{"id":1522,"date":"2017-02-04T17:58:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T17:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2017-02-04T17:58:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T17:58:22","slug":"stripes-and-swirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=1522","title":{"rendered":"Stripes and Swirls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1519\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/stripes-and-swirls3.jpg\" alt=\"stripes-and-swirls3\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for a sale.<\/p>\n<p>Well, actually, let&#8217;s rephrase that. I&#8217;m a sucker for a YARN sale.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve been bombarded with emails telling me how much cheaper it all is since Christmas, so when this stuff &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveknitting.com\/sublime-luxurious-aran-tweed?a_aid=7d8ae305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sublime Luxurious Aran Tweed,<\/a> 40% wool, 40% cotton, 20% llama &#8211;\u00a0 was about half price, it was <em>obviously<\/em> irresistible.<\/p>\n<p>Even though&#8230; erm&#8230; I didn&#8217;t exactly have a plan.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve been completely bonkers about stripes lately. So, obviously, there had to be stripes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1520\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/sublime1.jpg\" alt=\"sublime1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And nothing is complete these days without a bit of a motif&#8230; When I told my beloved husband my plan to mix &#8217;em up he looked, let&#8217;s say, a little skeptical. But he did have the good grace to follow the look with &#8220;But what do <em>I <\/em>know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1521\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/sublime2.jpg\" alt=\"sublime2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the most positive side-effects of this journey through my woollen world is this: for many years, an expression of doubt or uncertainty would have put me off continuing along my trajectory but at this grand old age and with the experiences I have under my belt (which I hesitate to label &#8216;good&#8217; or &#8216;bad&#8217; since they all led me here, after all) I don&#8217;t care. I have the courage of my conviction, and I&#8217;m <em>going to do it anyway<\/em>. Sometimes, of course, it doesn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I&#8217;m relieved to report, I believe it did.<\/p>\n<p>So, the Stripes and Swirls Sweater was born and I love it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1517\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/stripes-and-swirls1.jpg\" alt=\"stripes-and-swirls1\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveknitting.com\/stripes-and-swirls-sweater-knitting-pattern-by-alice-neal?a_aid=7d8ae305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If you fancy a crack at it, you can find the pattern here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And beloved husband?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s your best yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See?<\/p>\n<p>Happy knitting!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1518\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/stripes-and-swirls2.jpg\" alt=\"stripes-and-swirls2\" width=\"1262\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for a sale. 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