{"id":1010,"date":"2006-10-05T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2006-10-05T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-05T14:12:00","slug":"stitch-markers-golf-clubs-and-jayne-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Stitch markers, golf clubs, and Jayne hats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more Strictly knitting - you've been warned!--><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/stitchmarkers\/Octguild.jpg\" height=\"400\" hspace=\"5\" vspasce=\"5\" border=\"2\"><\/center><br \/>\nHad a good time at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cltkg.blogspot.com\/\">Charlotte Knitting Guild<\/a> meeting on Tuesday night.  <a href=\"http:\/\/prostiturtle.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">prostiturtle<\/a> did a program on how to make stitch markers, and really went above and beyond by creating one of various types for us to take home as examples.  I brought beads and tools to share, and she provided supplies and instructions for guild members.<br \/>\n<br clear=all><br \/>\nThese are from <lj user=prostiturtle>:  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/stitchmarkers\/turtlemarkers.jpg\" height=\"200\" border=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>and these are from <lj user=illiane>: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/stitchmarkers\/illianemarkers.jpg\" border=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>and I made these myself:  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/stitchmarkers\/tvinimarkers.jpg\"  border=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>Totalled, this is more than double the number I previously had.  I&#8217;ve made earrings before, and stitch markers are really the same.  Maybe I&#8217;ll make a set out of those old bone skull beads I have.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/redcrossgolfdone.jpg\" height=\"200\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\"><\/p>\n<p>Last weekend I finished up that golf club cozy for the Red Cross golf tournament, which I believe was on Tuesday.  Charlotte Yarn was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteyarn.com\/redcross.php\">spearheading the golf club cover drive<\/a>, which is a little perk for tournament participants.  I was happy to do it because it&#8217;s for a good cause and I like helping out the ladies at Charlotte Yarn, but I will also say that never have I taken on a project that I had less interest in doing.  At least it was good practice in doing Fair Isle on the cross.<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p>Jayne hat  and hat kit orders are up.  There were times in the summer the list would be down to three or four hats &#8211; we&#8217;re back up to about 12 and a three week wait.  Cold weather, the year anniversary of Serenity&#8217;s release, and the marathon on Sci-Fi seem to have combined to increase awareness.  If I had to attribute it to just one thing, though, I&#8217;d go with cold weather.  This is the warmest hat ever &#8211; Ma Cobb really knew what she was doing.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I printed out patterns and address labels, made sure the list was updated properly, and am about to go stamp envelopes and boxes, write some &#8220;Ma Cobb&#8221; notes, then package up two kits and a hat.  It&#8217;s not just the knitting, it&#8217;s the administrative stuff that sucks up the time.  However, my daughter has occupational therapy this afternoon, so that&#8217;ll be an hour of uninterrupted knitting time in a waiting room.  And I&#8217;m to the point now where I can knit and read at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Knitting + iPod + Gardner Dozois&#8217;s Year&#8217;s Best Science Fiction = a pleasant hour spent in a medical waiting room.  It&#8217;s all about making the best of a situation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}