{"id":1309,"date":"2013-12-05T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/a-storm-and-a-finished-shawl\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:56:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:56:31","slug":"a-storm-and-a-finished-shawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/a-storm-and-a-finished-shawl\/","title":{"rendered":"A storm and a finished shawl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday we had enormous winds, bringing a storm from Canada to our normally-warm area. The cold wasn’t what bothered our little Bisou, though; it was the noise from the wind rattling the shutters and banging branches against windows. She’s a timid little thing, and she was just quaking in my lap \u2014 until I told her that we should probably go get her Thundershirt. That seems to have done the trick, as you can see here. \ud83d\ude09 She relaxed so much that she had a little nap in the rocking chair next to my desk!<\/p>\n

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On a different topic altogether, I have finished a small shawl\/scarf from some lovely silk yarn I picked up on a recent trip. This yarn was pre-beaded, and you may be able to see the clear beads in this photo \u2014 if you look *very* hard. LOL! It was a very simple pattern, with just yarn overs and double decreases to make the design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday we had enormous winds, bringing a storm from Canada to our normally-warm area. The cold wasn’t what bothered our little Bisou, though; it was the noise from the wind rattling the shutters and banging branches against windows. She’s a timid little thing, and she was just quaking in my lap \u2014 until I told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[22,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-1309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lace","8":"tag-bisou","9":"tag-knitting","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_0467.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-l7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2663,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/happy-birthday-bisou\/","url_meta":{"origin":1309,"position":0},"title":"Happy birthday, Bisou!","author":"Sandy","date":"July 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is Bisou's (pronounced Bee-zoo) birthday and she's\u00a0nine\u00a0now! 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