{"id":1858,"date":"2018-11-28T14:18:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:18:23","slug":"gal-2018-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"GAL 2018: Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it that the time that is supposed to be all about piece and quiet is the most stressful time of the year? I&#8217;ll never get this.. and it is already quieter here. Just hubby and me, no traveling, just a traditional visit to his sister on New Year.<\/p>\n<p>But still, here I am, with a to do list long enough to go from here to Sweden and an app that keeps telling me how many things are overdue.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s the perfect time to work on a blogpost about the beautiful patterns for your hands that are available in this year&#8217;s GAL, isn&#8217;t it? Take That, to do list &#8211; you are not my boss!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1859\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sheep-Shuffle-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sheep-Shuffle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sheep-Shuffle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Sheep-Shuffle.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These mitts make me happy, so I had to include them in the list. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/qme8waak0h8ryio\/AADE2MSkboZs6m8BWckjE_Foa?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheep Shuffle Mitts<\/a> by Sophie McKane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1860\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Winter_florals1_medium2-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Winter_florals1_medium2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Winter_florals1_medium2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Winter_florals1_medium2.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I really wish I wouldn&#8217;t s*ck so hard at embroidery &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing like some beautiful flowers to lighten the mood when it&#8217;s all grey and dark outside. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/winter-florals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter Florals<\/a> by Martha Wissing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1861\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC01205_medium2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC01205_medium2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC01205_medium2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I adore this pattern photo almost as much as the story behind the inspiration &#8211; go check it out! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/the-astronomers-mitts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Astronomer&#8217;s Mitts<\/a> by Sabine Kastner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1862\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0023_medium2-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0023_medium2-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0023_medium2.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How could I not include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/spiral-style-mittens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiral Style Mittens<\/a> by Knitwise Design? They are beautiful and they remind me of one of my favorite bands from the late nineties \/ early 2000s\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oZoaJz_eM_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange Blue &lt;3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1863\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC2513_medium2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC2513_medium2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC2513_medium2.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If all the bright colors in today&#8217;s blogpost don&#8217;t make you happy, I really don&#8217;t know what will&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/be-relentless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Be Relentless<\/a> by Kino Knits. It was really hard to choose just one pattern from Kino Knits &#8211; go check her out!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1864\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/074A49FD-5C57-49ED-8A47-421D2DA1EC81_medium2-300x268.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/074A49FD-5C57-49ED-8A47-421D2DA1EC81_medium2-300x268.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/074A49FD-5C57-49ED-8A47-421D2DA1EC81_medium2.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How about a gorgeous gradient to tone things down a bit? I love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/whitfurrow-mitts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whitfurrow Mitts<\/a> by Michele\u00a0 DuNaier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1863\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC2513_medium2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC2513_medium2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC2513_medium2.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1865\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20170811_160615_522_medium2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20170811_160615_522_medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20170811_160615_522_medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_20170811_160615_522_medium2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And now &#8211; something bright again! Yay! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/techno-punkies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Techno Punkies<\/a> by Mary\u00a0 E Rose<\/p>\n<p>I hope I&#8217;ve brightened up your day a little! See you tomorrow with scarves and cowls!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it that the time that is supposed to be all about piece and quiet is the most stressful time of the year? I&#8217;ll never get this.. and it is already quieter here. Just hubby and me, no traveling, just a traditional visit to his sister on New Year. But still, here I am, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1858\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GAL 2018: Hands<\/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\/1858"}],"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=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1866,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}