{"id":1157,"date":"2013-04-05T00:25:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T00:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2013-04-05T00:25:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T00:25:34","slug":"needles-are-our-rocket-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/needles-are-our-rocket-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Needles are our Rocket ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I negotiated with M and K this morning; I would go to <a href=\"http:\/\/keepyourneedleshappy.com\/blog\/\">In the Loop<\/a> for the Sit and Knit, but we&#8217;d leave to got to the WWI Park slide after 15 min, or when K got too antsy, depending on which came first. Because I wanted to meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talithakuomi.com\/\">Talitha<\/a> from Ravelry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1163\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1163\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eagleswingscoop.org\/christineguestdesigns\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mtinkertoy-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"M holding a tinkertoy rocket ship with a background of his space drawings\" title=\"Mtinkertoy\" width=\"640\" height=\"858\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She is as gracious and funny in person as she is online, and my kids enjoyed talking with her as much as I did.<\/p>\n<p>M remarked to Tal, &#8220;Wow, these grownups are really bouncing off the walls.&#8221;<br \/>\nShe laughed and pointed out the coffee.  I looked up from the summer yarns, and realized that indeed, the gathered adults were acting like M and his friends yesterday as they made rocket ships and shot each other in the hallway with lasers.<\/p>\n<p>Then it hit me; needles are our rocket ships.  It&#8217;s like we are playing with tinkertoys, and shooting ray guns out our fingertips at our friends.  <\/p>\n<p>Oh look, a crochet hook on that asteroid, I&#8217;ve got dibs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I negotiated with M and K this morning; I would go to In the Loop for the Sit and Knit, but we&#8217;d leave to got to the WWI Park slide after 15 min, or when K got too antsy, depending on which came first. Because I wanted to meet Talitha from Ravelry. 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