{"id":914,"date":"2009-04-23T21:03:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=914"},"modified":"2009-04-23T21:03:23","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:03:23","slug":"time-for-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Time for camp!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got yummy mail this morning!<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20005.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20005.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\/230409%20005-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s my consolation sock kit from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theloopyewe.com\/\">The Loopy Ewe<\/a>. I missed out on the sock club again this year, so I got to order the consolation prize, which you see above &#8211; a skein of Handmaiden Casbah, a pattern by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyknits.net\/\">Wendy<\/a>, a cute project bag, and a pen. Very nice!<br \/>\nI drooled over it all for a little while, before I turned my attention to more pressing matters. Knit Camp starts tomorrow, and I need to decide what knitting to take with me. I got more mail yesterday, a gorgeous shade of red Cascade 220, from <a href=\"http:\/\/yarnsonline.com.au\/\">Yarns Online<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20013.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20013.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\/230409%20013-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nEmily has asked for a lacy red beret, and who am I to deny her? I&#8217;m going to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knittherapy.ca\/v\/patterns\/baronessberet.pdf\">Baroness Beret<\/a> pattern by <a href=\"http:\/\/needknittherapy.blogspot.com\/\">Susan Power<\/a>. I think this definitely needs to go into the Camp knitting bag.<br \/>\nOther options are Aeolian.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20011.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20011.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\/230409%20011-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nI&#8217;m up to the start of the edging now, which means that for the next 25 rows or so there are very few beads and no nupps. However, I do think this might be a bit too intensive for camp. Especially as there will be alcohol involved.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m going to finish my <a href=\"http:\/\/cookiea.com\/patterns\/marilinda.html\">Marilinda<\/a> socks in April, seeing as I&#8217;m only halfway through the first sock.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20009.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20009.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\/230409%20009-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nThe pattern is pretty complex, but I should be able to manage it, I think. Maybe in the mornings.<br \/>\nFor the more demanding evenings, I&#8217;m going to take my Pink Hoodie.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20008.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/230409%20008.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\/230409%20008-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s pretty basic, apart from the cable down the side, which in itself is pretty easy.<br \/>\nIf I get desperate, Daisy Designs will have yarn on hand so I can start something else!<br \/>\nTwinkie had an adventure today. We keep her hay in a plastic tub outside, which has become a little the worse for wear, and now has a gaping hole in the side.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/twink%20hay%20box.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/twink%20hay%20box.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\/twink%20hay%20box-thumb.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nShe found the hole!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got yummy mail this morning! It&#8217;s my consolation sock kit from The Loopy Ewe. I missed out on the sock club again this year, so I got to order the consolation prize, which you see above &#8211; a skein of Handmaiden Casbah, a pattern by Wendy, a cute project bag, and a pen. Very [&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-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","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=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}