{"id":79,"date":"2008-02-18T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/latest-baby-afghan.html"},"modified":"2008-02-18T04:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T04:38:00","slug":"latest-baby-afghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/latest-baby-afghan.html","title":{"rendered":"Latest Baby Afghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! After having made several of these blankets, I finally took the time to feature one of them in a photo shoot of its very own!<\/p>\n<p>I just finished it tonight and I can&#8217;t wait to ship it off to its recipient, Baby Madeline, who lives near St. Louis. She was born on Feb. 11th.   Dave and I have been great friends with Madeline&#8217;s Dad for years (since grad school), and Madeline&#8217;s Mom is super-cool, too! <\/p>\n<p>Yes, there&#8217;s a bit of a color changing issue here, I once again fell victim to the dye-lot: if you don&#8217;t buy all the yarn you need at once, expect color changes!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080217MadelineCourtemancheAfghan\/photo#5168173229217180194\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh5.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R7kKK3ksaiI\/AAAAAAAAMl0\/KMgaa8GIECs\/s400\/IMG_5771.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080217MadelineCourtemancheAfghan\">2008 02 17 Ma&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a closeup of the pattern knit into the blankie:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080217MadelineCourtemancheAfghan\/photo#5168173375246068290\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh3.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R7kKTXksakI\/AAAAAAAAMmE\/1YbURtRPEuI\/s400\/IMG_5777.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080217MadelineCourtemancheAfghan\">2008 02 17 Ma&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! After having made several of these blankets, I finally took the time to feature one of them in a photo shoot of its very own! I just finished it tonight and I can&#8217;t wait to ship it off to its recipient, Baby Madeline, who lives near St. Louis. She was born on Feb. 11th. 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