{"id":694,"date":"2015-02-16T03:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T03:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=694"},"modified":"2015-10-21T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T17:39:53","slug":"a-year-of-making-one-thing-over-and-over-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"a year of making, one thing over and over again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been all about the reddit duel KAL.<br \/>\nI picked team Oddity. I should probably give myself a break from these mitts, but I have become obsessed and I don&#8217;t even know why, I&#8217;m not liking the pattern much.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mainly because it written Papyrus\u00a0&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-20-at-5.37.50-PM.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-702 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-20-at-5.37.50-PM-300x200.gif\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-10-20 at 5.37.50 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>If you design patterns, never not ever write your whole pattern out in this font.<br \/>\nJust don&#8217;t. Really Don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-685\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_0148281-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150209_014828\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_0148281-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_0148281-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_0148281-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_0148281.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Sunday I knit a hat and somehow used size 9 needles by mistake, instead of the 7&#8217;s I meant to. Like those 2 needles aren&#8217;t even close to each other in size.<br \/>\nBut the SO has excepted it anyway, because he has a big head.<br \/>\nPlus side it fulfills\u00a0my Feb <del>Craft Challenge<br \/>\n<\/del>oops my <a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=647\">Feb Cold sheep challenge<\/a>,<br \/>\nsomething for someone else.<br \/>\nHappy Valentines day big-head.<\/p>\n<p>Monday &amp; Thursday.<br \/>\nI cooked stuff. I made my son help on Monday. It&#8217;s fun to make them help cook, because they usually end up loving it. And then they brag how helpful they where, completely failing to mention the part where they complained for 20 minutes.<br \/>\n(New parent tip, the best reply to any complaining is &#8220;tough, you are helping&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_181517.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-693 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_174026-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150209_174026\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_174026-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_174026-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_174026-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150209_174026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-696 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_183710-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150212_183710\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_183710-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_183710-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_183710-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_183710.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-697 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_181517-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150212_181517\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_181517-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_181517-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_181517-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150212_181517.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also made veggie stock from all the old veggies in my freezer,<br \/>\nthis was easy and I took all day doing it. While I knit these- these\u00a0<em>things<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oddity_yleiskuva2_medium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-656\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oddity_yleiskuva2_medium-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"Oddity_yleiskuva2_medium\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oddity_yleiskuva2_medium-244x300.jpg 244w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Oddity_yleiskuva2_medium.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t a day I haven&#8217;t worked on these.<br \/>\nBut officially it&#8217;s just these days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, &amp; Saturday.<br \/>\nI finished the right hand mitt, after messing up a couple of time because I completely missed the thumb increases. Then I messed up the cable somewhere, then lost a whole stitch, and my increases left big wholes in the side. So I put beads on them because it was ugly. then I tried other beads on. then I started a 2nd pair with another yarn that was too big. Then a third the original fingering yarn doubled. But they were coming out to short, so I doubled up the cable pattern to make them longer. Added a couple of rows to the cable repeats.<br \/>\nFinally finished the right one, started to think it was okay and then, THEN I realized I&#8217;d been reading the pattern wrong the whole time. The cable chart doesn&#8217;t show all the in between rows to save room, I had essentially cut the pattern length in half.<br \/>\nThat why they\u00a0seemed too short. That&#8217;s why the side cables were too tight.<br \/>\nSooooo, I frogged the first attempt, I will be keeping the third attempt even though they are slightly itchy\u00a0and finish the pair\u00a0and I am\u00a0re-knitting\u00a0another pair\u00a0with a contrasting color this time, because I found the beige to be, well kind of too beigey.<br \/>\nOf course I wasn&#8217;t super happy\u00a0how that was coming along either so after a couple more tries I figured something out. We&#8217;ll see how it goes&#8230;<br \/>\nDown side they may end up too big now with this 2nd yarn.<br \/>\nPlus side, I don&#8217;t care, the yarn I added\u00a0is super soft and these will be cozy.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-704 size-thumbnail alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-15-at-9.45.57-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-15 at 9.45.57 PM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-699 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_112451-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150211_112451\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_112451-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_112451-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_112451-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_112451.jpg 1854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-698 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_232524-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150211_232524\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_232524-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_232524-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_232524-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150211_232524.jpg 1854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_001917.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-692 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_001917-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150214_001917\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_001917-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_001917-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_001917-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_001917.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_144730.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-691 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_144730-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150214_144730\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_144730-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_144730-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_144730-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150214_144730.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150215_0129313.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-690 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150215_0129313-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150215_012931\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150215_0129313-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150215_0129313-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150215_0129313-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150215_0129313.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m curious, what is a\u00a0pattern that has driven you nuts, but you finished it anyway?<br \/>\nAnd why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knitters\/crocheters, what is a pattern that has driven you nuts, but you finished it anyway? And why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4,11,14,7],"tags":[23,21,8,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694"}],"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=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}