{"id":2841,"date":"2013-10-01T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T18:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2013-10-03T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T08:16:09","slug":"lets-get-started-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=2841","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s get started &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay everybody, it&#8217;s time to get started! Believe it or not, you can make a sweater in 30 days, even if you&#8217;ve never made 1 before. Johnny and the gang at Yarn Nation have put together what is the largest KAL I&#8217;ve ever seen to teach you how to do just that. If you haven&#8217;t heard about it, you can get all the details here &#8230; <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/30daysweater.com\/ballstoknit\" target=\"_blank\">30 Day Sweater<\/a><\/strong><\/em> &#8230; and you can save 25% off the cost by registering with Team Hugzzz (at the same link). We&#8217;ll also be posting updates on our sweater(s) as we go along.<\/p>\n<p>If you think it&#8217;s too late, don&#8217;t worry. The first day is about getting measurements for the sweater you&#8217;re going to make. Oh, and doing a gauge swatch. You see, you get to completely customize the sweater you&#8217;re making, and that includes your choice of yarn. This means there is no specific pattern for you to follow &#8211; you create it as you go along. Don&#8217;t worry though, you&#8217;re not left out in the dark &#8211; you&#8217;re given all the instruction you need through various workbooks and planning guides. You&#8217;ll get links to these when you register. There&#8217;s also a daily live show that you get access to upon signup. The show has a chat room so you can ask questions and offer suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not letting the cat out of the bag as to exactly what my sweater will look like, but i will tell you (and show you) what yarn I&#8217;ve chosen. I have 20 balls of Blackstone Tweed in\u00a0 a speckled brown or dark oatmeal from my stash that has been begging to be knitted for ages now. It&#8217;s a blend of wool, mohair, and angora. That&#8217;s the winner, and here&#8217;s a picture of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blackstone-tweed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2842\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" alt=\"blackstone-tweed\" src=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blackstone-tweed-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So now I have to take some measurements and do a swatch! Here&#8217;s the link again in case you missed it &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/30daysweater.com\/ballstoknit\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>30 Day Sweater.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, did I mention that we&#8217;ll be giving away some prizes as well, in addition to the ones that you can win from Yarn Nation? No? Well, follow along and you&#8217;ll find out all about those! You&#8217;ll also see updates of the sweater on our new show &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/PNDS0-Jp\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>It Takes Balls To Knit &#8230; The Show<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hugzzz \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay everybody, it&#8217;s time to get started! Believe it or not, you can make a sweater in 30 days, even if you&#8217;ve never made 1 before. Johnny and the gang at Yarn Nation have put together what is the largest KAL I&#8217;ve ever seen to teach you how to do just that. 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