{"id":1549,"date":"2017-02-06T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2017-02-06T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:00:50","slug":"my-other-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"My Other Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got two beautiful skeins of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveknitting.com\/the-yarn-collective-pembroke-worsted?a_aid=7d8ae305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Yarn Collective&#8217;s Pembroke Worsted<\/a> in Smoky Quartz and Copper Agate.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s gorgeous stuff. I mean gorgeous. Beautiful shifting colour, delightfully squishy, and lovely to knit with.<\/p>\n<p>So, what to make with it?<\/p>\n<p>A pair of Valentine&#8217;s boot socks for my husband. And, since Valentine&#8217;s Day was fast approaching, they needed LOTS of hearts.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1558\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/my-other-half3.jpg\" alt=\"my-other-half3\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and in the spirit of different but similar halves of a whole, I thought they&#8217;d be rather beautiful mirroring each other: mismatched but matching.<\/p>\n<p>So here they are in all their glory:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1562\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/my-other-half7.jpg\" alt=\"my-other-half7\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, as ever, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveknitting.com\/my-other-half-socks-knitting-pattern-by-alice-neal?a_aid=7d8ae305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">if you fancy a crack at them yourself, you can find the pattern here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1559\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/my-other-half4.jpg\" alt=\"my-other-half4\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1560\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/my-other-half5.jpg\" alt=\"my-other-half5\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Oh, and because he&#8217;s a Wool-Widower and such an obliging sock model, I let him keep them early \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1561\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/my-other-half6.jpg\" alt=\"my-other-half6\" width=\"1411\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy knitting! &lt;3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got two beautiful skeins of The Yarn Collective&#8217;s Pembroke Worsted in Smoky Quartz and Copper Agate. 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