{"id":1316,"date":"2012-06-07T21:18:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T18:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2012-06-07T21:18:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T18:18:04","slug":"who-wants-to-sew-on-buttons-when-you-can-start-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2012\/06\/who-wants-to-sew-on-buttons-when-you-can-start-something-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Who wants to sew on buttons when you can start something new?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/7347643238\/\" title=\"Untitled by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7090\/7347643238_b69e8bbb42.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nI picked out buttons.  The ends are all woven in. But I just can&#8217;t bring myself to sew the buttons on, maybe tomorrow.<br \/>\nIt might make more time to muster the motivation to sew on the buttons than it took to actually knit the cardigan.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I have moved on to greener pastures.  Well purple ones.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/7347642736\/\" title=\"Untitled by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8143\/7347642736_4493ff3bd2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nI have had this dress for a while and it is sleeveless so a nice light cardigan would be nice.  Actually I have been wanting to make a matching cardigan since I bought it.  I found a nice plum colored yarn that matches the embroidery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/7347642318\/\" title=\"Untitled by ChocolateMintsInaJar, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8026\/7347642318_1cbcc5d893.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is basically how I start designing something.  I do a sketch and then add notes because if I don&#8217;t add notes I will forget what I wanted to do.  Then I keep adding information like gauge, needle size, yarn weight, etc.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked out buttons. The ends are all woven in. But I just can&#8217;t bring myself to sew the buttons on, maybe tomorrow. It might make more time to muster the motivation to sew on the buttons than it took to actually knit the cardigan. 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