{"id":4016,"date":"2011-02-10T07:24:42","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T11:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4016"},"modified":"2021-05-31T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:42:11","slug":"magic-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4016","title":{"rendered":"Magic Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SusanKnitting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4015\" title=\"SusanKnitting\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SusanKnitting.jpg\" alt=\"SusanKnitting\" width=\"441\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SusanKnitting.jpg 700w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SusanKnitting-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is friend and neighbor Susan, whose birthday it is today, and who, in all the years I have known her, rarely appears anywhere (except perhaps the theater) without a bag containing at least one current knitting project. Over the years I\u2019ve watched beautiful pieces flow from her talented hands, destined for family, friends, or strangers in need: scarves, hats, sweaters for all ages, socks, and blankets\u2014including a beautiful off-to-college afghan for her daughter Sara made of leftover scraps from years of Sara\u2019s knitted garments. Each square carried distinct memories. At a recent gathering, we discovered that most of us happened to be wearing scarves Susan had made for us.<\/p>\n<p>Her knitting alone might be a sufficient lifetime achievement, but Susan is also a rich literary and artistic resource, an endlessly interested and enthusiastic traveler through the world and through life, a doting mother, a fabulous cook, and a fun, funny and generous friend and human being. Happy, happy birthday, Susan, and many more to come!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CakeRedRoses.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3799\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"CakeRedRoses\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CakeRedRoses.png\" alt=\"CakeRedRoses\" width=\"125\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a>Susan<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Centaur MT', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: large;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is friend and neighbor Susan, whose birthday it is today, and who, in all the years I have known her, rarely appears anywhere (except perhaps the theater) without a bag containing at least one current knitting project. Over the years I\u2019ve watched beautiful pieces flow from her talented hands, destined for family, friends, or<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4016\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55,87,17,46],"class_list":["post-4016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illustration","tag-birthday","tag-handcraft","tag-penink","tag-woodley-park"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4016"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9188,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions\/9188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}