{"id":1042,"date":"2011-02-13T19:03:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T09:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2011-02-13T19:03:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T09:03:54","slug":"heres-something-i-prepared-a-little-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s something I prepared a little earlier.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little something I prepared earlier! (Back in the olden days, when I still used to knit \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%200141.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%200141.html','popup','width=597,height=800,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\/130211%20014-thumb.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nLate last year, egged on by some <a href=\"http:\/\/missyfee.blogspot.com\/\">like<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jpknittingandstuff.blogspot.com\/\">minded<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/knitabulous.blogspot.com\/\">individuals<\/a>, I joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madelinetosh.com\/magnolia-soc.html\">MadelineTosh yarn club<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe first parcel that arrived back in November was the gorgeous MCN worsted in the colourway &#8220;Laurent&#8221;. Loved it immensely, and it hit the needles almost immediately. It wanted to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/bellevue-cardigan---worsted-weight\">Bellevue cardi<\/a>. And so it is.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%20011.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%20011.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\/130211%20011-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI raved a little bit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/001601.html\">back in December<\/a> about how much I loved the sleeve caps. And you may notice that in that same blog post, dated December 11, the cardi was, for all intents and purposes, finished. And there it sat, blocked and unblogged. I have no idea why. But this morning, casting about for something to blog, I spotted it and remembered that it was waiting, patiently.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%20008.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%20008.html','popup','width=800,height=599,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\/130211%20008-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI&#8217;m loving it! It&#8217;s still a little too warm for a worsted weight cardi, even with short sleeves, but it won&#8217;t be long until I&#8217;m reaching for it regularly.<br \/>\nI acquired some undyed Wollmeise with the intention of knitting the fingering weight version for Em, but other things have distracted me so far.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%20001.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130211%20001.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\/130211%20001-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nSpecs:<br \/>\nPattern: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/bellevue-cardigan---worsted-weight\">Bellevue<\/a> by Laura Chau<br \/>\nYarn: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/yarns\/library\/madelinetosh-80-10-10-worsted-mcn\">MadelineTosh MCN Worsted<\/a> in &#8220;Laurent&#8221;<br \/>\nNeedles: 4mm KnitPicks Harmony circs<br \/>\nComments: The sleeve is just gorgeous. The cardi is knit in one piece from the bottom up, and the set in sleeve is knit in place. And it&#8217;s just a work of art. A better fit for me than some of the raglan sleeves I&#8217;ve done.<br \/>\nHighly recommended! (also works well when being used to cover up the fact that there&#8217;s nothing to blog about!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little something I prepared earlier! (Back in the olden days, when I still used to knit \ud83d\ude09 Late last year, egged on by some like minded individuals, I joined the MadelineTosh yarn club. The first parcel that arrived back in November was the gorgeous MCN worsted in the colourway &#8220;Laurent&#8221;. Loved it immensely, [&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-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","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=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}