{"id":2048,"date":"2015-03-30T19:33:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2015-03-30T19:33:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:33:43","slug":"episode-247-queen-of-bartering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/episode-247-queen-of-bartering\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 247 &#8211; Queen of Bartering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYO2sAoA.x?p=1\" width=\"720\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Episode 247<\/p>\n<p>Laura is knitting on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/2-colour-beanie\"> 2 color Beanie<\/a> out of Cleckheaton Australian Superfine Merino.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/jackaroo\"> \u00a0Jackaroo<\/a> is in the seaming stage (just side seams and pockets to go) and then button bands and collar will be knit. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/LaLa\/rock-steady-solid-socks-mystery-sock\">Rock Steady <\/a>is also in progress. \u00a0Second sock is on the foot. \u00a0The yarn being used is Hazel Knits. \u00a0Laura has also worked on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/LaLa\/algiers\">Kirsten Kapur mystery shawl from 2014 (algiers). <\/a>\u00a0It is out of WM in the Elfe colorway. \u00a0Laura has also cast on a basic toe up sock in the \u201cCome What May\u201d colorway from Knitcircus yarns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leslie is knitting on her<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/bridgewater\"> Bridgewater<\/a> out of Madelinetosh lace in the Silver Fox colorway. She is also working on a pair of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/vanilla-bean-striped-socks\"> Vanilla Bean<\/a> socks out of Fishknits strong heart base in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/transaction\/260473983?\">After the Storm<\/a>\u201d colorway. \u00a0She also started a pair of Spring Showers as a barter for long arm quilting one of her quilts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laura has finished the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/irene-adler\"> Irene Adler<\/a> shawl by Kirsten Kapur out of WM lace in a we\u2019re different colorway. \u00a0It was knit on size 6 needles and modifications included added around 200 silver beads.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Question from Knittyvankat, \u201cI was wondering, and this might be silly, but when you swatch for a sweater or a large project that needs swatching, do you use the needles you intend to use on the project or do you use DPNs or straights? Would it matter if you used different needles than the intended?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What we are reading:<\/p>\n<p>Leslie finished <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00AYJJF4O\/?tag=thek04e-20\">The Change<\/a> by Teyla Brandton and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005GHN2GG\/?tag=thek04e-20\">Master of Crows<\/a> by Grace Draven. \u00a0She is now alternating between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Sci-Fi-Fantasy\/Cursors-Fury-Audiobook\/B002V0TG16\">Cursor&#8217;s Fury<\/a> (3rd in the series) and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Self-Development\/The-Art-of-Asking-Audiobook\/B00OQT8AG2\"> The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer<\/a> for audiobooks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laura has read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Favorite Things<\/p>\n<p>Your faces!<\/p>\n<p>Drawing for Elegant Economy Pattern Collection<\/p>\n<p>Doorprizes for SSK<\/p>\n<p>Stash Dash<\/p>\n<p>SSK KAL #2<\/p>\n<p>Three Waters Farm Scholarship<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><embed style=\"display: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/a.blip.tv\/api.swf#AYO2sAoA\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><\/embed><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Episode 247 Laura is knitting on 2 color Beanie out of Cleckheaton Australian Superfine Merino. \u00a0Jackaroo is in the seaming stage (just side seams and pockets to go) and then button bands and collar will be knit. \u00a0Rock Steady &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/episode-247-queen-of-bartering\/\">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-2048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}