{"id":305,"date":"2009-08-27T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2009-10-26T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T00:35:11","slug":"when-im-too-lazy-to-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/27\/when-im-too-lazy-to-knit\/","title":{"rendered":"when I&#8217;m too lazy to knit&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do something else. I can&#8217;t NOT do anything with my hands. I&#8217;ll try to make anything you show me the directions to. I&#8217;m not all that creative, I just kinda <i>have<\/i> to make things. Show me how to do something and I will do it. <code><br \/><\/code><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/3862929183\/\" title=\"365.239: woven fabric &amp; yarn by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2637\/3862929183_1c80e6e8ef.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"365.239: woven fabric &amp; yarn\" style=\"border:3px solid black\"\/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/code>I knew the basics of weaving, but I didn&#8217;t want to make huge pieces of cloth, nor did I really have the tools for traditional weaving (like a loom). So, when I found some directions for making a woven scrap journal, I started right away! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftstylish.com\/item\/39633\/how-to-make-a-woven-scrap-journal\">You should make one, too!<\/a> I already have a second one started. I am doing all the fun stuff right now and will add some paper to them later, maybe this weekend.<code><br \/><\/code><br \/>\nMy current WIPs include an adult-sized sweater and a baby blanket. The large amount of stitches make them monotonous to work on. SO monotonous that I bought some lace yarn (mad props to Ravelry for the trade\/sell option on the stash page) to make another Swallowtail Shawl. I need something a little more challenging! Plus, I remember being really happy after I knit my first. Remember that one? <a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/19\/rockin-the-lace\/\">TWO YEARS AGO?!<\/a> *sigh* Nathan was a baby, not a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/3863694840\">menacing pre-kindergartener with a Mickey Mouse tattoo, sporting terrifying baby guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do something else. I can&#8217;t NOT do anything with my hands. I&#8217;ll try to make anything you show me the directions to. I&#8217;m not all that creative, I just kinda have to make things. Show me how to do something and I will do it. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2637\/3862929183_1c80e6e8ef.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"365.239: woven fabric &amp; yarn\" style=\"border:3px solid black\"\/><\/center> I knew the basics of weaving, but I didn&#8217;t want to make huge pieces [Read More&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,10,5,6,4],"tags":[234,227,37,36,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}