{"id":6179,"date":"2015-02-07T10:16:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T16:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=6179"},"modified":"2015-02-07T10:16:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T16:16:56","slug":"knitting-for-my-love-with-wool-and-the-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/07\/knitting-for-my-love-with-wool-and-the-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting for my love with Wool and the Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Saturday, folks! For the first time in several weeks–probably since before Christmas–I have NO commitments, today. It’s so exciting to be doing nothing, so I’m here blogging. I really wanted to tell you guys about this sweet sweet kit Wool and the Gang<\/a> sent me to review. <\/p>\n

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They contacted me to knit something for my Valentine. I checked out their selection of Men’s Accessories and chose the Mr. Tosh beanie<\/a> and the “Shacklewell Grey” colorway. I knew the gray would be what my husband preferred. Tip: know your love’s accessory preference! <\/p>\n

The kit came with all the amazing things you see above: yarn, pattern booklet<\/i> (it contains tips for things like casting on and seaming!), knitting AND finishing needles, and a nice #shareyourknits sticker. <\/p>\n

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The Sheepaca yarn is 50% alpaca and 50% merino wool, so it is crazy soft! I kind of wished I were knitting a cowl, but my husband doesn’t wear cowls. I’ll probably offer to cuddle<\/s> carry his hat when we go out. You can snag some Sheepaca alone, too. Check out the colors available here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The pattern calls for straight knitting. I was a little hesitant to cast on the straight needles, but I really<\/i> wanted to try out the rosewood needles<\/a>. I am SO glad I did! These are so unlike the aluminum or bamboo needles I learned to knit on (and had such a hard time with!). They’re hefty, but not too heavy. The wood is smooth and my stitches glided effortlessly. It was a treat to knit with them. I didn’t once wish I had cast on a circular needle. Seaming at the end wasn’t bad, either! It’s always nice to freshen up a skill you hardly use and I was actually quite proud of my seam (see below)!<\/p>\n

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The pattern itself was very easy to follow. The booklet was helpful and I think new knitters would really like it. There are instructions for casting on (they suggest longtail, my favorite!), beginning, the stitch pattern, finishing, seaming, etc. It’s detailed, but not overwhelming.<\/p>\n

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My seam is directly to the right of the heart in the last photo. You can hardly see it! I was so proud. Tip: try out your old skills on something new, every once in a while! <\/p>\n

The hat fit great. It matches my husband’s black jacket well and he got to wear it when the temps dropped (again), last week. Yes, I gave it to him early for the sake of the blog. Plus, he’s leaving to Vegas on the 15th, so I wanted to SEE him wear it a bit.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty much in love with Wool and the Gang<\/a>, now. The sweaters, the cowl, the purses…ah! Why don’t you knit something for your sweetie, this Valentine’s Day?<\/p>\n

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\nDisclaimer: Wool and the Gang sent me the knitting kit to review. No other compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.<\/i><\/p>\nPin It<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Happy Saturday, folks! For the first time in several weeks–probably since before Christmas–I have NO commitments, today. It’s so exciting to be doing nothing, so I’m here blogging. I really wanted to tell you guys about this sweet sweet kit Wool and the Gang sent me to review. <\/p>\n

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They contacted me to knit something for my Valentine. I checked out [Read More…]<\/p>\nPin It<\/a>","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":[6,159],"tags":[51,227,125,63,217],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179"}],"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=6179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6183,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions\/6183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}