{"id":1725,"date":"2012-05-30T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2012-05-30T10:45:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T10:45:44","slug":"yarn-along-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=1725","title":{"rendered":"Yarn Along"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joining in with Ginny<\/a> from Small Things<\/p>\n

I am excited to say Jairah’s Askel vest is off the needles. \u00c2\u00a0I didn’t need to block it much and it fits him beautifully. \u00c2\u00a0It worked out about a size 4 which is what I was hoping for. \u00c2\u00a0I can’t say that Askel is the best written pattern I have had to follow. \u00c2\u00a0Maybe a little was lost in translation? \u00c2\u00a0Thankfully I was able to mull through the pattern and work out what I needed to do. \u00c2\u00a0I did use 8 ply and 3.75mm and 4mm needles which was different to what the pattern called for, so made my own little changes along the way. \u00c2\u00a0The yarn I used was Moda Vera Pure wool. \u00c2\u00a0I was a little splitty, but has washed up beautifully with a lovely silky feeling. \u00c2\u00a0The stripes were done using scraps of wool I had in my stash. \u00c2\u00a0Speaking of stripes, as the vest is knitted in the round, I wanted to avoid the ‘jog’ that can occur when you change colours for knitting stripes. \u00c2\u00a0Watching this video<\/a> was a great help and so simple. \u00c2\u00a0I’m sure some of you already know the trick, but for those who don’t, it is worth watching.<\/p>\n

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I cast on my Tea Leaves cardi tonight. \u00c2\u00a0I am loving the yarn I ordered. \u00c2\u00a0It is the most beautiful ruby colour and feels lovely and soft. \u00c2\u00a0I ordered it through Bendigo Woollen Mills<\/a> and their delivery was quick. \u00c2\u00a0I love that is in made here in Victoria with Australia wool too.<\/p>\n

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As for reading. \u00c2\u00a0I just started reading a book called Keeper of the People<\/a>, by Karah Quinney. \u00c2\u00a0I can’t tell you much about it, as I have only read a few pages, but so far, so good.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to seeing what you have all been crafting and reading too. \u00c2\u00a0Jacinta x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joining in with Ginny from Small Things I am excited to say Jairah’s Askel vest is off the needles. \u00c2\u00a0I didn’t need to block it much and it fits him beautifully. \u00c2\u00a0It worked out about a size 4 which is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24,17,237],"tags":[700,706,715,716,713,712,309,714],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-craft","category-knitting","category-yarn-along-2","tag-askel-knitting-pattern","tag-askel-vest","tag-bendigo-woollen-mills","tag-bendigo-woollen-mills-luxury-10-ply","tag-hooded-vest","tag-moda-vera-wool","tag-moda-vera-yarn","tag-tea-leaves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}