{"id":72,"date":"2008-09-29T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=72"},"modified":"2008-09-29T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T14:58:00","slug":"back-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":">Back to Work&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt4xcNP6I\/AAAAAAAAAas\/s1rbnNYvvDU\/s1600-h\/icelandic_lace_shawl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt4xcNP6I\/AAAAAAAAAas\/s1rbnNYvvDU\/s200\/icelandic_lace_shawl.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251458725114101666\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt5ndYE9I\/AAAAAAAAAbE\/KKFkSFwvdDc\/s1600-h\/shawl+knitting+9.08+003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt5ndYE9I\/AAAAAAAAAbE\/KKFkSFwvdDc\/s200\/shawl+knitting+9.08+003.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251458739614520274\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Here are a couple of things I do when I procrastinate from weaving.  This shawl is wonderfully relaxing to knit.  Yesterday I spent the entire day knitting this while sitting on my front porch listening to the rain and watching it fall, and smelling the last of warm summer weather.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt48H8N7I\/AAAAAAAAAa0\/wkEXAHAjte8\/s1600-h\/4.14.08+022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt48H8N7I\/AAAAAAAAAa0\/wkEXAHAjte8\/s200\/4.14.08+022.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251458727981889458\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt5FyVz5I\/AAAAAAAAAa8\/vMiY9YFjtJE\/s1600-h\/4.14.08+033.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt5FyVz5I\/AAAAAAAAAa8\/vMiY9YFjtJE\/s200\/4.14.08+033.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251458730575646610\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt5xrEvVI\/AAAAAAAAAbM\/K3G8YRBwk6M\/s1600-h\/shawl+knitting+9.08+002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SODt5xrEvVI\/AAAAAAAAAbM\/K3G8YRBwk6M\/s200\/shawl+knitting+9.08+002.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251458742356327762\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>And this project should start progressing again, now that I&#8217;ve dyed some more silk with which to knit the border of the shawl.  The body of the shawl is knit from my handspun which was hand painted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesilkworker.com\/id53.html\">Silk Worker<\/a>.  I knew there would not be enough for the whole shawl, but figured I&#8217;d cross that bridge when I got there.  The pattern is Swallowtail by Evelyn Clark, published in IWKnits.  It&#8217;s a super simple, but very beautiful design, so it&#8217;s become my favorite for shawls that will be given away.  A friend of mine with excellent color sense recommended I try lavender for the border of the shawl.  I&#8217;m not sure my attempt at logwood will fill the bill, but if I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s compatible after spinning I&#8217;ll just over dye with either more logwood, or perhaps cocchineal or indigo&#8230;or both.  I left plenty of undyed white space in this bit of top so that the lavender would be pale when spun.  I have a feeling it will be too pale!<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I need to write up some notes and do some graph paper work on my version of the Cardigan for Arwen (IWKnits, winter 2006) which I&#8217;m knitting up in Katia Scotch Tweed.  I knitted the back and one of the front\/sleeve sections which forced me to make all the design decisions.  Now there&#8217;s just that last front\/sleeve to knit and no reason to do so!&#8230;.except that maybe I&#8217;d like to wear it someday?&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>>Here are a couple of things I do when I procrastinate from weaving. This shawl is wonderfully relaxing to knit. Yesterday I spent the entire day knitting this while sitting on my front porch listening to the rain and watching &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=72\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}