{"id":50,"date":"2004-04-10T23:51:48","date_gmt":"2004-04-10T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=50"},"modified":"2004-04-10T23:51:48","modified_gmt":"2004-04-10T13:51:48","slug":"didnt-get-much-knitting-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Didn&#8217;t get much knitting done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Didn&#8217;t get much knitting done today, Em and I played with Kool Aid instead \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nWe went up to the local shopping centre, and Emily bought herself a ball of white wool to dye.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"koolaid equipment.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/koolaid equipment.JPG\" width=\"192\" height=\"270\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a superwash yarn, but 100% wool, so I hope the colour takes okay. The KoolAid came from the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/yarnover.blogdrive.com\/\">Jill<\/a> who sent me a whole lot of colours a while back.<br \/>\nSo we filled a plastic jar with water and a splash of vinegar, then Emily stirred in the KoolAid.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Em stirring.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/Em stirring.JPG\" width=\"164\" height=\"217\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSorry about the picture, I should have taken it from the other side. (The sun was behind her). She then plopped the whole ball in.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"process.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/process.JPG\" width=\"178\" height=\"249\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nWe did that at around 1pm this afternoon, it&#8217;s now nearly 11pm. The water is still blue, but definitely fading.  I&#8217;m hoping we&#8217;ll get a variegated effect by tossing in the whole ball. I have no idea how long it will take for the yarn to soak up all the colour, I&#8217;ll keep you updated.<br \/>\nI finished the middle strip of the blankie, and I am seaming now, that&#8217;s all the knitting I got done today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didn&#8217;t get much knitting done today, Em and I played with Kool Aid instead \ud83d\ude42 We went up to the local shopping centre, and Emily bought herself a ball of white wool to dye. It&#8217;s a superwash yarn, but 100% wool, so I hope the colour takes okay. The KoolAid came from the wonderful Jill [&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-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","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=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}