{"id":859,"date":"2008-10-23T21:10:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=859"},"modified":"2008-10-23T21:10:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T11:10:07","slug":"my-favourite-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"My favourite knit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellsknits.blogspot.com\/\">Bells<\/a> posted today about her favourite knit, and it seems as good a topic as any other! So I had a look through my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/RandomKnits\">Ravelry projects page<\/a>, and pondered. My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/RandomKnits\/shetland-lace-shawl\">Shetland Shawl<\/a> is on the list, because it felt like such an achievement when it was finished. I&#8217;m certainly proud of it.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130208%20003a.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/130208%20003a.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\/130208%20003a-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nOut of the garments I&#8217;ve knit, The one I&#8217;m happiest with is probably <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/RandomKnits\/buttercup\">Buttercup<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/020308%20011a.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/020308%20011a.html','popup','width=950,height=708,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\/020308%20011a-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nAnd now that the weather is warming up again, I&#8217;m hoping to get a lot more wear out of it.<br \/>\nBut my absolute favourite, purely for sentimental reasons, would have to be my<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/RandomKnits\/fern-garden-stole\"> Fern Garden Shawl<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2094a.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_2094a.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_2094a-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nPerhaps more commonly known as my Wedding Shawl.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/113a.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/113a.html','popup','width=567,height=850,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\/113a-thumb.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"420\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI finished it 10 months before the wedding, and had to keep the fact that it was my Wedding Shawl quiet, as there were not very many people who knew there was even a wedding on the horizon. As soon as I saw the pattern, I knew it was the one I wanted, and it&#8217;s made from my favourite yarn, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yarnsonline.com.au\/category72_1.htm\">Jaggerspun Zephyr<\/a> in white. I took this shawl along, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/RandomKnits\/hanging-garden-stole\">Emily&#8217;s<\/a> (which was only half knit at the time) when I went fabric shopping for the dresses. Yes, I matched the fabric to the yarn rather than the other way around!<br \/>\nSo that&#8217;s my favourite knit!<br \/>\nIn Daily Twinkie news, this is what happens as the night wears on. She starts off under the table, and as it gets later, and she starts getting ready for bed, she comes out further and further, until David gets her dinner for her.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/191008%20010.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/191008%20010.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\/191008%20010-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nSubtlety is not one of her strong points!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bells posted today about her favourite knit, and it seems as good a topic as any other! So I had a look through my Ravelry projects page, and pondered. My Shetland Shawl is on the list, because it felt like such an achievement when it was finished. I&#8217;m certainly proud of it. 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