{"id":895,"date":"2017-03-01T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.wordpress.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2018-05-22T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:52:29","slug":"how-old-can-alpacas-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"How old can alpacas get?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last pattern for the Hubby needs Socks ebook went online yesterday!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-897\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/img_2483_klein.jpg\" alt=\"img_2483_klein\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_2483_klein.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_2483_klein-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_2483_klein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_2483_klein-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ribbed Leaf Socks feature a mini cable pattern, a hybrid heel that combines a short-row heel and a short heel flap with a gusset and paired decreases toes closed with kitchener stitch.<\/p>\n<p>Until March 5th, end of day, there&#8217;s still a 40 % sale for all my single patterns on Ravelry with the coupon code &#8220;Celebration&#8221;, and the 40th Release KAL started today!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to see you join the fun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/knitted-in-switzerland\/3582645\/1-25\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m joining the KAL with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/daddys-prayer-shawl\" target=\"_blank\">Daddy&#8217;s Prayer Shawl<\/a> pattern worked in a handspun yarn. It&#8217;s two years since he left me and it&#8217;s nice to have some quiet time thinking of him and working on his pattern. The handspun yarn adds another special twist to it in my mind. <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-905\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/datei-01-03-17-16-51-34.jpeg\" alt=\"datei-01-03-17-16-51-34\" width=\"3710\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/datei-01-03-17-16-51-34.jpeg 3710w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/datei-01-03-17-16-51-34-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/datei-01-03-17-16-51-34-768x626.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/datei-01-03-17-16-51-34-1024x835.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3710px) 100vw, 3710px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I chose the stitch markers with him in mind &#8211; the sheep because I&#8217;m sure he would love them. The sock because he loved my handknit socks and didn&#8217;t wear any other socks. The alpaca because he loved to tell a story about some alpacas that fled from a circus in my home town and roamed the streets. He always asked me &#8220;What were these animals called?&#8221; It must be about 30 years now since that happened. Man, I&#8217;m getting old!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last pattern for the Hubby needs Socks ebook went online yesterday! The Ribbed Leaf Socks feature a mini cable pattern, a hybrid heel that combines a short-row heel and a short heel flap with a gusset and paired decreases toes closed with kitchener stitch. Until March 5th, end of day, there&#8217;s still a 40 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=895\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How old can alpacas get?<\/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\/895"}],"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=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}