate unhealthy food and drank $1.61 beers.
- We watched it snow sideways. I know, most of the northeast had much more white action than this, but still! I brought Sarcelle with me, and it made the perfect pretty scarf.
- Took photos of a Buffalo-themed license plate:
- Hung out with a Goldendoodle puppy. Rob thinks they should be called Pootrievers.
- Made sponge candy. YUM! Does anyone outside of Western NY/Southern Ontario eat this stuff?
Of course I didn’t take photos of the fun stuff, like hanging with my peeps and drinking to excess and getting STUCK IN CLEVELAND overnight because of !@#$ bad weather in Newark (which caused our plane to show up late, which then caused us to miss our connection).
There was knitting. No project knitting, but tons of swatching. I’m feeling a bit inspired from the swatching happening here, but completely noncommittal to anything bigger than a five-inch square.
Clockwise from the big black void on the left:
- Phyllo Yoked Pullover (from Knitting Nature) in GGH Safari. The black really obscures the pattern, and I want something with a shorter row gauge so the pattern is compressed, then I can maybe wear the sweater without a cami underneath.
- Shetland Triangle (Wrap Style) in Fleece Artist Sea Wool. Thanks to Amy for suggesting this in my “what to knit with Sea Wool?” post. I knit this on a US 5, I’ll probably go up a needle size if I decide to make this.
- Some travelling cables in Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy. I need to work on the increase/decrease method – there’s some seriously ugly step edges along the purl columns.
- Twisted Flower sock pattern in Mountain Colors Bearfoot. Love the Bearfoot, but I’m thinking it’s a bit too hairy for this pattern. The colorway is gorgeous – it’s teal with some green bits running through it.
My fave of the four is the Sea Wool:
The only thing better than beautiful sock yarn is SHINY sock yarn!
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OMG, why *wouldn’t* you be in love with the Sea Wool? It’s frickin gorgeous! It is rockin’ the Shetland Triangle, too.
And the haircut looks great. I got one too, yay! We can compare on Thursday. :)
Oh crap! I was just admiring Sea Wool online yesterday but managed to resist its seirenes’ call. Now I can feel my will crumbling…
All the swatches look great, in addition to the Sea Wool, I really love the Twisted Flower sock pattern. It looks so intricate.
Wow, fun stuff! Have you been eating HOT WNGS?
Very cute haircut.
I have never heard of sponge candy. Where did you find the recipe?
Love the new haircut! I’ve had bangs all my life, so I never worry about growing them out. :)
This post made me nostalgic about Rochester (lived there for six years). I had never heard of sponge candy until I moved to Western NY. There is a Cadbury candy bar called “Crunch” that’s very similar, but I don’t think it’s distributed in the US.
I have some Handmaiden Sea Silk somewhat similar to your Sea Wool (in color) and I had the hardest time deciding what to use the beautiful yarn for. I love your swatch! I was thinking of doing the Melon Scarf from Victorian Lace Today, but I like how your Shetland Triangle swatch is looking……
Love the haircut. I’m the type who cant wear bangs lest I find endearing the whole cowlick, freakish 1980’s stand-up and flip over bang-business type thing. Great swatches too…particularly the shetland triangle. I made one during the winter with Cascade 220 in this cranberry shade (unfortunetly no pics to show) and it came out great. Little bulky, so I think the seasilk will definetly do it justice. Such an easy pattern to remember too. :)
Haha! I’ve had sponge candy. My parents live near Albany, and my sister went to school in Fredonia. How did you end up in TX??? PS. the Sea Wool looks absolutely gorgeous.
sponge candy????
the sea wool is coming out so pretty – I love how the darker bits congregated at the centers! The traveling stitches are so nice – I have yet to try them, but keep flipping to them in my stitch pattern books!
You made sponge candy? Like the sort of yellowy stuff with all the bubbles? Y’know, like the “crunchie” bars? Or are crunchie bars only a canada thing?
Yay, I’m glad you tried it! I think the swatch is GORGEOUS, of course.
Oh, you’re such a great swatcher. I think I’ve knit one, maybe two swatches in my life. They all look like such great potential projects!
With the exception of the unexpected overnight in Ohio – sounds like a most fabulous trip!
(and this “sponge candy” has me quite intrigued…)
“Pootreiver’ just made me spit orange juice. HILARIOUS. There’s a million redonkulous overbred doodles at my dog park–I’m going to start referring to them as pootreivers from now on and watch their owners’ heads explode.
DOOD! that pootriever is poo-licious! :o)such a cutie!
and that picture of the 2 poochies starting at the hubbo with the candy is great! gotta love the furries…
hm…what is sponge candy? it looks tasty…yum!