{"id":983,"date":"2008-06-29T20:09:35","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T01:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jorahlavin.wordpress.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2008-06-29T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T01:09:35","slug":"done-some-monday-afghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Done Some Monday Afghan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to a great event this month, the Charlotte version of the World Wide Knit in Public Day (a.k.a.<\/a> WWKiP Day). The Charlotte Knitting Guild (who organized it) and a raft of local yarn shops and other sponsors (who donated supplies and raffle prizes) created an event that I hope will recur every year for many years. I was got there late and had to leave early, and as I was slowly and sadly trudging away with my knitting, my cooler, and my folding chair, I heard someone calling me on a bullhorn. I walked back to find that I’d won an afghan kit from Charlotte Yarn<\/a>! The kit included a circular needle, ten balls of Encore\u00ae Worsted yarn, and a book of afghan patterns. It is produced by Plymouth Yarn<\/a>, and the booklet has 15 designs by JoAnne Turcotte, the Design Director of the company.<\/p>\n

I probably would never have done a piece this large without the kit to get me started. I am about to finish the second repeat, doing 3 to 6 rows a night just before bed. The pattern is easy enough to do while watching a movie. I think I’m going to like the finished work a lot, but the white color is doomed in our house. The poor thing is already covered in black cat fur.<\/p>\n

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A couple of quick snapshots<\/p>\n

\"Afghan<\/a><\/p>\n

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By the way, my nickname for this project is a joke about how slowly I knit. The pattern book is called “Done by Monday Afghans.” The intro describes a person casting on after work on Friday and finishing up on Sunday evening after a relaxing weekend of knitting by the fire. I’m estimating that it would take me three such weekends to finish this project… so yeah, I’ll be done by Monday. Some<\/em> Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I went to a great event this month, the Charlotte version of the World Wide Knit in Public Day (a.k.a. WWKiP Day). The Charlotte Knitting Guild (who organized it) and a raft of local yarn shops and other sponsors (who donated supplies and raffle prizes) created an event that I hope will recur every year … Continue reading “Done Some Monday Afghan”<\/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":[90,91,96,120,121],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-acrylic","tag-afghan","tag-community","tag-wip","tag-wwkipd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-fR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":981,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=981","url_meta":{"origin":983,"position":0},"title":"Excuses, excuses… just show me the post, already","author":"Jorah","date":"June 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a bunch of ready-made excuses for why it has been six weeks since I last posted here (trip to New England, work is crazy, no time at home... et cetera, et fracking cetera... weep for me), but none of them matter a bit. 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