{"id":314,"date":"2017-12-08T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T00:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/?p=314"},"modified":"2017-12-08T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T00:44:18","slug":"wip-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"WIP to the rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-313 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_1197.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m killing two birds with one stone. You know that scattered wealth of WIPS we all have? I\u2019ve restarted an old half hap shawl, very simple, with a garter center, a feather and fan border, and saved the top edge stitches live on a string to work an all around lace edge. The yarn is Rowan felted tweed in Celadon. Simple, beautiful, comforting.<\/p>\n<p>Winter came early this year, and though the pear trees performed poorly, and the rain came early, and the leaves are still scattered, I&#8217;ve got too much energy to curl up for my winter&#8217;s nap. The jangled nerves of years past have stretched; my muscles and sinews are tighted and strong. I need to do something. I&#8217;m not sure what, but sitting still and knitting isn&#8217;t it. Does that mean I need to, or need not to? I&#8217;m not sure. I need to DO something. Maybe I should start by raking up those leaves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m killing two birds with one stone. You know that scattered wealth of WIPS we all have? I\u2019ve restarted an old half hap shawl, very simple, with a garter center, a feather and fan border, and saved the top edge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/?p=314\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningwheel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}