{"id":457,"date":"2015-01-06T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.wordpress.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2018-05-22T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:52:36","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year everyone! Let&#8217;s hope that we&#8217;ll all be healthy, happy and successful in 2015! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been quiet for some time, but now I&#8217;ve got some things to show you. I really did it &#8211; I finished my Daddy&#8217;s blanket before Christmas and all my planned GAL projects before midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/daddys_blanket.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-458\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/daddys_blanket.jpg\" alt=\"Daddys_Blanket\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/daddys_blanket.jpg 640w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/daddys_blanket-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the blanket I designed for my Dad. It&#8217;s made from Garnstudio Drops Peak and the stitch pattern is a mosaic pattern by Barbara Walker. He loved the colors, he loved the pattern and it&#8217;s keeping him warm &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t have hoped for more, I guess \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>With the blanket out of the way I got back to the GAL projects I had planned:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/papa_watch_me_fly.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-463\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/papa_watch_me_fly.jpg\" alt=\"Papa_watch_me_fly\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/papa_watch_me_fly.jpg 640w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/papa_watch_me_fly-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/papa-watch-me-fly\" target=\"_blank\">Papa watch me fly<\/a> by Stephanie Mann, made from Citywool&#8217;s Alfa Superwash. It&#8217;s a lovely pattern, I&#8217;m wearing the hat all the time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/dsc01379_medium2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-459\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/dsc01379_medium2.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01379_medium2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dsc01379_medium2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/dsc01379_medium2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My second project was also a hat, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/my-inner-viking-beanie\" target=\"_blank\">My inner viking beanie<\/a> by Jenny Faifel. I used Drops Baby Alpaca Silk in white and Wollmeise Twin in one of their We&#8217;re Different Colorways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/fountains_and_cables.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-460\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/fountains_and_cables.jpg\" alt=\"Fountains_and_Cables\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fountains_and_cables.jpg 640w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fountains_and_cables-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project No. 3 was Ashwini Jambekhars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/fountains-and-cables-scarf\" target=\"_blank\">Fountains and Cables Scarf<\/a> made from the same Wollmeise yarn I used for the viking beanie. Wonderful pattern, gorgeous scarf, Wollmeise yarn&#8230; What&#8217;s not to love?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/lichen_and_moss.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-461\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/lichen_and_moss.jpg\" alt=\"Lichen_and_Moss\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a pattern I have been wanting to make for years, and now was finally its time. It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/lichen--moss-shawl\" target=\"_blank\">Lichen and Moss Shawl<\/a> by Sue Lazenby also made from Wollmeise Twin.<\/p>\n<p>As I was such a good girl and finished so many projects, my Christmas was very woolly. I was spoiled with beautiful yarn-related presents, but I&#8217;ll keep these for another post. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year everyone! Let&#8217;s hope that we&#8217;ll all be healthy, happy and successful in 2015! \ud83d\ude42 I&#8217;ve been quiet for some time, but now I&#8217;ve got some things to show you. I really did it &#8211; I finished my Daddy&#8217;s blanket before Christmas and all my planned GAL projects before midnight on New Year&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=457\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy New Year!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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\/457"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}