{"id":713,"date":"2007-08-28T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T11:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=713"},"modified":"2007-08-28T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T11:19:47","slug":"i-got-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=713","title":{"rendered":"I got something new!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t help myself. I&#8217;m a gadget whore, an accessories whore. And a yarn whore, but you all knew that.<br \/>\nI got a new knitting bag.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3015.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3015.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_3015-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/yarnsonline.com.au\/category59_1.htm\">Jordana Paige Bella<\/a> bag, from <a href=\"http:\/\/yarnsonline.com.au\/\">Yarns Online<\/a>. Do I like it? I <em>love<\/em> it.<br \/>\nI already have a Jordana Paige satchel, but as soon as I saw the Bella, I wanted it. I love my satchel, too, but I like this one even better. It&#8217;s nice and soft and lightweight. And I find that sometimes the satchel is bigger than I&#8217;d like. Here&#8217;s how the two compare size-wise.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3027.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3027.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_3027-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nSide by side.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3028.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3028.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_3028-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThe Bella in front of the satchel. They actually don&#8217;t look too different in this picture, do they? This one shows the difference better.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3029.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3029.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_3029-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s definitely smaller than the satchel.<br \/>\nSmaller, but not small. As soon as it arrived I tossed Fifi in there.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3022.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3022.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_3022-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nAs you can see, Fifi fits nicely, and there&#8217;s some room to spare. I doubt that you&#8217;d get in a whole sweater, sleeves and all, but you might. But if I&#8217;m working on a sweater, I&#8217;m not usually carrying the whole thing around anyway. Generally I only carry the pieces I&#8217;m working on.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s how it looks without Fifi in it.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3020.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3020.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_3020-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThe centre pocket\/divider is soft, and gives easily when you stuff your project in.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3018.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3018.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_3018-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nA better picture of the divider. You can also see the little zip pocket and credit card slots. On the other side, little gadget pockets.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3036.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3036.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_3036-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n(Apologies for the bad flash pics, I forgot to take pictures of this bit in daylight.)<br \/>\nCute, but not altogether useful for me. The scissors and needles are about the only things I&#8217;d carry in there. I guess you could add a crochet hook and DPNS. Just a note, if you use straights, you couldn&#8217;t store those in there. The bag isn&#8217;t tall enough.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3038.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3038.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_3038-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nAs you can see. Doesn&#8217;t worry me, I rarely use straights.<br \/>\nOverall, I give it a 10 out of 10.<br \/>\nFifi? <em>This<\/em> close to done. Here&#8217;s a sneak peek.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3025.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_3025.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_3025-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nUpdate on Em&#8217;s leg, as requested. It&#8217;s doing better, but she&#8217;s still on restricted dance moves. She&#8217;s got a comp this weekend, but there&#8217;s no way she&#8217;ll be able to do all her dances. If she&#8217;s doing better, maybe she&#8217;ll do some. She of course, keeps insisting she&#8217;s fine, and would dance anyway, no matter how many times she&#8217;s told she&#8217;ll only make it worse!<br \/>\nLets finish on a high note.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2998.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2998.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_2998-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nAlways makes me smile! (Well, except when she&#8217;s playing destructo bunny!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t help myself. I&#8217;m a gadget whore, an accessories whore. And a yarn whore, but you all knew that. I got a new knitting bag. A Jordana Paige Bella bag, from Yarns Online. Do I like it? I love it. I already have a Jordana Paige satchel, but as soon as I saw the [&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-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","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=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}