{"id":887,"date":"2009-01-18T18:39:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T08:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=887"},"modified":"2009-01-18T18:39:18","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T08:39:18","slug":"flying-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Flying start"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the year is off to a flying start if I plan to finish a pair of socks a month again.
\nThe January socks are done. We took them on an outing to the Art Gallery today, to see the Monet exhibition<\/a>. (Very nice, but too crowded – the Degas exhibition<\/a> is better)
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\nSuper easy, super plain, super quick!
\nSpecs:
\nYarn: Opal Rainforest 6ply in Chameleon
\nPattern: Wendy’s Sport Weight toe-Up socks with Gusset Heel<\/a>
\nNeedles: Knitpicks Harmony DPNS in 2.75mm
\nI really shouldn’t leave posting for a week, because then I have too much to post. It’s been hot again, and we’ve avoided the heat by going to the movies and to the beach, but it hasn’t been all laziness.
\nIt’s that time of the year, where I realise that Em has grown (again!), and some of her dance costumes just aren’t going to make it through the year. This time I had to face the truth and admit that there was no way I could squeeze her into her tutu for another year. It actually should have been replaced a year ago, but it’s a job I detest. Hate, hate, hate. But I sucked it up and I’ve been working on it.
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\nIt will look better by the time it’s finished. I hope. There’s 7 metres of bloody tulle in that thing. I’m hoping that this is the last time I ever have to make a tutu. And I’ve told Emily that if she has a daughter who dances, she’d better start saving now so that she can pay someone else to make the stupid tutus.
\nI haven’t been able to totally abandon Autumn Rose, it demands my attention. I can hear it whispering to me from the knitting bag.
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\nAnd it’s coming along very nicely! I’m actually really enjoying it, although I still think that Fair Isle will never be my first love. I have some MadelineTosh Silk Lace weight here that’s also whispering to me. I’ve ignored it successfully so far, but I’m not sure how long that can last.
\nIn non knitting news, my in-laws just had a trip to Oman over Christmas and New Year, and look at what my mother in law picked up for me.
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\nIt’s the cutest little hand painted thimble. For herself, she picked up food poisoning that landed her in hospital. I think I got the better deal!
\nAnd Twinkie has been sadly under publicised lately. The main reason is because she spends the hot days curled around the pedestal in the toilet, and that doesn’t provide the best photo opportunities. However, she did come out to supervise the house for a little while.
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\nAnd Squeak has taught himself something clever. Emily’s bedroom door handle needs oiling, and it has a very annoying squeak when it’s turned. Squeak has learned to copy that noise. I’m sure he thought it was most amusing the other night when I kept coming out to see why Emily was coming in and out of her door. Which she wasn’t. But every time I turned my back again, I heard the noise.
\nIt’s not quite so amusing at 6am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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