{"id":8131,"date":"2023-08-25T12:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:40:14","slug":"the-afghan-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/the-afghan-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The Afghan is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8131\" class=\"elementor elementor-8131\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c50a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22c50a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd0bfb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd0bfb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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There was a faint scent of cigarettes, and it had picked up a lot of straw from being spread out in the lawn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fb4adb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0fb4adb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6020a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6020a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The other Experiments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40d130 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b40d130\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a566a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a566a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/i-just-ordered-a-granny-square-afghan-off-e-bay\/\">I just Ordered a Granny Square Afghan off e-bay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/the-afghan-is-here\/\">The Afghan came in the mail<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/refining-the-dropped-shoulder-boat-neck-crocheted-sweater\/\">Refining the Dropped Shoulder Boat Neck Crocheted Sweater<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It came 2 days sooner than expected I opened it on the porch right away, the letter carrier was interested and picked his favorite square.\u00a0 It made me a little sad that I plan to take it apart! 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