{"id":44,"date":"2008-01-17T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/mittens.html"},"modified":"2008-01-17T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-17T00:40:00","slug":"mittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/mittens.html","title":{"rendered":"Mittens!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake had some fleece mittens (Megan: you remember the ones we got in NH w\/ the paw prints?) that have become so stretched out and grubby, it was time for a new pair.  I got a bit ambitious and attempted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crochetandknitting.com\/mittensm.htm\">crochet him a pair<\/a>.  The good news is that they actually look like what they&#8217;re supposed to: mittens.  Bad news: they&#8217;re huge!  But Jake really likes them and is wearing them anyway&#8230;isn&#8217;t he sweet?<\/p>\n<p>I tied a chained length of yarn to them to thread them through the sleeves of his coat.  It&#8217;s going to be COLD here this weekend, so I got them done just in time.  It was about 5 hours worth of work.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080116JakeCrochetMittens\/photo#5156117919679560530\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R4417f6Gu1I\/AAAAAAAAKuU\/SbejlWjhcK8\/s400\/IMG_5117.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr> <\/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\/20080116JakeCrochetMittens\">2008 01 16 Ja&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080116JakeCrochetMittens\/photo#5156117954039298914\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R4419f6Gu2I\/AAAAAAAAKuc\/ZdEm7v9FfLA\/s400\/IMG_5121.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr> <\/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\/20080116JakeCrochetMittens\">2008 01 16 Ja&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake had some fleece mittens (Megan: you remember the ones we got in NH w\/ the paw prints?) that have become so stretched out and grubby, it was time for a new pair. I got a bit ambitious and attempted to crochet him a pair. The good news is that they actually look like what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[27,4],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5ycQ0-mittens","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47,"url":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/build-a-bear.html","url_meta":{"origin":44,"position":0},"title":"Build a Bear!","date":"19 January 08","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday I took the boys to the Build a Bear store in Durham so the boys could use their Christmas gift cards from Cousin Jenn. 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