{"id":269,"date":"2009-12-31T20:17:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T01:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2009-12-31T20:17:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T01:17:34","slug":"so-i-fell-off-the-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/so-i-fell-off-the-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"So I fell off the wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had all these hopes of posting every day, and what happened?\u00a0 What always happens?\u00a0 Life gets in the way.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, holiday knitting.\u00a0 My list was a little shorter this year, or at least it started out that way.\u00a0 I ended up with a quite a few items made, but most of them small things.\u00a0 My favorite knitted item was Laura&#8217;s gift this year, which were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/jack-sparrows-favorite-socks\">Jack Sparrow&#8217;s Favorite Socks<\/a>, made in Wollmeise Rittersporn &amp; Digitessa.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get super great photos of them, but here&#8217;s one:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Lauras Socks\" src=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/gallery\/index.php?displaypic=Leslie%2FNew%2FXmas%2009%20Knitted%20things%20012.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laura &amp; Michael exchanged gifts, and oh how well they know each other.\u00a0 Laura knitted Michael&#8217;s vodka\u00a0 a scarf &amp; hat (to match the one I made him for xmas), and Michael bought some Crystal Head vodka, removed the vodka, and filled it with Patron Silver, then dressed it up as a pirate.\u00a0 I maintain that were I to die in a horrible accident, they&#8217;d end up together in the end.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Gifts\" src=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/gallery\/index.php?displaypic=Leslie%2FNew%2F006.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also spent some time with my family, which is a rare thing, trust me, and relented into having a photo taken of my with my thin, lovely sister, Nicki.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Nicki &amp; I\" src=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/gallery\/index.php?displaypic=Leslie%2FNew%2FNicki%20%26%20I.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, I now have proof that my son &amp; one of my very closest friends own the same pajamas.\u00a0 Review:<\/p>\n<p>My son, on a crappy webcam photo (sorry)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Kobe\" src=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/gallery\/index.php?displaypic=Leslie%2FNew%2FPicture%2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And my dear friend Jackie:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Jackie=awesomeness\" src=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/gallery\/index.php?displaypic=Leslie%2FNew%2F2009-11-06%2018.37.58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of stuff has been going on, and hopefully I won&#8217;t be a slacker and I&#8217;ll actually post about it.\u00a0 In the meantime, check out my swatch for the Argyle Vest I&#8217;m going to cast on for tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Vest Swatch\" src=\"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/gallery\/index.php?displaypic=Leslie%2FNew%2FXmas%2009%20Knitted%20things%20025.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had all these hopes of posting every day, and what happened?\u00a0 What always happens?\u00a0 Life gets in the way. 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