{"id":683,"date":"2007-06-13T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=683"},"modified":"2007-06-13T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T03:25:07","slug":"683","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Finished object alert!
\nActually, I finished this quite a while back, not long after I started it, and blogged about it here<\/a>. Then it sat in the knitting basket for ages, just waiting to be blocked. Then it sat on the dining table, blocked, awaiting it’s debut.
\nYes, I’m a slacker.
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\nIt’s the Jo Sharp Tweed Beret from Knit 3<\/a>.
\nSpecs: Pattern as above. Adapted to be knit in the round instead of knit flat and seamed.
\nYarn: Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed<\/a> in “Potpourri”, purchased from Ozeyarn<\/a>. Great service!
\nI’m happy with it! I haven’t actually worn it outside of these photos yet, but I will.
\nAnd another FO!
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\nA poxy picture, but I took about 50, and this one was the best. I may have exaggerated just a tiny<\/em> bit.
\nMy scarf is done, but I haven’t blocked it.
\nI’m a slacker, see above. I had the camera out, I’d just finished it, so I took the pictures.
\nThis was made from the Rooster Almerino<\/a> that I won<\/a> from Yarn Magazine<\/a>.
\nSpecs:
\nPattern: Made up on the fly. Cast on 20 sts, Knit 5 rows.
\nNext Row: Sl1, *YRN, P2tog, rep from * to last stitch, K1.
\nRep that row until you’re nearly out of yarn, Knit 5 rows.
\nYarn: 2 balls of Roster Almerino Aran in Strawberry Cream.
\nNeedles: 6mm.
\nThere is also another Finished Object, but I’m saving that for another post. And it’s not the baby cardi!
\nOn the other hand, the sock.
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\nI’d like to say that’s the start of the second sock, but it’s not.
\nIt’s shrunk.
\nI got all the way to the heel flap, and a realisation came over me. The 2mm needles I was using were too small.
\nThis is the second sock I started with this yarn, and the first ones just weren’t right. It took this long to realize that it wasn’t the pattern, it was the needles.
\nI always use 2mm needles for socks!
\nSo I ripped it out and restarted on 2.5mm needles. Much<\/em> better! And I’m pleased to announce that frogging The Knittery’s<\/a> Merino Cashmere sock yarn has no ill effects on the yarn at all, in fact, it feels even softer the third time around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finished object alert! Actually, I finished this quite a while back, not long after I started it, and blogged about it here. Then it sat in the knitting basket for ages, just waiting to be blocked. Then it sat on the dining table, blocked, awaiting it’s debut. Yes, I’m a slacker. It’s the Jo Sharp […]<\/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-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683","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=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}