{"id":502,"date":"2006-07-02T23:58:47","date_gmt":"2006-07-03T03:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=502"},"modified":"2006-07-02T23:58:47","modified_gmt":"2006-07-03T03:58:47","slug":"england-and-the-us-may-be-out-of-the-world-cup-but-not-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"england and the u.s. may be out of the world cup, but not me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/images\/knit\/kwc final button.jpg\" alt=\"kwc logo\" align=right hspace=3 \/><\/p>\n<p>As some of you may know, I joined the <a href=\"http:\/\/yarn-monkey.blogspot.com\/\">Yarn Monkey&#8217;s<\/a> Knitting World Cup last month and decided to make my first <a href=\"http:\/\/interweave.com\/images\/imagesknit\/img_knit_backissue\/toc_spr06\/waterlilytop.jpg\">tank top<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While I make no promises that the darn thing will actually fit once I&#8217;m done (I may have to rely on the idea that cotton stretches out over time or maybe I&#8217;ll have to lose weight &#8212; is there such a thing as a knitter&#8217;s diet?), I have made good progress. With a week left, I have finished the bottom of the tank and the bodice shaping and am about to move onto the necklines and straps. I also will have to shift the bottom stitches back onto the original needles and bind them off in a fancy, frilly way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/images\/knit\/kwc1.jpg\" alt=\"kwc progress to date\" align=center \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the progress at the end of last night. The yellow yarn at the bottom is holding those live stitches in need of binding off, although it is pretty on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As some of you may know, I joined the Yarn Monkey&#8217;s Knitting World Cup last month and decided to make my first tank top. 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