{"id":1487,"date":"2008-01-14T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2008-01-14T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-14T13:08:00","slug":"the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Awesome."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/93468786@N00\/2191911547\/\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2353\/2191911547_2c97d2157b_m.jpg\" height=\"175\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/93468786@N00\/2191911539\/\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2379\/2191911539_e1bc2d803d_m.jpg\" height=\"175\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe good:  Shedir is done!  So that&#8217;s one more project off the list of things I owe people.  It turned out quite nicely, if I do say so myself.  It took about 1.1 balls of Rowan Calmer, the nicest artificial fiber you&#8217;ll ever work with.  This one went much faster than the first one I made.  I keep thinking this cable pattern would look great on a baby sweater or on a pair of socks.<\/p>\n<p>(P.S. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/turtlegirl76.com\" target=\"blank\">Turtlegirl76<\/a>, I was right.  There&#8217;s an error on row 63 of the pattern.  It is indeed missing an asterisk.  Thanks for checking for me!<br \/>\n<br clear=all><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/stitchmarkers\/SMbadspray.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/stitchmarkers\/SMbadspray-thumb.jpg\" height=\"200\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe bad:  I knocked out some stitch marker parts, and apparently it&#8217;s not the temperature that makes them crack, it&#8217;s the spray varnish I favor.  These were sprayed in my kitchen with the home thermostat set to 70 degrees (I was taking no chances).  Crack city!  That&#8217;s unfortunate, because it&#8217;s much quicker to spray them than to brush them.  So I suppose I need to figure out whether it&#8217;s this particular substance that causes them to crack, or the act of spraying them at all.  These seem solid enough, so I can probably still use them, after I test them to be sure they&#8217;re okay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/misc\/badcamera.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/misc\/badcamera-thumb.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe ugly:  Look at what my camera is doing!  It&#8217;s been doing this for a while, but I thought maybe it was an issue with having a low battery.  No such luck; the battery was fine when this picture was taken.  I have to sit patiently and wait for it to clear and then try to snap my picture before it gets all pink and wiggly again.  As you can see, I failed in the picture to the right.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had our little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-PowerShot-SD100-Digital-Optical\/dp\/B00009Q96Z\" target=\"blank\">Canon Elph SD100<\/a> for several years now and it&#8217;s always worked well.  Hopefully it&#8217;ll hang in there a little longer and we can use it until it doesn&#8217;t run anymore.  Just like we do our cars!<\/p>\n<p>The Awesome?  My dad and his friend Ellyn.  After my mini-freakout the other day, they volunteered to come over and watch Emily tonight so that Steve and I could go out.  Right now we&#8217;re thinking we&#8217;ll go see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0467406\/\" target=\"blank\">Juno<\/a>, depending on when showtimes are.  Really, though, just getting out to go anywhere is a blessing.  Thanks so much, Dad and Ellyn!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/stitchmarkers\/SM-serenityearrings.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\nTime to go out and run all the errands that keep the household running semi-smoothly.  Later, y&#8217;all!<\/p>\n<p><i>ETA: Serenity earrings, actual size.  They&#8217;re for a teenager.  \ud83d\ude42<\/i><br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The good: Shedir is done! So that&#8217;s one more project off the list of things I owe people. It turned out quite nicely, if I do say so myself. It took about 1.1 balls of Rowan Calmer, the nicest artificial fiber you&#8217;ll ever work with. 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