{"id":138,"date":"2010-08-19T19:21:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T19:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/?p=138"},"modified":"2012-06-17T19:23:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T19:23:46","slug":"beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sea-annis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-139\" title=\"sea annis\" src=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sea-annis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sea-annis.png 400w, https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sea-annis-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Now with a number of knitting patterns available, I thought it would be beneficial to start a simple website with information on my designs as well as my other knitting or spinning projects being worked on.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, I finished\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/knitty.com\/ISSUEss10\/PATTannis.php\" href=\"http:\/\/knitty.com\/ISSUEss10\/PATTannis.php\">Annis<\/a>\u00a0(By Susanna IC)\u00a0from\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/\">Knitty<\/a>\u00a0in Madelinetosh\u2019s Tosh Merino Light in the colorway Candlewick.\u00a0 Instead of working the nupps as the pattern was written, I added size 8\/10 satin finished beads in an assortment of gold and copper colors.\u00a0 If you are in the Portland, OR area, my Annis is brightening up one of the dress forms at\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.happyknitspdx.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.happyknitspdx.com\/\">Happy Knits<\/a>\u00a0at 1620 SE Hawthorne.<\/p>\n<p>I also am wrapping up an adaptation of\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/phyllo-yoked-pullover\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/phyllo-yoked-pullover\">Phyllo<\/a>\u00a0(By Norah Gaughan) using the new\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/yarns\/library\/malabrigo-yarn-rios\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/yarns\/library\/malabrigo-yarn-rios\">Malabrigo Rios<\/a>\u00a0in Archangel I won on Ravelry from Malabrigo Yarn in the Rios\u2019 naming contest.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After getting thru the yoke and body fairly quickly, I let it sit and put off working on the sleeves for a few weeks.\u00a0 Doing two sleeves at a time and alternating balls of yarn on each row makes this a pretty immobile project and keep finding other projects to work on instead.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I have a couple design projects I am working on.\u00a0 Both just needing the sample pieces to be knit up and photographed.\u00a0 More info on these once they are out in the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now with a number of knitting patterns available, I thought it would be beneficial to start a simple website with information on my designs as well as my other knitting or spinning projects being worked on. 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