{"id":982,"date":"2008-04-16T02:22:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T07:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=982"},"modified":"2008-04-16T02:22:16","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T07:22:16","slug":"whats-not-on-my-needles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=982","title":{"rendered":"what&#8217;s not on my needles&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you were wondering, my Christmas knitting is done. (I hope.)<\/p>\n<p>I reknit Gramma&#8217;s beret while up in Connecticut and left it blocking on a plate in the kitchen. I hope it fits better than it did the first time, when it was simultaneously too big and too small. (I know!) Since I was fighting the clock (and the cabbie who was waiting patiently in the driveway for five minutes unbeknownst to us), I didn&#8217;t put the cute little stem on and I didn&#8217;t snap pictures. Hopefully when Mum gets home, she will a) report back as to whether it actually fit and b) snap a picture for me (particularly if it fits this time around).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2417556281\/\" title=\"Gramma's Beret, Take One by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2322\/2417556281_718c2363e4_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Gramma's Beret, Take One\" align=left hspace=5 vspace=5 \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2418372790\/\" title=\"Casualty by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3240\/2418372790_c130bf3069_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" hspace=5 vspace=5 alt=\"Casualty\" align=right \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These pictures are from the first time I knit the hat. As you can see, we suffered a sad loss during the knitting process. Luckily, I learned from the mistake and used a metal size US0 to help me with the K3togs this time. It slowed down my progress, but all my needles are still intact.<\/p>\n<p>Also done are Mum&#8217;s Monkeys:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2417542127\/\" title=\"Mum's Monkeys by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2089\/2417542127_09c25ee1d6.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Mum's Monkeys\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I believe that it&#8217;s Posh Yarn Saskia in Serendipity (a cotton\/silk\/cashmere blend), although the eBay seller I bought it from listed it as Lucia in Highland. A bit splitty, which is no surprise with cotton-based yarn, but otherwise quite nice. It had a particularly nice hand, and the colorway worked well in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/issuewinter06\/PATTmonkey.html\">Monkey<\/a> pattern.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2417541693\/\" title=\"Design Detail by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2160\/2417541693_c48c74a309_m.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Design Detail\" align=left \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2417541353\/\" title=\"Heel Closeup by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2339\/2417541353_765f406deb_m.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Heel Closeup\" align=right \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you were wondering, my Christmas knitting is done. (I hope.) 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