{"id":1003,"date":"2010-12-18T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jorahlavin.wordpress.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2010-12-18T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T18:05:14","slug":"11-pairs-of-mittens-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"11 pairs of mittens in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you had any doubts that I have rocks in my head, please retire those doubts now. I’ve joined a “knitting challenge” for next year on the Ravelry<\/a> “I Make Mittens<\/a>” group. We’re going to be trying to make 11 pairs of mittens (or gloves; so long as the finished object covers your entire hand) in one year. <\/p>\n

Not only that, but I’ve volunteered to help run the challenge…!<\/p>\n

I’m trying to assure myself that this is nowhere near as crazy as the 10-shawls-in-2010 and similar challenges I heard about last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you had any doubts that I have rocks in my head, please retire those doubts now. I’ve joined a “knitting challenge” for next year on the Ravelry “I Make Mittens” group. We’re going to be trying to make 11 pairs of mittens (or gloves; so long as the finished object covers your entire hand) … Continue reading “11 pairs of mittens in 2011”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-community"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-gb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1012,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1012","url_meta":{"origin":1003,"position":0},"title":"Week One of the 11 pairs in 2011 Challenge","author":"Jorah","date":"January 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I know I mentioned a few days ago that I was joining the 11 mittens for 2011 challenge on the Ravelry group I Make Mittens. 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