{"id":570,"date":"2006-08-14T22:46:04","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T12:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=570"},"modified":"2006-08-14T22:46:04","modified_gmt":"2006-08-14T12:46:04","slug":"570","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop the world, I want to get off.<br \/>\nOr at least slow down. What happened to my weekend? For that matter, it&#8217;s August 14th. How? What happened to my year?<br \/>\nBusy, busy, but with beautiful weather. Saturday sky.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_0184.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0184.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nSaturday afternoon, we were out and about, and saw a blimp which would have been <em>great<\/em> Saturday Sky fodder, but I didn&#8217;t have the silly camera with me. What is with that? I have these cameras, but I always leave them at home.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been doing a little bit on Em&#8217;s hat. Ene&#8217;s scarf is no good for homework time or dance practice time, so that time has been allocated to the hat.<br \/>\nOn Saturday morning, it looked like this.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_0191.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0191.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nI had done the main part of the hat, and was up to the crown shaping.<br \/>\nOn Saturday afternoon, it looked like this.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_0201.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0201.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"296\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nRemember my beef about Creative Knitting and their lack of proper gauge information? Well, I have no idea if my gauge was off, but the hat was definitely too small for Em&#8217;s head, so I ripped it out and started over with bigger needles. Yay, Aussie Creative Knitting.<br \/>\nWhat else? I finally got around to ironing the wax off the carpet.<br \/>\nI owe you all a kiss. It worked like a dream.<br \/>\nBefore:<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_0193.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0193.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nAfter:<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_0194.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0194.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nIt took ages, and a great deal of brown paper, but it&#8217;s all gone.<br \/>\nAs you may have gathered, I have a bit of a thing for nice candles.<br \/>\nHere is my current favourite.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_0139.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0139.jpg\" width=\"324\" height=\"398\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dusk.com.au\/store\/index.php?cPath=28_29_37&#038;osCsid=9e31ecec3a413a9b6f415438fefc8502\">&#8220;Harmony&#8221;<\/a> from Dusk.  It&#8217;s a blend of Geranium and Lavender essential oils, and I love it.<br \/>\nHere is Twinkie, enjoying the warmer weather with her tail in the air.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0192.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0192.html','popup','width=699,height=525,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\/100_0192-thumb.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"298\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI think she got a bit embarrassed. As soon as I took the picture, she put her butt down and turned her back on me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop the world, I want to get off. Or at least slow down. What happened to my weekend? For that matter, it&#8217;s August 14th. How? What happened to my year? Busy, busy, but with beautiful weather. Saturday sky. 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