{"id":603,"date":"2006-11-16T19:51:23","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T09:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=603"},"modified":"2006-11-16T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T09:51:23","slug":"603","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=603","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a slack blogger, aren&#8217;t I?<br \/>\nI was feeling better, then I felt like crap again. Australia&#8217;s weather has gone insane, and no-one knows wtf is going on. It&#8217;s mid-November. That means we&#8217;re heading into Summer. We should be having weather in the mid 20&#8217;s, nice and sunny.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/national\/blizzards-and-bushfires-as-the-weather-turns-flaky\/2006\/11\/16\/1163266639909.html\">snowing in the mountains!<\/a> It&#8217;s cold. Well, it was this morning. Then it got warm this afternoon. Now it&#8217;s cold again. I&#8217;m in my winter pj&#8217;s, with woolen socks and my frickin&#8217; dressing gown on. No wonder we&#8217;ve all been sick.<br \/>\nSnow. In Australia, in November.<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m really overdue for knitting updates, aren&#8217;t I? Not that there&#8217;s been a lot of knitting going on, but I&#8217;ll update all the same.<br \/>\nSpring Blossoms. The purple blob.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1025.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1025.html','popup','width=950,height=713,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_1025-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s still a purple blob, but it&#8217;s a bigger blob. Nearly finished the seventh repeat. Each row is currently taking 45 minutes or so.<br \/>\nMy art director was on hand to help out with the pictures today.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1027.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1027.html','popup','width=950,height=713,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_1027-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nSo I asked her to help with the ZigZag socks.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1030.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1030.html','popup','width=950,height=740,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_1030-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"327\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nNearly done! Here&#8217;s a better view of socks number 2.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1031.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1031.html','popup','width=569,height=850,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_1031-thumb.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"463\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nOnly the toe to go! The pattern seems to be correct, so I&#8217;ll put it up when I&#8217;m done.<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s as much knitting as I&#8217;ve managed.<br \/>\nYarn buying? Yes, I&#8217;ve managed some of that!<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1032.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1032.html','popup','width=950,height=748,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_1032-thumb.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"330\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/josharp.com.au\/Yarn\/SRDKT.html\">Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed<\/a> in &#8220;Fleece&#8221;. Bought from eBay at a bargain price to make this.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_08391.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_08391.html','popup','width=615,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\/100_0839-thumb.jpg\" width=\"307\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s one more project in the stash anyway? The cardi is from the new Jo Sharp &#8220;Knit&#8221; magazine. Speasking of which, remember the Rowan All Seasons Cotton I bought recently to make the lace paneled sweater from the same magazine?<br \/>\nI bought a bag of the yarn from eBay, 10 balls. The yardage was just a <em>tad<\/em> short though. So, to be on the safe side, I ordered two single balls from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishyarns.co.uk\/\">English Yarns.<\/a> I figured that I could alternate those balls with the balls I ordered from eBay on the back of the sweater, and it would be fine.<br \/>\nLuck was on my side.<br \/>\nThe yarn from eBay.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_1036.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1036.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nSorry for the crappy lack of focus.<br \/>\nThe yarn from English Yarns.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_1034.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_1034.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nI hadn&#8217;t even dared to hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a slack blogger, aren&#8217;t I? I was feeling better, then I felt like crap again. Australia&#8217;s weather has gone insane, and no-one knows wtf is going on. It&#8217;s mid-November. That means we&#8217;re heading into Summer. We should be having weather in the mid 20&#8217;s, nice and sunny. It&#8217;s snowing in the mountains! It&#8217;s cold. 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