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I haven’t had much to blog about lately, but I did finish a couple of projects. One is a gift I can’t post here, just in case the intended recipient happens upon my blog, but it’s a little pin cushion for an exchange with an online group of quilters. \ud83d\ude42 The other is also a gift, but it’s for someone who doesn’t have a computer, so I’m pretty sure she won’t see this before Christmas. \ud83d\ude09 <\/div>\n

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I found some scrumptious alpaca yarn \u2014 actually, a blend of 50% alpaca, 30% merino, and 20% bamboo \u2014 that’s so soft it’s almost like a cloud! I knitted it up on some very large needles to get a more open, lacy effect, and I think it turned out rather well for someone with very little experience like me. Unfortunately, I had no ideal place to photograph it, but I’ll show you what I did manage to get. This first photo gives a better idea of the color, which is mostly off-white but with some interesting additions of tans, browns and even a bit of grey-blue.<\/div>\n

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This one will let you see that the shawl is big enough to wrap up in rather well, as I’ve spread it over the back of our loveseat. Since the leather on the loveseat is brown, the shawl’s color doesn’t come through as well here.<\/div>\n
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This was a fairly easy shawl to do; it was a free pattern (Opal) from Ravelry<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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One is a gift I can’t post here, just in case the intended recipient happens upon my blog, but it’s a little pin cushion for an exchange with an online group of quilters. \ud83d\ude42 The other is also a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":704,"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":[300],"tags":[7],"class_list":{"0":"post-1427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-knitting","8":"tag-knitting","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Opal-Shawl-1.jpg?fit=617%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5yzuO-shawl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1422,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/knitting-progress\/","url_meta":{"origin":1427,"position":0},"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. 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