{"id":268,"date":"2005-04-04T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-04T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cosmicpluto.com\/blog\/?p=268"},"modified":"2005-04-04T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-04T16:29:00","slug":"its-all-in-the-finishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"it&#8217;s all in the finishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots to blog about today!<\/p>\n<p>The silk garden <a href=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/2005\/02\/pattern-time.html\">cardi<\/a> is done! It&#8217;s soft and beautiful, and I think it&#8217;ll be great to wear over t-shirts or tanks when it gets a little warmer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"MyWindow=window.open('http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/norodone_med.jpg','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=640,height=480'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/norodone_thumb.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a little big though &#8211; just when it&#8217;s open. So I figure I&#8217;ll add buttons. I didn&#8217;t knit in buttonholes, but the stitches are loose enough that I think I can just &#8220;make&#8221; them. So which ones?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"MyWindow=window.open('http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/norobuttons_med.jpg','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=640,height=480'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/norobuttons_thumb.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a couple detail shots &#8211; yos for the increases, and the whole thing was fairly loosely knit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"MyWindow=window.open('http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/noroyo_med.jpg','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=640,height=480'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/noroyo_thumb.jpg\"\/><\/a><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"MyWindow=window.open('http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/noroclose_med.jpg','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=640,height=480'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/noroclose_thumb.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What would a completed sweater be without <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yarnagogo.com\">the Rachael<\/a>?<br \/><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"MyWindow=window.open('http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/nororachael_med.jpg','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=640,height=480'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/nororachael_thumb.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Details &#8211; Silk Garden Cardi<\/u><br \/>Pattern: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmicpluto.com\/blog\/?page_id=274\">top-down cardi<\/a><br \/>Yarn: Noro Silk Garden, colour 211, 6 skeins<br \/>Needles: US 9 Denises<br \/>Started: March 24, 2005<br \/>Finished: April 4, 2005 (not counting the buttons)<\/p>\n<p>One more thing, somewhat unrelatedly. <br \/>(I&#8217;m in the mood for finishing &#8211; I think I could burn through sewing on buttons, putting in zippers, waistband and hook-and-eye tape on almost-but-not-quite-finished-objects, but I&#8217;ve got a ton of schoolwork to do! Hopefully that motivation will still be there on the weekend&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to put three of these<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"MyWindow=window.open('http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/toggle_med.jpg','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=640,height=480'); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/images\/ImagesApr2005\/toggle_thumb.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>on my <a href=\"http:\/\/individual.utoronto.ca\/cosmicpluto\/2004\/10\/tartan-mostly-just-pictures.html\">Tartan Jacket<\/a>. What do I use for the loops? Crochet chains? Faux suede laces (that I&#8217;d have to buy)? Something else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots to blog about today! The silk garden cardi is done! It&#8217;s soft and beautiful, and I think it&#8217;ll be great to wear over t-shirts or tanks when it gets a little warmer. It&#8217;s a little big though &#8211; just when it&#8217;s open. So I figure I&#8217;ll add buttons. I didn&#8217;t knit in buttonholes, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,54,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finished-object","category-knitting","category-sweaters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurachau.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}