{"id":831,"date":"2019-07-07T16:31:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2019-07-07T16:31:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:31:41","slug":"the-right-amount-of-yarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/07\/the-right-amount-of-yarn\/","title":{"rendered":"The right amount of yarn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-835\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-835\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/100_1897-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/100_1897-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/100_1897-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/100_1897-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White faced Capuchin Monkey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Costa Rica was great!<\/strong> I had a relaxing time and saw monkeys, iguanas, colorful magpies, lizards, raccoons, pelicans, vultures and more. We stayed at a resort near the forest and Pacific ocean which I considered glamping because we were so far away from a town and I\u2019m definitely a city girl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-836\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/100_1911-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An iguana in the sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was a lot of time to relax. I preferred sitting in the shade near the ocean where there were boats, birds, crabs, monkeys and other sights to occupy my time as I crocheted. For those who have been following I was wondering how much yarn to take on my trip. I took enough. I had a couple of skeins that I didn\u2019t use for hats, but I did make six hats and seven scarves on the trip. The last row and a half I finished at home, because I don\u2019t crochet on planes, not enough space to move about. I either read or sleep. There was some yarn left over and I will incorporate it into other projects but now I know how much to bring with me for a relaxing trip. There was a lot of time sitting around, though I did participate in a wine tasting, nature hikes, chatted with some other people at the beach, evening entertainment at the disco, plus other activities. I didn\u2019t feel as though I missed out on anything and leisurely worked on my projects.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-833\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-833\" src=\"http:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_20190702_173622834-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"261\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most of the 2019 Costa Rica Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On this trip, crocheting at the beach became \u201cmy thing.\u201d People who saw me would come over and start a conversation about my work. A few people even said they didn\u2019t think of bringing anything. I said \u201cI can crochet and look at the scenery, so I brought crocheting, because I wouldn\u2019t be able to enjoy the view by reading.\u201d They agreed. I don\u2019t always get to have several days with large blocks of time where I can just sit and crochet. Now I have a better idea of how much yarn to bring with me I feel like I am truly a seasoned traveler. Plus, I have learned something new that I can use when I am ready for my next trip &#8211; how to plan the amount of yarn to bring. The right amount of yarn is the amount that you will use and not be a social hermit or miss out on anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy crocheting!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costa Rica was great! I had a relaxing time and saw monkeys, iguanas, colorful magpies, lizards, raccoons, pelicans, vultures and more. We stayed at a resort near the forest and Pacific ocean which I considered glamping because we were so far away from a town and I\u2019m definitely a city girl. There was a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","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=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crochetmaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}