Sorry for the absence! I’ve been packing boxes.<\/p>\n
Like this.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\nI’ve also been doing this:<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But mostly, today, I wanted to talk to you about this:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=ss_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=crapofocrwhlo-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0811712990&asins=0811712990&linkId=BWMLAQWEZXOG5TA4&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>Amy Gunderson’s book’s cover tells me all I need to know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This book is full of fun patterns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love fun.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to highlight two for you today.<\/p>\n<p>The first is <strong><em>Coventry<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>I admit that I’m a sucker for this color grey, so I’m immediately drawn to it. But beyond that…<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140417-213319.jpg\" alt=\"Coventry Mitts Gunderson\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>…I really like this stitch pattern repeat. I thought it was simple enough but very elegant\u2014and I liked the button on the (left) side (in picture) beyond all reason.<\/p>\n<p>The other pattern I wanted to highlight for you is this kicky number:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Energy<\/strong> <strong>Mitts!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140417-213310.jpg\" alt=\"Energy Mitts Gunderson\" width=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girl is the picture is holding a skateboard, but it is so clear that if you (like me) have boys at home, these would be ideal. I love the detail work and the instructions are nice and clear. Fear not the zipper!<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>I found the book to be an easy and pleasant read and I can’t wait to hear more from <a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/craftlit\/?page_id=6992\">our lucky Raffle Winner (through midnight, April 30, 2014)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry for the absence! I’ve been packing boxes. Like this. I’ve also been doing this: But mostly, today, I wanted to talk to you about this: Amy Gunderson’s book’s cover tells me all I need to know. This book is full of fun patterns. I love fun. I decided to highlight two for you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,281,3,195,371,65],"tags":[337,481,354],"class_list":["post-3505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-fun","category-freebies","category-knitting","category-patterns","category-review-blog-fun","category-writing","tag-mitts","tag-raffle","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3505"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3588,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions\/3588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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I’ve also been doing this:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But mostly, today, I wanted to talk to you about this:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=ss_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=crapofocrwhlo-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=0811712990&asins=0811712990&linkId=BWMLAQWEZXOG5TA4&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>Amy Gunderson’s book’s cover tells me all I need to know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This book is full of fun patterns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love fun.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to highlight two for you today.<\/p>\n<p>The first is <strong><em>Coventry<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>I admit that I’m a sucker for this color grey, so I’m immediately drawn to it. But beyond that…<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140417-213319.jpg\" alt=\"Coventry Mitts Gunderson\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>…I really like this stitch pattern repeat. I thought it was simple enough but very elegant\u2014and I liked the button on the (left) side (in picture) beyond all reason.<\/p>\n<p>The other pattern I wanted to highlight for you is this kicky number:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Energy<\/strong> <strong>Mitts!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20140417-213310.jpg\" alt=\"Energy Mitts Gunderson\" width=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girl is the picture is holding a skateboard, but it is so clear that if you (like me) have boys at home, these would be ideal. I love the detail work and the instructions are nice and clear. Fear not the zipper!<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>I found the book to be an easy and pleasant read and I can’t wait to hear more from <a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/craftlit\/?page_id=6992\">our lucky Raffle Winner (through midnight, April 30, 2014)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry for the absence! I’ve been packing boxes. Like this. I’ve also been doing this: But mostly, today, I wanted to talk to you about this: Amy Gunderson’s book’s cover tells me all I need to know. This book is full of fun patterns. I love fun. I decided to highlight two for you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,281,3,195,371,65],"tags":[337,481,354],"class_list":["post-3505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-fun","category-freebies","category-knitting","category-patterns","category-review-blog-fun","category-writing","tag-mitts","tag-raffle","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3505"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3588,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions\/3588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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