{"id":3088,"date":"2012-08-29T21:13:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T02:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2012-08-29T21:13:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T02:13:37","slug":"horizons-broadened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=3088","title":{"rendered":"Horizons Broadened"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m thrilled to share that the reason I haven’t been blogging much lately is I’ve been knitting secret stuff that will be photographed for a design book…..a design book by a super awesome designer. I’m more than a little excited. I may have squealed a bit when she asked me to do it. Who am I kidding? I almost died of glee. For now, I can show you yarn (Barking Dogs Yarn – Chestnuts on the Flame).
\"Barking<\/a>
\nNow, when I first opened the package and saw what looked like taupe with hints of purple, I was a bit hesitant. I thought hmmm, wonder what that is going to look like? I’m not sure khaki and purple should go together?….so I do what I do and I googled.
\nAnd I found this.
\n\"\"
\nand I loved it. So, between that and the fact that this designer has pretty unbelievable taste, I decided to trust her and cast on.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, she was not wrong. I was surprised at how lovely this yarn and pattern were. There was depth. There was texture. and I’m not going to lie, I felt like my horizons had been broadened….like the time I thought Martha Stewart was crazy and red\/aqua should never be a pair and then I saw things like this
\n\"http:\/\/studiosss.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/favorite-things-december-2010.html\"<\/a>
\nand this.
\"http:\/\/www.lovefromtheoven.com\"<\/a>
\nThere’s something kind of amazing about looking at something, thinking you’re not a huge fan, keeping an open mind, knitting, and realizing that you love Ugly Ducklings.
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Ain’t knitting grand?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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