{"id":1603,"date":"2008-10-18T09:04:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2008-10-18T09:17:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T16:17:53","slug":"knitting-update-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1603","title":{"rendered":"Knitting Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve pretty much abanonded my knitting blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/knitnmom.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Knit+Mom=Knitnmom<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 With the advent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ravelry <\/a>(YEAH!!), there just isn&#8217;t the need for a separate blog.\u00c2\u00a0 FWIW, I still HIGHLY recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress <\/a>for anyone who wants to start a blog.<\/p>\n<p>So, I moved all my knitting posts, categories and my progress bars over here about a week ago.\u00c2\u00a0 And, from time to time you will see what I&#8217;ve been knitting!<\/p>\n<p>Right now, I&#8217;m knitting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/Knitnmom\/womens-side-to-side-cardigan-202\" target=\"_blank\">sweater <\/a>for me (sorry &#8211; I think you have to be in Ravelry to see that link).\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s knit side-to-side in a super soft gray &#8211; it reminds me of an old sweatshirt.\u00c2\u00a0 I can&#8217;t WAIT for it to be done!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve put Brett&#8217;s families Jayne hats in time out as the moths ate the yarn &#8211; boo hoo!<\/p>\n<p>I have some camo yarn that I want to make the boys new hats but I realized I need to do a Christmas Stocking for JGirl.\u00c2\u00a0 The last few years I&#8217;ve been knitting stockings for my newer nieces and nephews &#8211; keeping up the tradition my Grandma W started in our family.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;d done my own style but last year I found that someone had reprinted the patterns that my Grandma W based her stockings on.\u00c2\u00a0 As Eric &amp; I, J1 and J2 have stockings from Grandma W and J3 has a knit one with a train&#8230;.we&#8217;d like hers to match ours more.\u00c2\u00a0 So I&#8217;m going to start her stocking today but it&#8217;s a new pattern&#8230;.written in the 1940s or 50s and it&#8217;s SUPER small print.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not feeling very hopeful.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I can always go back to the pattern I&#8217;ve been using but I&#8217;d be disappointed.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ll keep you posted on my progress!\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe even get some photos taken today!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1603\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1603&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Knitting%20Update\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1603\" data-text=\"Knitting Update\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Knitting Update\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1603\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1603\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Knitting%20Update&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1603&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Now, I do what I want...when I want and I let others' opinions (mostly) roll off my back.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Knitting&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10051,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10051","url_meta":{"origin":1603,"position":1},"title":"Works in Progress Wednesday","date":"April 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not a monogamous knitter - I like different knitting projects for different moods! \u00c2\u00a0For instance, when I'm stressed - it's a sock or a dishcloth I want to knit! \u00c2\u00a0That is why I am actually sharing four works in progress today - not just one - on this first\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family Life&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/feb_lady_4102013-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":686,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=686","url_meta":{"origin":1603,"position":2},"title":"Ravelry","date":"June 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"(well, here's a switch - now I'm copying posts from my Knit Blog!) 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