{"id":3413,"date":"2016-11-13T20:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2016-11-13T20:46:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:46:36","slug":"thanks-and-more-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=3413","title":{"rendered":"Thanks! and more knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

First I would like to thank Ceci, Helen, Sheryl and Janice \"\"<\/a>for the kind words.\u00a0 They truly helped carry me through a difficult day.\u00a0 Thank you for caring.\u00a0 It is so appreciated.<\/p>\n

After crying a few tears on our anniversary, I decided to remember funny times… those rare moments that have me laughing decades later.\u00a0 I also spent a few hours cooking.\u00a0 I baked a half ham slathered with dijon mustard, sweet potatoes and cooked some of the purple hull peas I had frozen from our garden.\u00a0 The meal, though eaten alone, was delicious, as were several consequential leftover dinners.\u00a0 Today for breakfast, visiting Jacob and I enjoyed grilled ham and cheese sandwiches on whole grain and there is more ham to freeze for later.\u00a0 No ham ever goes to waste in this house!<\/p>\n

I have devoted more time to knitting.\u00a0 I finished the second fingerless mitten… this one without mistakes!\u00a0 Since I plan to use them at home, I don’t mind they aren’t perfect but will serve their purpose well.\u00a0 They were knitted with Caron\u00ae Simply Soft Paints in the color Oceana. I don’t know the yarn weight for sure but it feels and knits like sport weight and the sizing was perfect using size 7 needles.\u00a0 The pattern called for either DK or \"\"<\/a>worsted weight.\u00a0 I frankly don’t know what ‘DK’ means as much has changed since I ‘understood’ knitting terms.<\/p>\n

The next thing I knitted is a snuggly cowl.\u00a0 It’s made completely with garter stitches and finished 13″ x 60″ before stitching into a loop.\u00a0 I used Lyon Brand\u00ae Homespun\u00ae bulky weight yarn and size 10 needles.\u00a0 The color of the yarn is Painted Desert.<\/p>\n

Not only do I love the soft texture and colors but I will enjoy the versatility of the garment.\u00a0 I can wear it as shown as a long cowl but because it’s so long, there is plenty to cover my head on misty, rainy or windy days.\u00a0 I can even wrap it around my neck twice for a snuggly turtle neck.\u00a0 With the width, I can completely cover my shoulders and upper back for added warmth.\u00a0 It will be useful in so many ways this winter and I know I’ll enjoy wearing it!<\/p>\n

I’m currently knitting a narrow scarf in shades of turquoise and gray worsted yarn.\u00a0 When this is done, I hope to make some lacy, feminine fingerless mittens.\u00a0 I also plan to drag out a sewing machine and make myself some flannel and fleece pajama pants and if yardage allows, some warm t-shirts too.<\/p>\n

Have a great week!!<\/p>\n

Shirl<\/p>\n

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First I would like to thank Ceci, Helen, Sheryl and Janice for the kind words.\u00a0 They truly helped carry me through a difficult day.\u00a0 Thank you for caring.\u00a0 It is so appreciated. After crying a few tears on our anniversary, I decided to remember funny times… those rare moments that have me laughing decades later.\u00a0 (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3424,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions\/3424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}