{"id":1905,"date":"2014-04-13T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2014-04-13T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T18:23:45","slug":"the-curious-case-of-the-forgetful-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2014\/04\/the-curious-case-of-the-forgetful-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"The curious case of the forgetful blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I keep forgetting to blog.<br \/>\nIt has been a while. I am a bad blogger.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, can I make it up to you with some pretty pictures?<\/p>\n<p>After the crazy week of rainbow knitting and crocheting I wanted to knit socks so I cast on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/jaywalker\" target=\"_blank\">Jaywalkers<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13485103065\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3710\/13485103065_48b85d133f_z.jpg\" alt=\"I think I am the last sock knitter to knit jaywalkers. #knitting\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The week before last the 6 year old was home for spring break so we made some Sharpie mugs. &nbsp;If you have never made them or made them and they failed check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftaholicsanonymous.net\/21-tips-for-diy-sharpie-marker-mugs\" target=\"_blank\">Craftaholics Anonymous<\/a>, they have some great tips.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13561699913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7328\/13561699913_6dd117bd65_z.jpg\" alt=\"#sharpiemugs are fun.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then I caught a bug called &#8220;makedollitis&#8221;, but it is ok, I am better now<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13577222133\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7070\/13577222133_d7fca0cdb9_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet instant gratification. #crochet\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13598779574\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7020\/13598779574_5f7a905de1_z.jpg\" alt=\"I find peace in making. #crochet #amigurumi\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13600891124\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3766\/13600891124_ec00052b2d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Now to add some hair. #crochet #amigurumi\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13609441165\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5504\/13609441165_902ae5e106_z.jpg\" alt=\"Jumpsuit attempt number 1. Needs some work. #crochet #knitting\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before spring break ended someone got out the ruffled fabric and asked for a skirt, so I made a skirt. This is the second time I use this fabric, the first time it was a nightmare, so this time I researched some more, found this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeit-loveit.com\/2011\/05\/ruffle-skirt-and-ruffles-on-shirt.html\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial<\/a> from Make it &amp; Love it. &nbsp;She also asked for a bag so I made this teeny tiny cute bag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13624419535\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7295\/13624419535_e6d609d089_z.jpg\" alt=\"Today&#039;s #sewing. A ruffles fabric skirt and a mini bag for her dolls.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I decided if I could knit a doll. Isn&#8217;t she cute?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13640926723\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3830\/13640926723_90af63b7b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"There was a time when there wasn&#039;t anything in the world that would make me knit 6 stitch tubes using DPNs. #knitting  #chocolatemintsinajardolls\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13647805523\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3803\/13647805523_70138b12e2_z.jpg\" alt=\"A knit version of the #chocolatemintsinajardolls #knitting\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the Jaywalkers got frogged and cast on as plain vanilla socks. &nbsp;Then it got tedious so I got out my fancy sock yarn hanks, wound them into balls as motivation (bribery)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13711306994\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3796\/13711306994_a7e7abc22d_z.jpg\" alt=\"I have been having sock #knitting trouble lately. So I am motivating myself with pretty #yarn\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But of course I got lost somewhere and started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/evas-shawl\" target=\"_blank\">Eva&#8217;s Shawl<\/a>, which has probably been in my revelry favorites since I first joined. &nbsp;I am trying to use up as much of my stashed yarn as I can because the yarn is getting out of control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/13756225603\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7129\/13756225603_483afd3504_z.jpg\" alt=\"I have wanted to #crochet this shawl since 2009.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope you made it to the end and enjoyed yourself. &nbsp;I will try to remember to blog more regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep forgetting to blog. It has been a while. I am a bad blogger. Sorry, can I make it up to you with some pretty pictures? After the crazy week of rainbow knitting and crocheting I wanted to knit socks so I cast on Jaywalkers.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[129,30,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet-yarning","category-knitting","category-sewing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p10SDt-uJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1908,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}