{"id":266,"date":"2010-07-27T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T13:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2010-07-27T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T13:35:14","slug":"what-a-difference-a-good-pattern-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"What a difference a good pattern makes"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, after struggling with Giselle<\/a>, ending up less than pleased with the result, I did not give up on my sexy summer sweater project. This time, determined to find and make the perfect sweater, I searched trough my old patterns and found Labyrinth<\/a>, a sweater I\u2019ve been meaning to start on for years. I\u2019ve been a fan of the designer Wendy Bernard<\/a> for a long time, but except from the Dream Swatch headwrap<\/a>, I haven\u2019t got around to try knitting any of her garments. Wise from experience, I did have a look at Ravelry\u2019s project sites<\/a> and compared the comments of those who had made the sweater before me, and what they had to say was very positive. And I have to say, I LOVE IT! What a brilliant pattern, so clearly formulated and so easy to follow. It is suitable for the beginning knitter, yet still interesting enough for those who have been knitting for years. The sweater is knitted from the top down, making it easy to try on and adjust to your individual body shape, and as you can see this one fits me perfectly. Through working with this project I\u2019ve also fallen in love with a new yarn, Pure by SWTC<\/a> is just lovely to work with, I love how defined the stitches look, and the yarn has a beautiful sheen. This yarn is made out of soy, imagine that! What a versatile plant that is, you can both feed and dress people by using it. It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years to primarily add nitrogen into the soil as part of crop rotation. Soybeans can produce at least twice as much protein per acre than any other major vegetable or grain crop, 5 to 10 times more protein per acre than land set aside for grazing animals to make milk, and up to 15 times more protein per acre than land set aside for meat production. Environmentally friendly and looking good, now that is what I call sexy summer achievements, can\u2019t wait until my Labyrinth is finished and I\u2019ll be able to wear it!<\/p>\n

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Etter mine strabaser med Giselle<\/a>, hvor jeg endte opp heller misforn\u00f8yd med resultatet, s\u00e5 har jeg enda ikke gitt opp mitt sexy sommergenser prosjekt. Denne gangen, fast bestemt p\u00e5 \u00e5 finne den perfekte genseren, gikk jeg igjennom m\u00f8nstersamlinga mi og fant Labyrinth<\/a>, en genser jeg har tenkt p\u00e5 \u00e5 strikke i \u00e5revis. Jeg har v\u00e6rt fan av designeren Wendy Bernard<\/a> lenge, men bortsett fra the Dream Swatch headwrap<\/a>, s\u00e5 har jeg aldri kommet i gang med noen av hennes m\u00f8nstre. Klok fra erfaring, s\u00e5 jeg igjennom Ravelry\u2019s prosjektsider<\/a> for \u00e5 sammenligne kommentarene fra de som har laget genseren tidligere, og det de hadde \u00e5 si var veldig positivt. Og jeg m\u00e5 ogs\u00e5 si at jeg ELSKER dette prosjektet! For et briliant m\u00f8nster, s\u00e5 klart formulert og s\u00e5 lett \u00e5 f\u00f8lge. Det passer for en nybegynnende strikker, men er allikevel interessant nok for de som har strikket i \u00e5revis. Genseren strikkes ovenfra og ned, noe som gj\u00f8r at den er lett \u00e5 pr\u00f8ve p\u00e5 underveis, og lett \u00e5 justere slik at den passer din individuelle kroppsfasong. Som du ser s\u00e5 passer denne meg helt perfekt. Gjennom dette prosjektet har jeg ogs\u00e5 forelsket meg i et nytt garn, Pure fra SWTC<\/a> er godt \u00e5 arbeide med, jeg liker det at maskene tydelig defineres og at garnet skinner. Dette garnet er laget av soya, tenk det! Hvilken anvendelig plante, ved \u00e5 utnytte den kan du gi mennesker b\u00e5de mat og kl\u00e6r. Det er en \u00e5rlig fornybar plante som har v\u00e6rt brukt i Kina i 5000 \u00e5r, f\u00f8rst og fremst fordi den tilf\u00f8rer nitrogen til jorda, hvilket er nyttig n\u00e5r man veksler mellom ulike dyrkningssorter, noe som igjen f\u00f8rer til mindre utarming av jordbruksarealene. Soyab\u00f8nnen produserer minst to ganger s\u00e5 mye protein per m\u00e5l sammenliknet med hvilken som helst annen gr\u00f8nnsak- eller kornavling, fem til ti ganger mer protein per m\u00e5l satt av til gressende melkekyr, og opptil femten ganger mer sammenliknet med omr\u00e5der satt av til kj\u00f8ttproduksjon. Milj\u00f8vennlig og vakkert, n\u00e5, det er hva jeg kaller sexy sommer oppdrag fullf\u00f8rt! Kan nesten ikke vente med \u00e5 f\u00e5 min Labyrinth ferdig s\u00e5 jeg kan ta den i bruk.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, after struggling with Giselle, ending up less than pleased with the result, I did not give up on my sexy summer sweater project. This time, determined to find and make the perfect sweater, I searched trough my old patterns and found Labyrinth, a sweater I\u2019ve been meaning to start on for years. I\u2019ve been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideology-and-politics","category-work-in-progress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}