{"id":1091,"date":"2012-02-14T21:08:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T18:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2012-02-14T21:08:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T18:08:36","slug":"i-am-having-serious-knitting-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2012\/02\/i-am-having-serious-knitting-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"I am having serious knitting trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t find the time to knit and when I do there are so many distractions and when there aren&#8217;t distractions I am slow and the one thing I did finish was too small.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit A<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/6868445401\/\" title=\"IMG_8590 by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7194\/6868445401_3bac822e2f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_8590\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is way too small for my daughter.  She tried it on and told me to put it in the bag &#8220;that goes to the little babies&#8221;.  She is right and I hate to admit it, it is too small because I decided to eyeball it instead of get up and get a measuring tape and measure it.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit B<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/6868442575\/\" title=\"IMG_8580 by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7184\/6868442575_2b031c21ba.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_8580\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nI cast on days ago and progress has been so slow it is almost non existent.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit C<br \/>\nThere is no picture because I cast on for a pair of socks at least 7 times, 6 toe up and 1 cuff down.  With two different yarns no less.  I tried provisional cast on but there were too many holes in the short row wraps. As for Judy&#8217;s Magic cast on, well lets just say that the magic was gone or perhaps lost on my socks.  Even my cuff down cast on was all crooked, and I can cast on with my eyes closed normally or at least with my eyes open but in a very dark room.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously the Exhibit B knitting is so simple even a very beginner knitting could do it, but I just can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that for some reason my hands are angry, perhaps almost as angry as I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t find the time to knit and when I do there are so many distractions and when there aren&#8217;t distractions I am slow and the one thing I did finish was too small. Exhibit A It is way too small for my daughter. 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