{"id":1683,"date":"2013-08-13T20:07:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T01:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2013-08-14T18:59:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T23:59:02","slug":"episode-169-root-for-the-underdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/episode-169-root-for-the-underdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 169 &#8211; Root for the Underdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYOUzREA.x?p=1\" height=\"433\" width=\"720\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-31584623-7d12-b3fd-6f9f-0e84a7f8b2d3\">Laura is knitting on \u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/levenwick\">Levenwick <\/a>Sweater out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/unwindyarncompany\">Unwind Yarn Company<\/a> Worsted weight on size 5 and 6 needles. She has started a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/afterthought-heel-socks\">afterthought heel toe-up socks<\/a> on size 1 Hiya Hiya Sharps in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knittersnightmare.com\/\">Knitter\u2019s Nightmare Batty Sock<\/a> in the Welcoming Worm colorway. \u00a0She has also started a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/betwixt\">Betwixt <\/a>hat out of SMC Tweed Deluxe on size 10 needles.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leslie has cast on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/viajante\">Viajante <\/a>by Martina Behm out of handspun from Lynnzimm. \u00a0She is also working on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/josephinentuch---josephine-shawl\">Josephine <\/a>Shawl out of Noro Taiyo, and has cast on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/hermiones-everyday-socks\">Hermione\u2019s Every Day sock<\/a> out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/Gynx\">Gynx Yarns<\/a> in the Spirited Away #1 colorway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura has \u00a0finished nothing<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leslie has finished a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/hiro\">Hiro Sweater<\/a> by Julia Farwell-Clay out of Cascade 220.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura has spindle spun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/GourmetStash\">Gourmet Stash<\/a> Tribbles on her<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/TurnedOnTheCut?ref=shop_sugg\"> Turned on the Cut Spindle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leslie has started spinning an Art Batt from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/hobbledehoy\">Hobbledehoy<\/a> in the Beach colorway for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.singlehandedknits.com\/uncategorized-posts\/aloha-friday-for-miss-carol\/\">Mel\u2019s fundraiser <\/a>to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstgiving.com\/fundraiser\/RobHilton\/miles-for-marsoc#\">Rob Hilton represent the Marines and MARSOC in the Ironman World Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The battery pack Leslie references can be bought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005NGKR54\/?tag=thek04e-20\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Book Review: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/sources\/big-foot-knits\">Big Foot Knits by Andi Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Favorite Things:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stitches Midwest<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Halloween Kal<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/TheCyborgsCraftRoom\">Cyborg\u2019s Craft Room<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/FishknitsYarn\">Fishknits giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnna.org\/page\/SpinzillaHome\/?\">Spinzilla <\/a>Signups start 8\/15 at 10 am<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stash Dash<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><object style=\"display: none;\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/a.blip.tv\/api.swf#AYOUzREA\" \/><embed style=\"display: none;\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/a.blip.tv\/api.swf#AYOUzREA\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura is knitting on \u00a0the Levenwick Sweater out of Unwind Yarn Company Worsted weight on size 5 and 6 needles. She has started a pair of afterthought heel toe-up socks on size 1 Hiya Hiya Sharps in Knitter\u2019s Nightmare Batty &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/episode-169-root-for-the-underdog\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1687,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions\/1687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}