{"id":646,"date":"2015-04-21T17:19:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2015-04-21T17:19:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:19:56","slug":"a-jack-russell-a-tunic-and-an-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":"A Jack Russell, a Tunic and an Adventure."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, I know, I know. I&#8217;m rubbish.<\/p>\n<p>Life hurtles along at breakneck speed and before you know it <em>months<\/em> have flown past and now&#8230; SPRING! And hallelujah, because frankly winter can jolly well <em>do one<\/em>. There have been enough bugs under this roof to sink a small fleet of battleships and this family is emerging, battle-scarred but undefeated, blinking into the sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>But I have been busy. Honest.<\/p>\n<p>First of all I have this to share with you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/jj10.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/jj10.jpg\" alt=\"JJ10\" width=\"620\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mean <em>loooooooook<\/em>! And before people get all stuffy and snippy about dogs already having coats, take it from me that the harsh blooming winters up here do <em>not<\/em> agree with our dear teeny skinny Juno&#8217;s demeanour. Admittedly, pure wool may be treating her rather more as a Princess than warranted \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 but she is most grateful for an extra layer.<\/p>\n<p>If you fancy making something similar,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveknitting.com\/the-juno-jumper-knitting-pattern-by-alice-neal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> have a little look over here<\/a>, where you can download the pattern for free.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I have completed a granny square tunic, which will be on the backburner till autumn:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/square2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-649\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/square2.jpg\" alt=\"square2\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-650\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares2.jpg\" alt=\"squares2\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-651\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares4.jpg\" alt=\"squares4\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-652\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares5.jpg\" alt=\"squares5\" width=\"658\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-653\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares6.jpg\" alt=\"squares6\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-654\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/squares7.jpg\" alt=\"squares7\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I have just embarked upon a little after-school adventure with 14 of the children from our village primary.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, armed with a great mountain of goodies from loveknitting.com (bless their hearts), I headed off into the unknown:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/club1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/club1.jpg\" alt=\"club1\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hour flew by in a flurry of<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miss, I can&#8217;t do this! Miss, is this right? Miss, what&#8217;s happened to this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(I know&#8230; &#8220;Miss&#8221; &gt;.&lt; It cracks me up)<\/p>\n<p>But they were little troopers and are coming back next week for more punishment, and I am proud to report that we have a few already managing garter stitch, along with a valiant few who have yet to &#8216;click&#8217;, but we&#8217;ll do it!<\/p>\n<p>And here are the fruits of the first session&#8217;s labours:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/club2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-657\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/club2.jpg\" alt=\"club2\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will be very happy to report on our continued progress next week \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, I know, I know. I&#8217;m rubbish. 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