"Touch this bowl and you'll draw back a stub!
That idiot, Little Baby, stands guard over her catfood plate and milk saucer for hours at a time, even though our other cat, Leonard, doesn't like to get into tangles with her and never eats out of her catfood plate or cream saucer.
For a cat who's in the stages of the equivalent of seriously arthritic, elderly, human old age, Little Baby can whup Leonard's ass.
Of course Blaine and I always break up their fights, but we can't help chuckling a little because Little Baby is way smaller and ten times older than Leonard but she always wins the fights. When Leonard wants to get out of her way, he uses me as a springboard to jump up to the top of the couch, where Little Baby can't reach him. She's too old and arthritic to jump up on furniture anymore.
(And that irks me NO END that Leonard uses me as his springboard, which knocks everything out of my hand. And that idgity cat NEVER uses Blaine as a springboard.)
Sometimes when we come home from somewhere, we find thick tufts of Leonard's black fur on the floor, poor cat.
Stupid cats....
Anyway, I've been working hard on the Little Red Riding Hoodie (shown below). I know it looks like it's going to be short in the width but have no fear---after I cut the steek I am going to put a decorative panel on each of the buttonband edges, and also up & around the hood. But for the life of me I can't think of which dang panels and/or edgings I should use--- and also if I should use the red or else introduce some black (or some other contrasting color) for interest. And as for the buttons, I am in anguish about that issue, too--- considering the fact that buttons would look horrible on most of the trims I'm waffling about, not to mention the buttonholes. And a zipper won't work because most of the edgings I've looked at are not straight.
So I keep on knitting, burning my brain cells out trying to figure out what to do about the whole issue.
And I'll keep studying edgings and panels in my knitting books until I am cross-eyed....
I've also made progress on the camo cardigan shown below. On the machine is the first of the two sleeves. When a garment gets long enough to touch the floor I roll them up and then hold them in place with knitting needles. I have to do that because I don't have any more weights except the hem that came with the machine--- so Blaine told me he'd take me to Bass Pro Shop to get some things from the fishing department to use as weights.
And while we're there, maybe I can talk him into buying me a hoodie by saying I need a hoodie for "measurements" for the Little Red Riding Hoodie....
Below is when I got under the table to snap a pic of the front.
I don't recommend this ---mostly because I bumped my stupid head so hard that little skeins of yarn swirled around my head and I probably gave myself a concussion.....
Onwards I knit.....
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"Touch this bowl and you'll draw back a stub!
That idiot, Little Baby, stands guard over her catfood plate and milk saucer for hours at a time, even though our other cat, Leonard, doesn't like to get into tangles with her and never eats out of her catfood plate or cream saucer. For a cat who's in the stages of the equivalent of seriously arthritic, elderly, human old age, Little Baby can whup Leonard's ass.
Of course Blaine and I always break up their fights, but we can't help chuckling a little because Little Baby is way smaller and ten times older than Leonard but she always wins the fights. When Leonard wants to get out of her way, he uses me as a springboard to jump up to the top of the couch, where Little Baby can't reach him. She's too old and arthritic to jump up on furniture anymore. (And that irks me NO END that Leonard uses me as his springboard, which knocks everything out of my hand. And that idgity cat NEVER uses Blaine as a springboard.)
Sometimes when we come home from somewhere, we find thick tufts of Leonard's black fur on the floor, poor cat.
Stupid cats....
Anyway, I've been working hard on the Little Red Riding Hoodie (shown below). I know it looks like it's going to be short in the width but have no fear---after I cut the steek I am going to put a decorative panel on each of the buttonband edges, and also up & around the hood. But for the life of me I can't think of which dang panels and/or edgings I should use--- and also if I should use the red or else introduce some black (or some other contrasting color) for interest. And as for the buttons, I am in anguish about that issue, too--- considering the fact that buttons would look horrible on most of the trims I'm waffling about, not to mention the buttonholes. And a zipper won't work because most of the edgings I've looked at are not straight.
So I keep on knitting, burning my brain cells out trying to figure out what to do about the whole issue.
And I'll keep studying edgings and panels in my knitting books until I am cross-eyed....
I've also made progress on the camo cardigan shown below. On the machine is the first of the two sleeves. When a garment gets long enough to touch the floor I roll them up and then hold them in place with knitting needles. I have to do that because I don't have any more weights except the hem that came with the machine--- so Blaine told me he'd take me to Bass Pro Shop to get some things from the fishing department to use as weights. And while we're there, maybe I can talk him into buying me a hoodie by saying I need a hoodie for "measurements" for the Little Red Riding Hoodie....
Below is when I got under the table to snap a pic of the front. I don't recommend this ---mostly because I bumped my stupid head so hard that little skeins of yarn swirled around my head and I probably gave myself a concussion.....
Onwards I knit.....
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6 comments:
That hoodie you're working on is outstanding. What a beautiful piece. The idea of steeking especially something as beautiful as what you're working on freaks me right out. Can't wait to see the finished product!
Thank you, Anonymous!
Hi Bo,
Hope this isn't rude but ... just wondering what is happening with your low carb diet:) You have been talking about pancakes and coffee with sugar and vanilla so just wondering. Coffee sounds good though!
Karen
It's okay Anonymous. I was dreaming of pancakes so much that I finally took a "day off" from my diet and Blaine took me to the IHOP. But that was only once. And the sugar in my coffee is sugar substitute but I just didn't have the room on my Twitter page to put that part! And I get the no-sugar flavored creamer. Blaine says I make my coffee to taste like a candy bar and I suppose he's right. But speaking of my diet, I have lost 25 lbs so far, but I want to get back in my size 8's. And my labwork said that my HGA1C level was deigned "non-diabetic" level. But the worst things about taking that day off and having pancakes only strengthened my cravings. So for a sweet thing I eat sugar-free jello. (But that gets old....)
:)
OK - I am now up to date on your blog! Like I told you privately, I think you should write a book! I laughed out loud at parts & read them to my boss.
I do have to say that I have wondered about Belinda, Jane-Anne & Bonnie. And I have to say that I have enjoyed getting to know you a bit on here & in emails. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Cindy! My buddies in Podunk are still there, alive and well. I feel old when I talk to them, though, because their children are all growing up!
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