{"id":913,"date":"2009-04-15T20:13:50","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T10:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=913"},"modified":"2009-04-15T20:13:50","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T10:13:50","slug":"easter-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"Easter Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"

So this year we threw Easter tradition to the wind and spent Easter Sunday at Taronga Zoo<\/a>.
\nWe saw the Elephants.
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\nAnd the giraffes, who have some of the best real estate in Sydney.
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\nAnd the aussie natives, who all know how to spend a Sunday.
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\nBut I particularly wanted to see the new baby Pygmy Hippo, and she didn’t disappoint.
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\nHer name is Monifa, (which means “I am lucky” in Nigerian, apparently) and she was super cute.
\nAnd thank you all for the get well messages. I got my voice back and all was well. And I discovered that I have low iron, and really<\/em> low iron stores, so at least I now know there’s a reason why I feel so tired and cruddy all the time, and it can be remedied.
\nIn knitting news, Aeolian is driving me bonkers.
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\nI’m up to the “Agave” chart. And the nupps. I detest nupps. More specifically, I hate 9 stitch nupps, when I have to purl them together on the next row. I thought that row was never going to end. So I have a catch-22 going on. I love working on Aeolian, I can’t wait to work on Aeolian, I hate the nupp rows, and I don’t want to do the nupp rows.
\nTo help me with this dilemma, I started something new.
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\nI’m using a Knitting Pure and Simple<\/a> pattern to make a basic hooded tunic, in some Cleckheaton Merino Supreme I picked up at the ACS mill shop last year. The pattern is a little too plain for me, so I’m adding a cable down the sleeves and sides.
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\nThe perfect antidote to nupp frustration!
\nAnd to finish off today, we got some of Em’s new dance pictures recently, and I thought I’d share.
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\nYes, she makes my back ache, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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