{"id":951,"date":"2008-01-02T21:36:47","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T21:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jorahlavin.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/02\/first-scarf-first-fo\/"},"modified":"2008-01-02T21:36:47","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T21:36:47","slug":"first-scarf-first-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"First Scarf, First FO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GarterSince this is going to be my knitting blog, I better start with a post about my first knitting project. I will recount my path to becoming an MK (male knitter) (or is it MWK [man who knits]?) in much greater detail in future posts, but it is fair to say that I started this scarf in September and finished it in November. I’ve gotten a lot faster than that. My second scarf only took about 5 weeks, and my third is wrapping soon, probably 3-4 weeks. I made this first one on bamboo #8 needles, the yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease in the “wood” color. Pattern is from Knitting for Dummies<\/i>. I was frustrated with how long it took me to get the item finished, but I was able to fix most of my mistakes with the help of my wonderful knitting instructor, my long-suffering wife Myrriah. Here are a couple more views of the thing… which I’ve been wearing when it actually gets cold here in the Charlotte, NC area.<\/p>\n

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Since this is going to be my knitting blog, I better start with a post about my first knitting project. I will recount my path to becoming an MK (male knitter) (or is it MWK [man who knits]?) in much greater detail in future posts, but it is fair to say that I started this … Continue reading “First Scarf, First FO”<\/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":[99,115],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-fo","tag-scarf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-fl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1006,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1006","url_meta":{"origin":951,"position":0},"title":"Random finished object","author":"Jorah","date":"December 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Fisherman's rib scarf with a bit of cabling to break up the work. 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