{"id":2465,"date":"2016-01-06T07:40:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2016-01-06T07:40:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T15:40:17","slug":"done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/done\/","title":{"rendered":"Done!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1080\"<\/a>It’s my first finish of the year — thanks to my friend Phyl, who sort of shamed me into getting in gear. LOL! After all, the only thing left was to stitch the buttons into place, so I settled down and did it. I think it will be a cozy cardigan to wear right now while the weather is so cold and damp — relatively speaking, of course. Here in the Las Vegas area, we’re not really used to 40\u00b0F. temperatures and rain! But we need<\/strong> the water, so we’re not complaining. I must admit, though, that it feels strange not to need my sunglasses when I leave the house. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

This cardigan was my first attempt at a Custom Fit<\/a> sweater, which is a method that takes your own knitting gauge and your own measurements and adjusts the pattern to fit so much better than it otherwise might. I like the results enough that I’ll probably try another!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s my first finish of the year — thanks to my friend Phyl, who sort of shamed me into getting in gear. LOL! After all, the only thing left was to stitch the buttons into place, so I settled down and did it. 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