{"id":1007,"date":"2010-07-09T00:33:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2010-07-09T00:33:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T14:33:01","slug":"veyla-and-ishbel-mk-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"Veyla and Ishbel Mk II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this week I&#8217;ve not managed to knit much of anything. Just one of those weeks where I&#8217;ve been running on the spot, never stopping, but never really getting anywhere either.<br \/>\nLast week I finished the Veyla and Ishbel Mk II though!<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20018.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20018.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20018-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n(She hates the camera, obviously!)<br \/>\nSpecs on Ishbel:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20013.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20013.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20013-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nPattern: Ishbel Beret by Ysolda Teague<br \/>\nSize: Medium<br \/>\nYarn: Bendigo Woollen Mills 4ply Luxury (50g or 180m, roughly)<br \/>\nNeedles: 2.75mm and 3.75mm Knit Pro Symfonie\/Knit Picks Harmony<br \/>\nMods: None!<br \/>\nI made the Medium size, because Em likes her hats slouchy. I think I could probably have used the Small size band and increased or something from there, but she&#8217;s happy with it! It&#8217;s a nice quick knit, took all of about 3 days, and I wasn&#8217;t knitting no stop on it.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20017.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20017.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20017-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n(I&#8217;m actually not sure whether she likes the knits all that much, or if she just likes playing up for the camera!)<br \/>\nVeyla Specs:<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20021.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20021.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20021-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nPattern: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/veyla\">Veyla<\/a> by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysolda.com\/\"> Ysolda Teague<\/a><br \/>\nSize: Small<br \/>\nYarn: Bendigo Woollen Mills 4ply Luxury (35g or 125m, roughly)<br \/>\nNeedles: 2.75mm Knit Pro Symfonie\/Knit Picks Harmony DPNS<br \/>\nMods: None!<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20020.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20020.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20020-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nQuick, again. I got each glove done in one day. The buttons are just plain black ones that I picked up at the Canberra Wool Day. A bag of about 20 small black buttons for 20c. Bargain!!<br \/>\nI really like these, but after two pairs, I&#8217;m kind of over knitting them, no matter how quick they are. Yes, I&#8217;m easily distracted.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20016.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20016.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/08072010%20016-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nBut I had a lot of yarn left over. Those Bendigo balls are big. How big? These are my leftovers.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20007.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20007.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20007-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThat pic doesn&#8217;t really show much, does it? How about next to a 100g ball of sock yarn?<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20008.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20008.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20008-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nYup. Lots of leftovers. More than half a ball. So what am I to do? I think I need gloves for Bendigo.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20009.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20009.html','popup','width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/04072010%20009-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/eve-14\">Eve<\/a> gloves for me! However, I&#8217;ve been trying to knit them for a week, and have managed only about a quarter of one glove. Not that they&#8217;re difficult, I just have had no time.  I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll be done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this week I&#8217;ve not managed to knit much of anything. Just one of those weeks where I&#8217;ve been running on the spot, never stopping, but never really getting anywhere either. Last week I finished the Veyla and Ishbel Mk II though! (She hates the camera, obviously!) Specs on Ishbel: Pattern: Ishbel Beret by Ysolda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}