{"id":1463,"date":"2007-12-28T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2007-12-28T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T23:39:00","slug":"knitters-get-all-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"Knitters get all the girls."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/inlawsChristmas2007\/kidsknit.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/inlawsChristmas2007\/kidsknit-thumb.jpg\" height=\"175\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Okay, I guess I did have a little time to post!<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weekends ago, I went down to my in-laws.  This is the first year the nieces and nephews have shown an interest in knitting themselves, as opposed to just requesting finished items which I have no intention of making, because I&#8217;ve made them enough things, thanks.  I taught them how to knit and finger-knit (crocheting using your index finger instead of a hook) and they stayed up until about 11:30 at night, making chains and small swatches and generally having fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/inlawsChristmas2007\/A-chain.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/inlawsChristmas2007\/A-chain-thumb.jpg\" height=\"175\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\"><\/a><br \/>\nThey used Jayne hat yarn, because that&#8217;s what I had on hand.  I also had a little Berroco Ultra Alpaca too, so they got to use that.  If I&#8217;d realized this was going to happen, I would have brought extra yarn and needles.  I did have my size 10 1\/2 DPNs which are normally used for closing off the tops of the hats, so there were enough needles to go around.  Since I&#8217;ll be seeing these kids again on Sunday, I&#8217;ll bring some spare needles and yarn, just in case.<br \/>\n<br clear=all><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/inlawsChristmas2007\/T-knits.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/inlawsChristmas2007\/T-knits-thumb.jpg\" height=\"175\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\"><\/a><br \/>\nOne of the best exchanges of the evening came from this little fella, eleven years old but looking to the future.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>T:<\/b> This is going to get me a girlfriend!<\/i><br \/>\n<b>Me:<\/b>  Oh?<br \/>\n<i><b>T:<\/b>  Yeah!  I&#8217;ll be talking with some other guys, and they&#8217;ll say, &#8220;well, I bought my girlfriend a sweater.&#8221;  And I&#8217;ll be able to say, &#8220;well, I KNIT my girlfriend a sweater!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You know, that could actually work.  Good thinking, buddy!  Here&#8217;s hoping these kids keep it up!<\/p>\n<p><br clear=all><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I guess I did have a little time to post! A couple of weekends ago, I went down to my in-laws. This is the first year the nieces and nephews have shown an interest in knitting themselves, as opposed to just requesting finished items which I have no intention of making, because I&#8217;ve made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","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\/1463"}],"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=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}