{"id":1829,"date":"2018-11-26T18:18:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2018-11-26T18:18:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T18:18:40","slug":"gal-2018-toys-and-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"GAL 2018: Toys and Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s blog post covers the categories Toys and Home &#8211; and what can I say, it&#8217;s all just so supercute! Cuteness overload ahead &#8211; you have been warned!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1830\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cabled_gnome-5836_medium2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cabled_gnome-5836_medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cabled_gnome-5836_medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cabled_gnome-5836_medium2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Schira&#8217;s Gnomes were easily the most popular project in last year&#8217;s GAL, I think. And she has done it again &#8211; This year&#8217;s gnomes are cabled and so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/here-we-gnome-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here We Gnome Again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1831\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stanascrittersetc_Oriana_IV_medium-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stanascrittersetc_Oriana_IV_medium-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/stanascrittersetc_Oriana_IV_medium.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A while ago I read somewhere that foxes are the new owls. But if you ask me &#8211; with adorable patterns like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/oriana-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oriana<\/a> by Stana D. Sortor &#8211; owls are the new owls.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1832\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20180228_103811_medium2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20180228_103811_medium2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20180228_103811_medium2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20180228_103811_medium2.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love Norway. I love moose. I love puns. So how could I not love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/easily-amoosed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easily Amoosed<\/a> by Cassandra Bibler?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1833\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Koala_Final_Photo_Ravelry_medium2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Koala_Final_Photo_Ravelry_medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Koala_Final_Photo_Ravelry_medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Koala_Final_Photo_Ravelry_medium2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I only have one word for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/hetty-the-koala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hetty the Koala<\/a> by Kate E. Hancock. A-DOR-AB-LE!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1834\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/53_medium2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/53_medium2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/53_medium2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you need a friendly vampire amigurumi in your life? Elif Tekten is there to help with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/paco-the-vampire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paco the friendly Vampire<\/a>. Look at those cheeks! Go on, make him &#8211; for yourself, for your teenage daughter, for everyone!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1835\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3372_medium2-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3372_medium2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3372_medium2.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I must admit I&#8217;m so bad with flowers I can&#8217;t even keep a cactus alive. But one of these days I&#8217;ll give crocheted plants a try, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/amigurumi-flower-colchicum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amigurumi Flower Colchicum<\/a> by Irina Mulyavko. &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1836\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20180806_112114-01_medium2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20180806_112114-01_medium2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20180806_112114-01_medium2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20180806_112114-01_medium2.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can it get any cuter than a koala bear wearing a sheep sweater? I don&#8217;t think it can! Thanks for creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/grisha-the-koala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grisha the Koala<\/a>, dear Anna Kibalchich-Poda!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1837\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4075_medium2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4075_medium2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4075_medium2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think there&#8217;s space for one more gnome on this list &#8211; just look at that smile, who could resist that? Go and give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/kras-the-gnome\">Kras the Gnome<\/a> by Shaina Scott some love &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1839\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ozifarmersmarketoverall_medium-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ozifarmersmarketoverall_medium-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ozifarmersmarketoverall_medium.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo credit: Dawn Stuckey)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll end today&#8217;s post with a very special pattern. The world has lost a very special person this month &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/people\/joandyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan Dyer<\/a> lost her fight with cancer. <a href=\"http:\/\/arionchambermusic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arion Chamber Music<\/a> was very close to Joan&#8217;s heart, and the wonderful Mary E Rose designed a beautiful blanket, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/cradle-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cradle Song<\/a>, and donates a portion of the pattern sales to Arion Chamber Music. So if you just buy one pattern from today&#8217;s list, I really hope it&#8217;s Cradle Song &#8211; for yourself or a music lover in your life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s blog post covers the categories Toys and Home &#8211; and what can I say, it&#8217;s all just so supercute! Cuteness overload ahead &#8211; you have been warned! Sarah Schira&#8217;s Gnomes were easily the most popular project in last year&#8217;s GAL, I think. And she has done it again &#8211; This year&#8217;s gnomes are cabled &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1829\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GAL 2018: Toys and Home<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}