{"id":945,"date":"2015-05-20T19:43:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T19:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=945"},"modified":"2015-05-20T19:43:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T19:43:29","slug":"april-may-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"april &#038; may challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been lax in meeting the craft\/knitting challenges this last 2 months. And I&#8217;m not really in line to do next months either. Some of this over laps with my year of making, so sorry for any repeats.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/craftchallenges.tumblr.com\/post\/114309635641\/craft-challenges-april-challenge-spring-the-name\" target=\"_blank\">Craft Challenges April Challenge: Spring<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><em>The name of this challenge says it all. \u00a0The weather is getting warmer in many parts of the world, and so for April\u2019s challenge, participants are invited to work on projects that remind them of springtime. Anything you want to make can be submitted for this challenge, so long as it is, and\/or relates to something that celebrates the new, warmer weather. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I failed this one, I submitted nothing.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/craftchallenges.tumblr.com\/post\/117541765576\/craft-challenges-may-challenge-nature-for-mays\" target=\"_blank\">Craft Challenges May Challenge: Nature<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b>For May\u2019s challenge, participants are invited to work on projects that remind them of nature. \u00a0You can interpret this challenge literally by creating something that somehow incorporates elements of the natural world into the design, or broadly, by creating something that reminds you of nature. \u00a0<i>Anything <\/i>you want to make can be submitted for this challenge, so long as it is, and\/or relates to something that celebrates the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>I have no plans for this one yet &#8211; May is half\u00a0over too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/groups\/knittit-cold-sheep-2015\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Sheeping Challenges<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I completely bailed on March, because sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April showers!<\/strong><br \/>\nUse a skein (or skeins) that remind you of rainy spring days, in whatever way you choose.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-945 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?attachment_id=890'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/20150420_124458_medium2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?attachment_id=889'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_20150420_000852-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_20150420_000852-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_20150420_000852-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_20150420_000852-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_20150420_000852.jpg 1510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I made a gray shawl that reminds me of our gray MN spring weather this year.<br \/>\nThis was also the April\/May knit-a-long for the redditt group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May challenge<br \/>\n<\/strong> &#8211; to use a skein (or make a project!) that reminds you of flowers.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not really sure about this one yet, I have a couple of yarns that are flowery, so if I knit anything out of them, it will count.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-2.23.21-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-955\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-2.23.21-PM-300x248.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-20 at 2.23.21 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-2.23.21-PM-300x248.png 300w, http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-2.23.21-PM.png 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not a very exciting round-up.<br \/>\nI honestly have\u00a0been spending more time on\u00a0various KAL&#8217;s as well as promising to do a test knit for another designer. More pics on these projects when I finally get around to reviewing my year of making.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been lax in meeting the craft\/knitting challenges this last 2 months. And I&#8217;m not really in line to do next months either. Some of this over laps with my year of making, so sorry for any repeats.\u00a0<\/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\/945"}],"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=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}