{"id":2942,"date":"2013-05-14T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otterine.com\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2024-02-11T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T01:51:27","slug":"baby-z-lap-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otterine.com\/baby-z-lap-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Z Lap Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Working with French knots is different from working in cross-stitch or petit point in that it\u00a0is easier\u00a0if you have\u00a0both hands free.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/otterine.com\/bees-and-trees-rug-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bees and Trees rug<\/a> without a lap frame, and it&#8217;s hard not to start hunching forward as you work, balancing the hoop on your lap and completing each knot&#8230;not at all comfortable for long periods of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kscreations.com\/lap_z.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baby Z Lap Frame<\/a> since some fellow stitchers were talking about lap frames recently. 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