{"id":1359,"date":"2012-09-20T20:41:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T01:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2012-09-20T20:41:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T01:41:53","slug":"pretty-in-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=1359","title":{"rendered":"Pretty in Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pretty-In-Pink-Original-Version\/dp\/B00138DFSC\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1348054539&#038;s=dmusic&#038;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">Reference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, my niece, Colleen, is expecting a little girl (really soon!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babysweaterconch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babysweaterconch-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"babysweaterconch\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babysweaterconch-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babysweaterconch-500x258.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babysweaterconch.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think anyone ever doubted that I would make her something. Because, well, really, must I explain?<\/p>\n<p>The pattern for this matinee jacket is from a Hayfield pattern book from years ago. I am pretty sure that the pattern book is not available new anymore. The yarn is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragonflyfibers.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kate&#8217;s Dragonfly Fibers<\/a> Dragon Sock in the Conch Shell colorway. It knit up pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babyswtrclose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babyswtrclose-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"babyswtrclose\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babyswtrclose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babyswtrclose-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/babyswtrclose.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, when I order something that is pink (or any light color), people that I normally purchase fiber from know that something is up. Go ahead, look back at my projects. I&#8217;ll wait.<\/p>\n<p>See, I normally pick darker colors. So, yeah, when you see me making something in a color like pink you know it&#8217;s not something I am making for myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rftc2012-shawl-started.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rftc2012-shawl-started-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rftc2012-shawl-started\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rftc2012-shawl-started-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rftc2012-shawl-started-399x300.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/rftc2012-shawl-started.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s about that time.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2012 by G. P. 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I am pretty sure that the pattern book is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,44,27,10,5,29,6,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after","category-baby","category-charity","category-clothing","category-knitting","category-race-for-the-cure","category-spinning","category-weaving","category-wip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}