{"id":399,"date":"2018-07-24T22:48:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T03:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2018-07-24T22:48:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T03:48:45","slug":"summertime-and-crocheting-is-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/24\/summertime-and-crocheting-is-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime and crocheting is easy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-402 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206a-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206a-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206a-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206a-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206a.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monday&#8217;s afghan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong> and outdoors!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Summertime means outdoor movies and concerts and plenty of time for mindless crocheting. Though it\u2019s only Tuesday I have already been to two outdoor events &#8211; a concert in the park yesterday and a movie tonight. I planned my projects wisely, sort of. Last night, I brought a bit of yarn which would give me a good start to a Granny afghan, I ran out of the contrasting color and will need more to make the afghan the way I really want it to be. So, I started another afghan today with some yarn from previous projects, some that was gifted to me and a couple of skeins thoughtfully purchased to tie them all together. Today\u2019s afghan was better planned, though I will like both when they are finished.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-401 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0724182206-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuesday&#8217;s afghan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another reason that I\u2019m stalled on yesterday\u2019s afghan is that I have some yarn that I know I will have leftover from an afghan that is almost complete. I don\u2019t want to start using the yarn for the new project, until I have finished the other. I may have several projects going at one time, but I don\u2019t use the yarn for one while working on another. [That will just make me run out faster!] The yarn that I anticipate on having left over will tie things all together, though I know I will still need to add more to Monday\u2019s afghan. That\u2019s not the point, the point is it\u2019s summer and just because it\u2019s summer doesn\u2019t mean that I stop crocheting. For me, it\u2019s a year round pastime.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy concerts and movies but I wouldn\u2019t crochet in a movie theatre or concert because it\u2019s too dark. There\u2019s just something fun about crocheting at a free event in the [\u201cgasp\u201d] summer that makes it much more enticing. Granny square afghans are quick and also allow me to match up random odd lots of yarn for something beautiful, because before you know it&#8230; it will be cold in the Midwest and people will need something to keep them warm.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Summertime and the crocheting is easy and outdoors!<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and outdoors! Summertime means outdoor movies and concerts and plenty of time for mindless crocheting. Though it\u2019s only Tuesday I have already been to two outdoor events &#8211; a concert in the park yesterday and a movie tonight. I planned my projects wisely, sort of. Last night, I brought a bit of yarn which would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}