{"id":240,"date":"2011-11-26T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/?p=240"},"modified":"2011-11-26T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:23:23","slug":"deceptively-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/deceptively-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Deceptively Difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family has left after Thanksgiving.\u00a0 It was a really wonderful visit.\u00a0 And since my dad’s birthday is in early December, I was able to give him his present early.\u00a0 This should have been his present two years ago, but I got so frustrated with it that I put it away.\u00a0 It was an illusion scarf.\u00a0 It reveals its pattern only when viewed from the correct angle.<\/p>\n

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My dad loves illusions, so I thought that this would be perfect.\u00a0 It’s made from hand spun (by me) tussah silk.\u00a0 The off-white stripes are natural and the blue I dyed using Jacquard royal blue dye.\u00a0 It’s not a difficult knit, only purls and knits, but you can’t see the pattern developing as you go along, so you have to take it on faith that you haven’t made any errors.\u00a0 I usually prefer my knitting to be of the kind you can do in front of the TV.\u00a0 This is not that.\u00a0 It did turn out rather well though, and he loved it, which is the most important part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The family has left after Thanksgiving.\u00a0 It was a really wonderful visit.\u00a0 And since my dad’s birthday is in early December, I was able to give him his present early.\u00a0 This should have been his present two years ago, but I got so frustrated with it that I put it away.\u00a0 It was an illusion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fibers","category-knitting"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/author\/admin\/"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gp05-3S","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":843,"url":"https:\/\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/science-of-knitting\/","url_meta":{"origin":240,"position":0},"title":"Science of Knitting","author":"admin","date":"April 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As those of you who know me, or who read me on any kind of regular basis know, my professional training is in science.\u00a0 So when faced with a problem, in this case, my less than enthusiastic feeling for my last knitting project, my immediate approach to figuring out what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fibers"","block_context":{"text":"Fibers","link":"https:\/\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/category\/fibers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/swatches.jpg?fit=640%2C490&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/swatches.jpg?fit=640%2C490&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/swatches.jpg?fit=640%2C490&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":212,"url":"https:\/\/exhaliastudios.com\/squirrel\/stash-busting\/","url_meta":{"origin":240,"position":1},"title":"Stash Busting","author":"admin","date":"October 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I'm concentrating on using up materials I already have and finishing projects already started. 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