{"id":646,"date":"2007-03-21T22:17:22","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=646"},"modified":"2007-03-21T22:17:22","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T12:17:22","slug":"646","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, I love putting pictures of my finished projects up here, you guys are far more responsive than anyone who sees these things in my real life. Excepting Ailsa who saw it last week, and my wonderful SnB group, who will see it next week.
\nKnitters. Most of them are the best people I know.
\nSo while I was having David take pictures of the shawl on Sunday, I got him to take a picture of the Jo Sharp cardi, too.
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\nI have cut off my head as a Publoc safety measure. I had a migraine, and it wasnt pretty.
\nI love<\/em> this cardi! I do wish it was a little smaller, though. Jacqui<\/a> is planning to make it, and she did some calculations, and believes there’s a problem with the pattern. She’s contacted Jo Sharp, and they agree that the maths is off, so beware if you plan to make it too. You might want to do the maths and make appropriate adjustments.
\nI’m not so put off that I want to frog it and remake it though!
\nIt was a little cool here on Sunday, and Em was performing at the local club, where they always have the airconditioning up too high, so I wore it, and I love it. It’s soft, and warm and comfortable like something you’ve had for years.
\nI’ve half contemplated making one in black.
\nAnother finished project to show, too!!
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\nDo you think she likes it?
\nThis was a fun knit! It’s the Ladybug headband from the Spring 2007 Knitscene, knit in Zara<\/a>. I had an almost complete ball, and it took most of that. I’d say probably three quarters of a ball in total. It only took a couple of hours, and I used up leftovers, so it’s all good.
\nA few people have asked what I have planned next.
\nI’m undecided right now. The next big project will probably be either a sweater for me, the “Heere Be Dragone” shawl, or the Shetland Shawl from A Gathering of Lace.
\nBefore I start any of those things though, our SnB group is having an exhibition in mid-April<\/a>. I have a few things that need to be done for that, so I’ll get them out of the way first.
\nOne of the things I’m working on is a Tea Set<\/a>.
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\nI’m knitting it in Bendigo 8ply (DK) cotton, which is a lighter yarn than recommended, but it’ll do just fine, I don’t think gauge is a huge issue here. It is knit tighter than usual to give it a little stiffness, but these need to be starched, because they are still far too floppy. That is a sugar bowl and lid, and the pitcher, with a half done lid. I have yet to knit the teacups, the saucers and the milk jug. It’s very cute, but I’m not the biggest fan of knitting with cotton. I have afew other things planned for the exhibition, but I’ll have to see how I go for time – the exhibition is less than four weeks away.
\nAll sydneysiders, you are more than welcome to come to the exhibition, in fact we’d love to see you. The Courthouse is right across the road from the beach, so bring the family, have a picnic lunch, make a day of it.
\nFinally, we had a very pretty visitor today.
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\nHe was the prettiest little bird! He’s a Red-rumped parrot<\/a>. He almost blended into the grass until he turned around, and we got a glimpse of the glorious red patch on his back.
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\nI could have sat and watched him all afternoon. I think we need a new pet bird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow, I love putting pictures of my finished projects up here, you guys are far more responsive than anyone who sees these things in my real life. Excepting Ailsa who saw it last week, and my wonderful SnB group, who will see it next week. Knitters. Most of them are the best people I know. […]<\/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-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","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=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}