{"id":768,"date":"2008-02-13T15:39:29","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T05:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=768"},"modified":"2008-02-13T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T05:39:29","slug":"happy-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"Happy dancing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much dancing of the happy variety has been happening.
\nThe Shetland Shawl is done, done, done.
\nUnblocked.
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\nBlocking.
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\nBlocked!
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\nBlocked! Blocked! Blocked! That spells finished!
\nI also think that now that it’s blocked, the dyelot differences are not especially obvious, so I’m not sure I’m going to dye it. In some of the close up pictures you can see it, but I’ll show it to a few people and see what they think in person before I make a definite decision.
\nHere’s a better picture of the whole shawl.
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\nIt’s big, but not enormous. Finished size is a bit under 140cm (54″), which is exactly what the pattern said. Here’s some detail shots.
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\nSpecs:
\nPattern: Shetland Shawl, by Hazel Carter from A Gathering of Lace<\/a>
\nYarn: Jamieson and Smith 1ply cobweb in White<\/a>, 8 balls (200g, not the 140g recommended in the pattern!)
\nNeedles: 2.5mm Addi Lace circs.
\nTime taken: 10 months, from start to finish with a generous amount of hibernation in the middle.
\nSense of Satisfaction: Priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much dancing of the happy variety has been happening. The Shetland Shawl is done, done, done. Unblocked. Blocking. Blocked! Blocked! Blocked! Blocked! That spells finished! I also think that now that it’s blocked, the dyelot differences are not especially obvious, so I’m not sure I’m going to dye it. In some of the close up […]<\/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-768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768","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=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}