{"id":265,"date":"2009-08-24T22:53:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T03:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=265"},"modified":"2009-08-24T22:54:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T03:54:17","slug":"geburtstag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Geburtstag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I had a birthday this weekend, which involved visiting with some friends, singing some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njpowerhouse.com\/njp\/\">karaoke<\/a>, and, of course, some yarn:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/3852739183\/\" title=\"Birthday by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2570\/3852739183_48a9519a58.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Birthday\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s Vintage Office sock yarn from Lorna&#8217;s Laces, a gift from J.,  and some Wollmeise superwash from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheetar.com\/\">Melissa<\/a>, who also made the beautiful bag the yarn is in.  She even lined it with a toile pattern, because she knows me that well.  (I adore toile.  Adore it.)<\/p>\n<p>I had more surprises when I got home:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/3853530870\/\" title=\"Best Birthday Present Ever? by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3521\/3853530870_ef2228f7b4.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Best Birthday Present Ever?\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the start of a collection for me, building off a coffee pot I inherited from a relative.  My parents found some more pieces to match the pattern, and I was so touched and surprised when I opened the box I almost started crying.  It&#8217;s not a fancy pattern; the value in it to me is where it started from.  And I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever look at this bowl without remembering my surprise upon opening the box.<\/p>\n<p>But the best part of a birthday is the cake.  Or in this case, the cake and the bouquet of chocolate-covered strawberries sent by my sister:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sternel\/3854224641\/\" title=\"birthday eats by abbieprime, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3472\/3854224641_38574baf8a.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"birthday eats\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That would be homemade red velvet with cream cheese frosting that my awesome mom made, and it tasted delicious.  It&#8217;s an excellent way to start another year.  Bring it, world.  I&#8217;m fortified with chocolate and yarn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I had a birthday this weekend, which involved visiting with some friends, singing some karaoke, and, of course, some yarn: Amy&#8217;s Vintage Office sock yarn from Lorna&#8217;s Laces, a gift from J., and some Wollmeise superwash from Melissa, who also made the beautiful bag the yarn is in. She even lined it with a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=265\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Geburtstag&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things-that-are-not-knitting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}