{"id":1917,"date":"2012-02-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2012-02-22T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:46:25","slug":"game-thrones-bookishness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/game-thrones-bookishness\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones and Other Bookishness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re all very sweet and tolerant of my long-ish pauses on this blog while I <a href=\"http:\/\/wwmdfk.com\">write and edit another knitting book<\/a>, write a novel, <a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/craftlit\">podcast<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/shop\/?page_id=172#defarge\">design patterns<\/a>, but for a long time now I&#8217;ve wanted to try to tie this blog into the rest of that lot a bit better.<\/p>\n<p>What better way to start than with <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>?!<\/p>\n<p>Meg Warren, who you may know from <a href=\"http:\/\/wwmdfk.com\"><em>What Would Madame Defarge Knit?<\/em><\/a> and \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/yarns\/brands\/the-march-hare\">The March Hare yarns<\/a>, has designed the most luscious pair of mittens with lovely Stags on the back. The pattern is charted but straight-forward and Meg (who is, shockingly, just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/people\/Meg\">Meg<\/a> on Ravelry) is always there to help.<\/p>\n<p>Still not sure?<\/p>\n<h3>Winter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Stag<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/purchase\/meg-warren-designs-for-the-march-hare\/93055\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/images\/shopping\/buy-now.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>$4.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/GameSwordCloser.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-371\" title=\"GameSwordCloser\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/GameSwordCloser-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knit from the cuff up, with a plaited edge, the pattern includes a link to a plaited edge tutorial as well as internal links, helping you move between instructions and charts if you are on a tablet.<\/p>\n<p>Line numbers match for use with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitcompanion.com\/\">KnitCompanion<\/a> on the iPad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/winters-stag\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1923\" title=\"Winter's Stag\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VerticalGame-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"Winter's Stag\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VerticalGame-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VerticalGame-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VerticalGame-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/VerticalGame.jpg 1987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd the stags of which we spoke.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/winters-stag\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Winter's Stack Backs with Sword\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/GamePairBacksSword-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Winter's Stack Backs with Sword\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI know, gorgeous, right?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I have more patterns for you coming this week, but now I have to run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re all very sweet and tolerant of my long-ish pauses on this blog while I write and edit another knitting book, write a novel, podcast, and design patterns, but for a long time now I&#8217;ve wanted to try to tie this blog into the rest of that lot a bit better. 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