{"id":1592,"date":"2008-04-18T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2008-04-18T08:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T12:40:00","slug":"the-pause-that-refreshes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"The pause that refreshes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got a long to-do list today, and more than half of it involves getting packages ready to mail out.  Non-Jayne packages, too, although I&#8217;m really excited that the http:\/\/www.wearwithstyle.com waiting list is very close to coming down under 20, which would mean the wait would be more like 4-5 weeks.  I like having a little breathing room.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to use that breathing room do work on other things, like figuring out WordPress.  I have a new and catchy little domain name that I&#8217;d like to move my blog over to, but I don&#8217;t feel like I can publicize it until it looks better.  Part of the reason for the move is that I have a few simple free patterns I&#8217;d like to put up on a sidebar.  I can&#8217;t do that easily on LiveJournal.  <lj user=cardamom_23> just got her knitblog set up over at <a href=\"http:\/\/jetsyknits.com\/\" target=\"blank\">JetsyKnits<\/a> and it looks spiffy.  I, meanwhile, can&#8217;t even upload a two-column theme.  I need some time.  And possibly a &#8220;For Dummies&#8221; book.  And maybe a screwdriver.  The kind with orange juice or the kind you take things apart with, take your pick.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/93468786@N00\/2423210018\/\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3086\/2423210018_52ac161f57_m.jpg\" height=\"200\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\"><\/a><br \/>\nBut before I launch into boxing things up and running all over town, here&#8217;s the progress on the Rainbow Socks.  Normally I&#8217;d link to the MagKnits pattern there, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magknits.com\/\" target=\"blank\">MagKnits is no more<\/a> and I don&#8217;t know if the author has put up another copy somewhere.  Thank goodness I printed the pattern out before I started.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s visible laddering on the front, but I find it kind of interesting since it shows the meandering path that the stitches take as the short rows are knit.  <a href=\"http:\/\/turtlegirl76.com\" target=\"blank\">Turtlegirl<\/a>, I know you can&#8217;t see Flickr pictures, so I stuck an extra pic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/Rainbowsocks\/Rainbowsock1upleg.jpg\" target=\"blank\">here.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/Rainbowsocks\/Rainbowsock1heelgap.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/Rainbowsocks\/Rainbowsock1heelgap-thumb.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\"><\/a><br \/>\nSome who have seen the sock in person say that it looks better than it did in <a href=\"http:\/\/tvini.livejournal.com\/363292.html\" target=\"blank\">that poll with the post<\/a> and have switched their votes from &#8220;Meh&#8221; to liking it.  I didn&#8217;t show them this fishing net gap at the heel.  Serves me right for not paying attention.  I&#8217;ll have to go back and reinforce it, since the heels are always the first thing to go in my handmade socks (did I mention the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/sock_knitters\/142973.html\" target=\"blank\">striped socks<\/a> got their heel caught on a nail sticking up from our floor last week?) and I don&#8217;t want these to suffer that fate.  Note to self:  buy <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darning#Darning_tools\" target=\"blank\">darning egg.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next time, we&#8217;ll talk about the weird medical mystery involving my mouth.  Insert your own joke here.<\/p>\n<p>Later!<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got a long to-do list today, and more than half of it involves getting packages ready to mail out. Non-Jayne packages, too, although I&#8217;m really excited that the http:\/\/www.wearwithstyle.com waiting list is very close to coming down under 20, which would mean the wait would be more like 4-5 weeks. 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