{"id":25,"date":"2003-07-09T19:23:47","date_gmt":"2003-07-09T19:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=25"},"modified":"2010-07-27T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T23:58:52","slug":"this-and-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"this and that"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, there is just SO MUCH to knit and do! I swatched the Phildar Falaise and am fascinated by it. It is springy (i.e., it has elasticity). I used 4mm needles (okay, so it says 3.9mm on my Japanese gauge thingy), and it knit up very tightly, so I thought I would need to use a slightly larger needle. When I took the gauge, though, it was just as described on the label! What a surprise! I NEVER get the stated gauge. Never. Jamais. Nope.
\nBUT, before I begin the Becky Wannabe Sweater, I am thinking of knitting a tank. I bought Bonne Marie’s ChicKami<\/a> pattern today, but I am not exactly a strappy tank kind of gal. I just wanted to see how it was constructed so that I could maybe use the waist shaping for a Smooch <\/a>ripoff. I like the look of Smooch, but the neckline plunges too deeply for my taste, and the pattern book is pretty expensive, so I think I’m going to just make up my own pattern (I know, I’m scared, too). I am not very spacially oriented, and my knitting skills seem to be worsening with age, but hey, why not, I say! Throw caution to the wind!
\nOn a completely different note, the other day I wandered around KMart and found some colored magnets in the shape of pushpins. They are similar to those very groovy Magnutz<\/a>, but much cheaper! Here is a side-by-side comparison (KMart one on the left. The Magnutz one is stylishly streamlined, as you can see):
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\nThe photo leaves much to be desired (I need a new camera, but that is another issue … ). But anyway, I thought that was a fun discovery.
\nI am working on a gallery of completed projects, so stay tuned, all 2 of you out there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, there is just SO MUCH to knit and do! I swatched the Phildar Falaise and am fascinated by it. It is springy (i.e., it has elasticity). I used 4mm needles (okay, so it says 3.9mm on my Japanese gauge … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}