{"id":1394,"date":"2012-06-03T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/03\/a-couple-of-updates-part-1-knitting\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:29:22","slug":"a-couple-of-updates-part-1-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/03\/a-couple-of-updates-part-1-knitting\/","title":{"rendered":"A couple of updates \u2014 part 1: knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_0148.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_0148-300x224.jpg?resize=320%2C239\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve been working on a couple of things, so I&#8217;m going to split them up into separate posts to keep things easier. \ud83d\ude09 First of all, I&#8217;m still playing around with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftsy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Craftsy<\/a> class on knitting lace sweaters. I really like knitting lace! This is another cardigan; it was supposed to be red, but the yarn that arrived turned out to be wine-colored instead. That&#8217;s okay; I&#8217;d have preferred red, but I like this shade, too.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_0149.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_0149-290x300.jpg?resize=309%2C320\" width=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">As you can see, I haven&#8217;t really done a whole lot on this one yet, but I do have the yoke finished. It&#8217;s difficult to see the lacy effect in the above photo, so here&#8217;s a closer shot. The next step is to knit the body; then I&#8217;ll go back and do the sleeves.&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working on a couple of things, so I&#8217;m going to split them up into separate posts to keep things easier. \ud83d\ude09 First of all, I&#8217;m still playing around with a Craftsy class on knitting lace sweaters. I really like knitting lace! This is another cardigan; it was supposed to be red, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[302],"tags":[7],"class_list":{"0":"post-1394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-garments","8":"tag-knitting","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_0148.jpg?fit=640%2C478&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-mu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1386,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/07\/23\/another-cardigan\/","url_meta":{"origin":1394,"position":0},"title":"Another cardigan","author":"Sandy","date":"July 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I've mentioned before that I've taken a couple of knitting classes from Craftsy, and I've just finished another one. This one is called The Perfect Fit Seamless Crazy Lace Cardigan. LOL! That's a real mouthful, isn't it? 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The shawl I made from this pattern was finished, including the blocking, today! :) This one is a good deal larger than the first one was,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lace&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lace","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/knitting\/lace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Clarus.jpg?fit=640%2C346&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Clarus.jpg?fit=640%2C346&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Clarus.jpg?fit=640%2C346&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1422,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/knitting-progress\/","url_meta":{"origin":1394,"position":2},"title":"Knitting progress","author":"Sandy","date":"December 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Blocked and drying!I mentioned previously that I was taking up knitting again after many years. My first efforts yielded a gift to be given at Christmas, but my next project didn't go as well. Hmmm. Unknitting, anyone? However, during my trip to the Houston Quilt Festival, I ran across a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lace&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lace","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/knitting\/lace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/photo-copy-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C765&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/photo-copy-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C765&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/photo-copy-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C765&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/photo-copy-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C765&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2399,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/22\/fiori-di-cuore\/","url_meta":{"origin":1394,"position":3},"title":"Fiori di Cuore","author":"Sandy","date":"October 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What's Fiori di Cuore, you ask? I don't know what it actually\u00a0means, but it's the name of a sweater pattern that I began making last fall and finally finished this week. LOL! Actually, fiori are flowers, and cuore is a heart -- but does someone out there know what they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Garments&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Garments","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/knitting\/garments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_0908","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0908-246x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2798,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/blocking\/","url_meta":{"origin":1394,"position":4},"title":"Blocking","author":"Sandy","date":"September 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been working on knitting a new cardigan for the past few months; like my in-progress quilt, it's been a little at a time. 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