{"id":3802,"date":"2010-04-26T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2010-04-26T17:41:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T17:41:07","slug":"two-weeks-of-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=3802","title":{"rendered":"Two weeks of crochet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Stephen gone the past two weeks, I had a lot of time to practice my new hobby.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-hat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-hat.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WIP hat\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-hat.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-hat-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe hat took way longer than it should have but I learned a ton in the process. Like you have to count the stitches. Not just guess. It&#8217;s the difference between a rug and something you can actually wear on your head.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/finished-hat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/finished-hat.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"finished hat\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/finished-hat.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/finished-hat-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOr rather, something Liza can wear on her head. I used the wrong yarn so the finished product is too small for me and too big for Liza but it&#8217;s so cute with the unintentional chevron pattern about 3\/4 of the way down. I love it though because it&#8217;s my first finished project.<\/p>\n<p>From the hat, I decided to move on to kid&#8217;s toys. Because my kids don&#8217;t have enough toys!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-alien.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-alien.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WIP alien\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-alien.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/WIP-alien-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m loving the <a href=\"http:\/\/cache.lionbrand.com\/cgi-bin\/patternFinder.fcgi?\/\">Lion Brand yarn website<\/a> as they have a TON of fun patterns that beginners can do. The yarn they recommend is economical and sturdy for toys.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/alien-ladybug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/alien-ladybug.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"alien &amp; ladybug\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/alien-ladybug.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/alien-ladybug-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSurprisingly, the alien is Liza&#8217;s and the ladybug is Eli&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have an in progress photo of the ladybug. I was working against the Eli bedtime clock last night. He kept coming out to check on my progress until I finally had it done. I learned a ton with the ladybug as well. She&#8217;s got some flaws, so I actually might try the pattern again now that I kinda know what I&#8217;m doing. Or maybe, I&#8217;ll just take what I&#8217;ve learned and apply it to my next project of the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/starrs_crodream\/13453.html\">Adipose Fat Baby<\/a> from Dr. Who. Because my husband doesn&#8217;t have enough toys either!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gotten a ton of amigurumi patterns from the internet. Enough patterns to keep me busy for ages. I love working on them because they are fast, I learn a ton from the different ways the patterns are written and at the end they are so cute! Still no good robot patterns though &#8212; gonna have to buy the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crobots-20-Amigurumi-Robots-Make\/dp\/0740778277\/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&#038;coliid=ICAD9Q02YEJCW&#038;colid=3B44OCB0KPYT9\">book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I might be getting good but then I attempted to start a purse pattern and couldn&#8217;t get past the second row of stitches. Jess, guess what you&#8217;ll be doing on Tuesday night!<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the obligatory cute kid photo:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tv-watching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tv-watching.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tv watching\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tv-watching.jpg 500w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tv-watching-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Stephen gone the past two weeks, I had a lot of time to practice my new hobby. The hat took way longer than it should have but I learned a ton in the process. Like you have to count the stitches. Not just guess. It&#8217;s the difference between a rug and something you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=3802\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two weeks of crochet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3802"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3827,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions\/3827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}