{"id":145,"date":"2004-07-17T22:45:49","date_gmt":"2004-07-17T12:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=145"},"modified":"2004-07-17T22:45:49","modified_gmt":"2004-07-17T12:45:49","slug":"i-have-the-knitting-blahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"I have the knitting blahs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have the knitting blahs \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\nHere is my current knitting progress on all projects.<br \/>\nDH&#8217;s second sock<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sock170704.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/sock170704.JPG\" width=\"245\" height=\"242\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nDH&#8217;s Jo Sharp Hat.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pistachiohat.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/pistachiohat.JPG\" width=\"281\" height=\"199\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThe band folds under at the purl row, then I have to do 10 rows of reverse stockinete before I start the shaping. Unbelievably, my gauge was correct, I was knitting along blissfully, was up to the point I&#8217;m at now, then I tried it against his head only to find that his head is too big. So I frogged it, and am only now back to here with looser gauge.<br \/>\nEmily, in her 11 year old wisdom, has decided that she absolutely will die if I don&#8217;t knit her these.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"furboots.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/furboots.JPG\" width=\"283\" height=\"195\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nI have the yarn, substitutions from the stash, but I really don&#8217;t feel like starting them. She gave me that imploring look that only an 11 year old girl can truly master, so I guess I really should start them. I guess. \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"furbootsyarn.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/furbootsyarn.JPG\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nI can&#8217;t believe that with the number of needles I own, I don&#8217;t have the right needles for the two projects that I do want to start &#8211; one maybe, but both of them?? Anyway, the Addi 3.5mm is on the way for DH&#8217;s sweater, but I&#8217;ve had no luck sourcing 12mm needles for Em&#8217;s cardigan. Of course, it&#8217;s not as if I don&#8217;t have plenty of projects waiting in the wings for me. I just have the blahs. Hopefully it will pass soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have the knitting blahs \ud83d\ude41 Here is my current knitting progress on all projects. DH&#8217;s second sock DH&#8217;s Jo Sharp Hat. The band folds under at the purl row, then I have to do 10 rows of reverse stockinete before I start the shaping. Unbelievably, my gauge was correct, I was knitting along blissfully, [&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-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","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=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}