{"id":740,"date":"2005-12-21T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=740"},"modified":"2005-12-21T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-21T22:02:00","slug":"the-aforementioned-cute-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"The aforementioned cute gift."},"content":{"rendered":"

I made this for my mom. She reads my blog, but I can post it here now since my six-year-old couldn’t hold out any more, so we had “Grandma Christmas” today.<\/p>\n

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This is a “pocket creature,” based on the pattern from Knitty.<\/a> The idea is that it holds a little bag of rice and lavender, which can be removed and heated in the microwave, then put back inside the body of the creature. You keep it in a pocket to keep your hands warm.<\/p>\n


\nHere it is with its innards out.<\/p>\n

After reading various craft boards, I decided that flaxseed and lavender would work better than rice and lavender. It does seem to hold the heat better and not have a ricey smell. However, while the inner pouch does warm up nicely, not too much of that heat gets transferred to the outside of the creature, so it’s a bit of a wash as a handwarmer. But, MAN does it smell like lavender, which makes it great as a potpourri\/sachet item. And you can always pop the inner pouch in the microwave again if you really want to disperse the scent.<\/p>\n

I also sprang for the recommended yarn, Karabella Aurora 8<\/a>, even though it’s a little luxe. I’m glad I did – this is easily the softest machine-washable wool I’ve ever laid hands on. And I’ve got plenty left for other projects. I picked up stitches for one of the arms a little differently than its mate, so it looks like it’s perpetually waving, but I think that just adds to its charm.<\/p>\n

I’ll definitely be making this again. I’m not keen on strong lavender smells, as mentioned earlier, but I was thinking that peppermint or chamomile or cinnamon\/gingerbready smells might be good. All in all, a success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made this for my mom. She reads my blog, but I can post it here now since my six-year-old couldn’t hold out any more, so we had “Grandma Christmas” today. This is a “pocket creature,” based on the pattern from Knitty. The idea is that it holds a little bag of rice and lavender, […]<\/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\/740"}],"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=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}