{"id":257,"date":"2020-08-02T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T19:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackstitches.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2020-08-02T19:00:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T19:00:51","slug":"memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we have lost a loved one we often find an item of clothing, a blanket or soft furnishing can hold so many happy memories. This bear was a much loved coat. The coat was kept but it can be difficult to explain to people why you have a coat draped on the settee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200527_170414-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200527_170414-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200527_170414-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200527_170414-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200527_170414-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20200527_170414-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The coat was sent to me and I worked out which bits could be used to create the bear.  I do allow you to choose size and style of bear. Mostly people opt for the traditional style bear. The bears have a jointed neck which allows the head to be turned and positioned. The arms and legs are also jointed so you can stand them, sit them, whatever you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/102287495_2681624585276880_6773424211911245824_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/102287495_2681624585276880_6773424211911245824_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/102287495_2681624585276880_6773424211911245824_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The end result is a bear you can display openly. A pleasant reminder of all those memories. When needed you can pick it up and have a cuddle. No one is too old to cuddle a bear, are they?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we have lost a loved one we often find an item of clothing, a blanket or soft furnishing can hold so many happy memories. This bear was a much loved coat. The coat was kept but it can be difficult to explain to people why you have a coat draped on the settee. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,97,65,58],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bear","tag-keepsake","tag-memories","tag-memory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackstitches.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}