{"id":751,"date":"2015-12-16T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2015-12-14T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:30:10","slug":"sneak-peeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Peeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I’ve hit a bit of a writer’s block wall this week.\u00c2\u00a0 All the things I have to tell you about are super secret!\u00c2\u00a0 I’m itching to show you, but…\u00c2\u00a0 Why would you want to see the gifts before they’re gifted?\u00c2\u00a0 (I never understood the kids who would peek under the wrapping paper, and therefore had no surprises left on Christmas morning.\u00c2\u00a0 I never peek.\u00c2\u00a0 I prefer the surprise.)<\/p>\n

So, you may ask, am I working on something that isn’t<\/em> super secret?\u00c2\u00a0 Yes.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course I’ve got lots of different projects going.\u00c2\u00a0 Let’s see…<\/p>\n

There’s the spinning project with the oatmeal colored BFL.\u00c2\u00a0 You saw the first wave here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The second half of this project isn’t much different.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m working on spinning up singles bobbin number 10 out of 12.\u00c2\u00a0 There has been so much other activity going on the last two months that this portion of the project has slowed down considerably.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though I’m so close to the finish line, I’m going to have to put it aside until the new year.\u00c2\u00a0 Gifting deadline coming up, you know.<\/p>\n

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I have recently rediscovered embroidery.\u00c2\u00a0 I know.\u00c2\u00a0 I needed another creative outlet, right?\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s a progress shot of my first project after a looooong time off from hand stitching.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a design I found on Urban Threads<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m loving how the stitches are turning out.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m using a chain stitch as a “fill” for each swirl, and leaving the negative space between them blank.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully the overall effect will be lacy and delicate, rather than unfinished-looking.<\/p>\n

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I have also been working on testing another designer’s pattern.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s a sneak peek from when it was in progress.\u00c2\u00a0 Texture + lace.\u00c2\u00a0 Lovely.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m waiting for the pattern to be released, then I’ll tell you more about the project.<\/p>\n

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What else?<\/p>\n

I created a deep cowl using the pattern from my cabled sweater project<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It is squishy and soft and luxurious.\u00c2\u00a0 The only problem is that I knit it in a creamy white merino yarn that is hard to photograph.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes the camera and I are friends, and sometimes we are decidedly not.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m really happy with this project though, and may even be inspired to write up the pattern.<\/p>\n

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Oh!\u00c2\u00a0 There’s also the revised version of my spring shawl design.\u00c2\u00a0 Remember how I didn’t like some of the elements<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 I reworked the charts and cast on for another sample.\u00c2\u00a0 This time in a lovely jewel green.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m working a row or two here and there between my gift projects.\u00c2\u00a0 This one will go into the pile of travel knitting for the holidays.<\/p>\n

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I also need to perform a bit of surgery on a former gift.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that one of the family dogs thought my niece’s monster toy was his to play with.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, one of the scales was pulled off in the fun.\u00c2\u00a0 Even well-worked stitches are no match for a canine’s teeth.\u00c2\u00a0 So she asked me if I could fix it.\u00c2\u00a0 I brought it back home to my studio – where I’m sure I have some of the leftover pink yarn somewhere – to fix it up so I can bring it back to her at Christmas.<\/p>\n

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So I had a lot that I could show you after all.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, back to work on those super secret gift projects!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think I’ve hit a bit of a writer’s block wall this week.\u00c2\u00a0 All the things I have to tell you about are super secret!\u00c2\u00a0 I’m itching to show you, but…\u00c2\u00a0 Why would you want to see the gifts before … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,74,66],"tags":[79,44,45,82,9,51,11,67,13],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","category-needlework","category-spinning","tag-cables","tag-creativity","tag-design","tag-embroidery","tag-knitting-2","tag-lace","tag-shawl","tag-spinning-2","tag-wool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}