{"id":700,"date":"2007-07-25T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=700"},"modified":"2007-07-25T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T07:40:06","slug":"sleeves-part-1-of-2842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Sleeves, part 1 of 2842"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeves. I think I&#8217;ll start knitting vests.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2660.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2660.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_2660-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nAs you can see, I wimped out and went with one sleeve at a time on DPNS. I know some people think that two-on-two-circs is quicker, and maybe for them it is, but the avoidance tactics I employ mean that it would actually take me far, far longer.<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m hoping to actually wear this garment at some point!<br \/>\nBoring knitting, though, isn&#8217;t it?<br \/>\nTo brighten my knitting world, I bought yarn. Debbie Bliss Cathay, to be precise.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2658.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2658.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_2658-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThis is intended for <a href=\"http:\/\/chicknits.com\/infopdf.shtml\">ChicKnits Nicole<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_2665.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2665.jpg\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nLook at that! It&#8217;s sleeveless! I think I also chose this in the vain hope that warm weather will, one day, return.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m nearing the end of the second Shetland Shawl border, and I&#8217;ve come to what some would consider an unsurprising realisation. I need to graft 183 stitches.<br \/>\nI detest grafting in all shapes and forms.<br \/>\nWorse than that, it&#8217;s garter stitch grafting.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve never grafted garter stitch in my life. For that matter, I still need to use a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knittingatnoon.com\/kitchenerst.html\">video<\/a> to Kitchener my toes. Yes, even after a billion socks.<br \/>\nAny volunteers?<br \/>\nAnd finally, I downloaded the pictures off my mobile phone. What happens when you cross a 14 year old and a mobile phone with a camera?<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image002a.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/Image002a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image007.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/Image007.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/Image009.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image010a.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/Image010a.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image013.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/Image013.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s only a small selection!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeves. I think I&#8217;ll start knitting vests. As you can see, I wimped out and went with one sleeve at a time on DPNS. I know some people think that two-on-two-circs is quicker, and maybe for them it is, but the avoidance tactics I employ mean that it would actually take me far, far longer. 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