{"id":590,"date":"2006-10-10T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-10T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=590"},"modified":"2006-10-10T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-10T12:18:00","slug":"590","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=590","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finished my Fleece Artist socks!<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0629.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0629.html','popup','width=900,height=675,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_0629-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nWhy do I not knit socks in winter? It&#8217;s too warm now for hand knit socks!<br \/>\nTwinkie gave them the rub test.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0632.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0632.html','popup','width=900,height=675,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_0632-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThey passed!<br \/>\nSpecs:<br \/>\nYarn: Fleece Artist Merino Sock, I have no idea what colour. (The label just has a handwritten &#8220;736&#8221; on it.)<br \/>\nPattern: Standard Stockinette Sock, with &#8220;Little Shell Insertion&#8221; panel from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Knitting-Stitches-Year-Perpetual-Calendar\/dp\/1564774325\/sr=8-1\/qid=1160479373\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/104-1332403-6963155?ie=UTF8\">&#8220;365 Knitting Stitches a Year&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nThis was the first time I&#8217;ve used Fleece Artist sock yarn, and I love it. It&#8217;s a little thicker than a standard sock yarn, but it&#8217;s deliciously soft and squishy.<br \/>\nI also finished the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pieknits.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/new_pattern_grape_hyacinth_lac.html\">Grape Hyacinth<\/a> scarf.  I soaked it to block it, and this is what happened.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0618.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0618.html','popup','width=898,height=676,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_0618-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"316\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s from one lonely ball of SWTC Karaoke. And it was variegated yellow, green, pink and purple. The water was dark, dark purple. I&#8217;d hate to see what would happen if you made an entire garment out of it!<br \/>\nPics of the finished scarf next time.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s school holidays here. Does that seem to come around far too often, or is it just me? Due to that, and the sewing, and the fact that the Real Estate have sprung a surprise inspection for this weekend, I haven&#8217;t had any time or concentration for Spring Blossoms. I will get back to it soon, I hope.<br \/>\nNow, though?<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0641.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_0641.html','popup','width=900,height=695,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_0641-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"324\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nSocktoberfest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished my Fleece Artist socks! Why do I not knit socks in winter? It&#8217;s too warm now for hand knit socks! Twinkie gave them the rub test. They passed! Specs: Yarn: Fleece Artist Merino Sock, I have no idea what colour. (The label just has a handwritten &#8220;736&#8221; on it.) Pattern: Standard Stockinette Sock, [&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-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590","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=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}