{"id":1802,"date":"2014-01-06T19:46:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T00:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2014-01-08T09:05:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T14:05:55","slug":"episode-188-blunt-needles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/episode-188-blunt-needles\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 188 &#8211; Blunt Needles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYOZ9lMA.x?p=1\" height=\"433\" width=\"720\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-1f372bb9-721a-48be-d150-1c356b4da8a8\">Episode 188<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura is knitting on some plain afterthought heel socks out of<a href=\"http:\/\/knitterlythings.com\/shop\/\"> Vesper<\/a>114 in the Gemstone colorway on size 1 (2.25) needles. \u00a0She is also knitting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/walking-in-memphis\">Walking in Memphis<\/a> hat on size 8 needles out of hanspun (Highland Handmades).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leslie is knitting on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/viajante\">Viajante<\/a> by Martina Behm out of handspun from LynnZimm.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura has finished a pair of socks using the Fish Lips Kiss heel. \u00a0They were knit on size 1 needles (2 circs, Karbonz) and used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/yarnvszombies\">Yarn vs. Zombies<\/a> in the Party Elephant colorway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leslie has finished the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/prairie-ridge-shawl\">Prairie Ridge Shawl by Susan B. Anderson<\/a> In <a href=\"http:\/\/infinitetwist.com\/shop\/prairie-ridge-shawl-kit-in-autumnal\">Infinite Twist in Autumnal<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura has spun 1 of 3 bobbins of ITW Superwash Merino. \u00a0She has also spindle spun some Hobbledehoy battlings. \u00a0She spun a bit of extra fiber Liz sent. \u00a0It was spun thick and thin to so off the color variation and then 3-plyed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leslie has spun 4oz of Hello Yarn Fiber in \u201cSaw Edged Teeth\u201d and got 474 yards of a 2ply. \u00a0She also plied the Beach batt into two skeins of bulky and got 202 yards.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Viewer Question from Celestya22<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I would love to hear (or even better, see) your yarn\/craft stash storage solutions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I have a dream of putting together a giant teddy bear made from squares knitted by all the wonderful people I\u2019ve met on Ravelry. If you could make a giant item made up of pieces knit by all your friends, what would you make?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Book Review:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperativepress.com\/products-page\/books\/accessories-knitting\/head-to-toe\/\"> Head to Toe by Katya Frankel<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Favorite Things:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/southern-cross-fibre\/2797066\/1-25\">Spin 365<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/completely-twisted-and-arbitrary-spinning\/2793834\/1-25#25\">Spin the Bin<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Expand Your Horizons 2014<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contest: Knitwench Bags<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contest: Green Gables Knits<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blingyourstring.com\/\">Bling Your String Bag Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ITW Dream Sequence<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Quilting<\/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#AYOZ9lMA\" \/><embed style=\"display: none;\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/a.blip.tv\/api.swf#AYOZ9lMA\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 188 Laura is knitting on some plain afterthought heel socks out of Vesper114 in the Gemstone colorway on size 1 (2.25) needles. \u00a0She is also knitting a Walking in Memphis hat on size 8 needles out of hanspun (Highland &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/episode-188-blunt-needles\/\">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-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802","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=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}