{"id":331,"date":"2013-03-02T17:46:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=331"},"modified":"2013-03-02T20:15:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T20:15:59","slug":"2nd-crochet-project-of-2013-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"2nd crochet project of 2013 finished!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just a short post this week as it&#8217;s still a bit &#8216;all go on the home front&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This week I progressed a little further on the Jan Sweater, only 8 rows but in the words of a famous UK supermarket- &#8220;every little helps&#8221;.\u00a0 There isn&#8217;t enough of a change to justify a photograph, but I reckon I&#8217;m about 8 rows short of the armhole shaping now, so it&#8217;s going pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>I did however finish the Anais\u00a0 (pronounced Ah-nah-is) Jacket.\u00a0 Using Rowan Big Wool in a delicious dark purple colour this has come out really well and I&#8217;m really pleased with it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a very fast Tunisian crochet project (once you get around the slightly fiddly main stitch) and although I had ripped out completely once, and gone again I still ended up with the wrong stitch count at one point, but decided it was close enough.\u00a0 The pattern notes state that this won&#8217;t close in front, mine does &#8211; and I&#8217;m contemplating adding some clasps, but it&#8217;s just lovely without.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of bulky yarn and tunisian stitches means that this is a very structured little bolero with a stand up collar, and though the yarn seemed to have a lot of bits of plastic twined in with the ply that I had to pull out, the stitch definition is outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>Want a peek?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-333\" title=\"Anais Jacket\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1012-e1362245827827-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Anais Jacket in Tunisian Crochet\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1012-e1362245827827-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1012-e1362245827827-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1012-e1362245827827.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>and here&#8217;s a couple of the stitch detail because you&#8217;ve been so good&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-334\" title=\"Collar Detail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1017-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Collar Detail of Anais Jacket\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1017-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1017-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-336\" title=\"Anais Jacket - back and hem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1015-e1362246109668-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Anais Jacket - back and hem\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1015-e1362246109668-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1015-e1362246109668-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_1015-e1362246109668.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little fairy tells me that the Tunisian workshop is selling really well, so if you are thinking about it now is a good time to act &#8211; though I just know we will be running this one again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just a short post this week as it&#8217;s still a bit &#8216;all go on the home front&#8217;. 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