{"id":14461,"date":"2025-01-10T05:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=14461"},"modified":"2025-01-10T05:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:55:40","slug":"beginnings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/beginnings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hopeful beginnings, I should say. Both because I have hope for certain results and because success, whatever that means, is not guaranteed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to knit a sweater or maybe a vest in this Nutiden yarn. I\u2019m obsessed with it. It\u2019s known as unspun yarn, pre-yarn, or pencil roving. I\u2019m having trouble getting started. I think I have a pattern picked out but I still need to do the work of choosing a size, checking gauge, choosing needle size, etc. I have a swatch though! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9670-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9670-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9670-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wool swatch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A very different material: rock. This beautiful rock was underfoot on a trail we walked last Wednesday. Pink granite. I want to paint it. And I want to build a rock wall extending my existing rock wall. A project for warmer days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9663-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9663-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9663-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pink granite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here\u2019s the new County Commissioner. All dressed and ready to go. We\u2019ll see where this journey takes us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9671-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9671-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_9671-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mr. Commissioner <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopeful beginnings, I should say. Both because I have hope for certain results and because success, whatever that means, is not guaranteed. 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