{"id":3946,"date":"2012-12-02T15:51:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2012-12-02T15:51:46","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:51:46","slug":"friend-in-hoosierville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=3946","title":{"rendered":"Friend in Hoosierville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I joined the ornament swap hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com\/2012\/11\/swap-link-progress.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Lowry<\/a> and I floated that swap to my bloggy friend, Bonnie of Peaceable Liberal, and she geniusly suggested that she and I swap. I was trying to figure out what to make her when I ran across her blog post about <a href=\"http:\/\/attic24.typepad.com\/weblog\/bauble-decoration.html\" target=\"_blank\">these ornaments by Attic 24<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/crochet1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Crocheted ornaments\" title=\"Crocheted ornaments\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/crochet1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/crochet1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nBonnie doesn&#8217;t really crochet so this would be perfect! Here&#8217;s my first try. ew&#8230;.I didn&#8217;t even finish one side.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4141-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bauble Take 1\" title=\"Bauble Take 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4141-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4141-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4141.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>Here&#8217;s my second go. eh. This one is fine, but not great.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4143-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bauble Take 2\" title=\"Bauble Take 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4143-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4143-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4143.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThird time&#8217;s the charm!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4021-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bauble Ornament\" title=\"Bauble Ornament\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4021.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>THEN you know that magic that people make when they create ships in a bottle? Well, Bonnie conjured up Knitting in an Ornament and sent it to me! I love it! I found a spot on my tree where two white lights were together so I could spotlight it&#8230;.and just so you know, the &#8220;needles&#8221; are made from toothpicks and little wooden beads. Genius.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4157-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Knitting in an Ornament\" title=\"Knitting in an Ornament\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4157-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4157-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4157.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>She also sent me Hoosier Doot salad dressing and yummy apple butter from Indiana. The Hoosier sauce is so good that I continue to fight the urge to pour some in a shot glass and drink it. No, I&#8217;m not kidding. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4146-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hoosier Doot &amp; Apple Butter\" title=\"Hoosier Doot &amp; Apple Butter\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4146-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4146-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThanks, Bonnie, that was a ton of fun!!!<br \/>\nPs. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/peaceableliberal.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/ornament-swap.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bonnie&#8217;s blog<\/a> about our swap if you want &#8220;the rest of the story&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I joined the ornament swap hosted by Christina Lowry and I floated that swap to my bloggy friend, Bonnie of Peaceable Liberal, and she geniusly suggested that she and I swap. I was trying to figure out what to make her when I ran across her blog post about these ornaments by Attic 24. 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