{"id":209,"date":"2013-10-03T01:35:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T01:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=209"},"modified":"2013-11-11T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T16:15:39","slug":"putting-some-pressure-on-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"putting some pressure on myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-208 alignleft\" alt=\"raven mittens\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-10-01-21.18.51-300x225.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-10-01-21.18.51-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-10-01-21.18.51-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/>I promised myself last night that if I can finish the Norse Raven mittens by\u00a0saturday, I can start another project or two if I even if I\u00a0haven&#8217;t\u00a0finished anything else.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m finding I really like doing color work, specially in this style. With it&#8217;s pointy tips and checker patterns. (Sorry for the lousy phone pic.)<\/p>\n<p>I started the 2nd one\u00a0last saturday, so a mitten in a week seems doable. Even though it took me several months the\u00a0finish the first.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-211 alignleft\" alt=\"Norwegian Mittens &amp; Gloves\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-02-at-4.02.32-PM.png\" width=\"164\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay it took me Dec to mid-August. It has been so long I had to double it check on \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ravel.me\/lauer5\/ym5xe\">my\u00a0Ravelry page<\/a>. I guess my partner is a very patient man.<\/p>\n<p>I am really liking the book, despite my not actually using it very much.<br \/>\nAnd enough with what I&#8217;m working on now&#8211; lace shawl- what?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see what I want to start next.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/lauer5\/reversible-snood\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-213 alignleft\" alt=\"reversible snood\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1010005_medium2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1010005_medium2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/P1010005_medium2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> First up hat of my own making, I reeeally need a better name than revresable snood. But there \u00a0you go, I learned how to do brioche knitting a fews years back and made up this hat as an excuse to use it. I like to use one solid yarn and one multi colored. If they match really well it results in a awesome blending effect.<br \/>\nAny who I have one planed in tans and blacks next.<\/p>\n<p>My next idea is to do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/ISSUEw12\/KSPATTwanderlust.php\" target=\"_blank\">Wunderlust<\/a> which a friend of mine has knitted up and now I must have a pair too. I just luv big squishy cables.<br \/>\nI have some of this green yarn from another project, hopefully there&#8217;s enough or I&#8217;ll have to go shopping&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1453_medium2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-214\" alt=\"Wanderlust\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1453_medium2.jpeg\" width=\"403\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1453_medium2.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1453_medium2-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redheart.com\/yarn\/boutique-treasure\/mosaic\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-215\" alt=\"Mosaic Boutique Treasure Yarn\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-02-at-8.11.09-PM-195x300.png\" width=\"176\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-02-at-8.11.09-PM-195x300.png 195w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-10-02-at-8.11.09-PM.png 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I promised myself last night that if I can finish the Norse Raven mittens by\u00a0saturday, I can start another project or two if I even if I\u00a0haven&#8217;t\u00a0finished anything else. I&#8217;m finding I really like doing color work, specially in this style. With it&#8217;s pointy tips and checker patterns. (Sorry for the lousy phone pic.) I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=209\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">putting some pressure on myself<\/span> <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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}