{"id":1510,"date":"2011-09-16T08:46:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T16:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/mclaughlindesigns\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2012-01-17T15:20:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T23:20:07","slug":"fionas-pixie-hood-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/2011\/09\/fionas-pixie-hood-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiona&#8217;s Pixie Hood (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I have made quite a bit of progress on Fiona&#8217;s new hat. I am following the pattern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/62637598\/pattern-zozo-pixie-cables\">Zozo Pixie Cables<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/mskat?ref=seller_info\">Amanda Keeys<\/a>. I made it half way through knitting the hat and realized that I had mis read the pattern. I had to rip it out and start all over again&#8230;sigh. However, this is such a quick gratifying knit. I have made it almost back to half way. Here are a few pictures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1221\" title=\"blog-1041\" src=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1041-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>I love the construction of this hood. The edging is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1222\" title=\"blog-1043\" src=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1043-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>I was so anxious to see if it would fit Fiona that I rigged it to stay on even though it is only half knit. Here&#8217;s how it looks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1223\" title=\"blog-1044\" src=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1044-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think she will look darling in it when I am finished. I just have to find the perfect button!<\/p>\n<p>Fiona is tired and not feeling the greatest today so when I told her to smile this is the face she made. I have to admit I definately have days where I feel like she looks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1224\" title=\"blog-1046\" src=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1046-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have also been doing a lot of research. I have a few hat ideas for fall\/winter and I am increasing my knowledge of stitch types. Here is an awesome stitch dictionary that I found at Powell&#8217;s Books in Portland, OR.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1225\" title=\"blog-1042\" src=\"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/blog-1042-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>If you are interested in this book you can find it for sale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmart.com\/shc\/s\/p_10151_10104_1990000000338712P?vName=For%20the%20Home&amp;cName=Knit&amp;Crochet&amp;sName=Books&amp;sid=KDx20070926x00003a&amp;ci_src=14110944&amp;ci_sku=1990000000338712P\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I have made quite a bit of progress on Fiona&#8217;s new hat. I am following the pattern Zozo Pixie Cables by Amanda Keeys. I made it half way through knitting the hat and realized that I had mis read the pattern. I had to rip it out and start all over again&#8230;sigh. However, this is such a quick gratifying knit. I have made it almost back to half way. Here are a few pictures. I love the construction of this hood. The edging is beautiful. I was so anxious to see if it would fit Fiona that I rigged it to stay on even though it is only half knit. Here&#8217;s how it looks! I think she will look darling in it when I am finished. I just have to find the perfect button! Fiona is tired and not feeling the greatest today so when I told her to smile this is the face she made. I have to admit I definately have days where I feel like she looks. I have also been doing a lot of research. I have a few hat ideas for fall\/winter and I am increasing my knowledge of stitch types. Here is an awesome stitch dictionary that I found at Powell&#8217;s Books in Portland, OR. If you are interested in this book you can find it for sale here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,4],"tags":[75,77,76,74],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knitting","category-photography-2","tag-amanda-keeys","tag-fiona","tag-knitting-2","tag-pixie-hood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1887,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/1887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisajoy.com\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}