Plasma For Yarn: Fair Trade?

How wrong would it be if I donated plasma to get more money for yarn? Sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Helping others while satisfying my growing wool habit. I actually just bought some sock yarn that has not been dyed, and I am going to dye it myself with Kool-Aid. I am so excited about this prospect that it is truly sick. It really is a disease. A dream of mine is to learn to spin and then buy a sheep so that I can make my own yarn from start to finish. Plus, sheep are cute. Maybe I could have a goat too. A cashmere goat.

I tried to take more cute animal pictures, but I did not have very much luck.

Kip just gets annoyed when I take picture after picture of him and refuses to look at me. Willow, however, seems to love having her picture taken. While I was trying to get Kip to look at me I happened to look over to my left and saw this:



Just staring at me as if to say, "I can wait until you realize that I am also pretty and very willing to have my picture taken." She is always staring and watching everything. She is an odd little cat, but look at her whiskers. I have never seen whiskers that go in so many directions. I caught Kip in his favorite chair a little later and tried again to get a good picture of him.



No such luck. His whiskers were smashed against the arm of the chair when I woke him up, so his mouth looks a little weird. His eyes also never look right in pictures. I think it is because he is a little evil.

Changing subjects, my sweater is almost finished. I am pretty excited. The only part I have left to do before finishing is work the ribbing on the collar.


I am watching the BBC Office again and in the second episode of the first series there is a moment that I thought was worth sharing for those of you sad, sad people who have not seen it. Just to explain a little, the office manager David Brent saw a picture that was being e-mailed around the office with his head on a woman's body (you will have to watch the episode to get the rest of it, I don't want to ruin it for you). Then Gareth, the office weirdo, to describe him very briefly, investigates to find out who made the picture. So, Gareth is the sick-looking one and Tim and Dawn are the other two. I dare you not to laugh.

Tiny Project, Hilarious Results

For those of you who don't know, Greyhounds and other dogs like them, have very little hair and very little fat, therefore they get cold. We have Italian Greyhounds, one of which is skinnier than the other, so he is constantly cold. Also, his ears don't fold over like they should unless he is warm. So, there are these things called snoods, I'm not exactly sure what the word means, but my best guess is that it has something to do with a hood.

In this case it is more like a tube to keep the dog's head and neck warm. I used some acrylic yarn I had in my stash and after measuring the dog's neck and making a gauge swatch I cast on and there you have it. I like to think of it as a Fetching for dogs.

When I finished the snood I got the camera out and luckily the dogs heard me moving around and came into the room. My victim knew something bad was about to happen, as you can see he does not look like he trusts me for anything. I called him and made high pitched noises, but he still would not come to me. After a few minutes he either forgot or gave up and came over, so I trapped him and slipped the snood over his head.

I took a couple pictures in between my fits of hysterical laughter. Just look at his eyes, how sad and mortified is he? Why is it that animals don't think they can move when they are wearing anything they weren't born wearing? Like, say you put a dog sweater on a cat, just for fun, and if they do move they act like there is a 20 pound weight on their back that is weighing them down so much that they can barely drag themselves across the floor? And why is it so completely hilarious?

Cute Animals

I decided last night that this blog should really be about more than just knitting.



Like this picture of an extremely rare quiet moment (As I am typing I can hear the dogs running and barking at each other, just to illustrate my point). This cat gets chased and poked and barked at almost constantly, but she still doesn't really care. The other cat gets mad and chases the dogs and slaps them a lot, but the little girl just goes with the flow.



By the way, I like taking close-up pictures of animals. I think they photograph much better than people.



There is another dog, but she is still a puppy. And for anyone familiar with Italian Greyhounds, you know they will not stand still long enough for a good picture.



There is also another close-up of this cat, Kip, that I like. Even though it kind of focuses on the inside corner of his eye, which is a little gross looking. Also, his mouth is hanging open a little. It makes me laugh.



So there you have it. Cute animal pictures.

I've Got Socks On The Brain

Well, sock at least. The second one is only at the toes. This is my second attempt at socks, my first try is at the bottom of my stash box, I had to steal the needles to work on something else. The yarn is Schachenmayr Regia Silk Color and it is a blend of wool, silk and nylon.



Just to tempt you, as I will not be showing the socks in their full glory until both are finished and I can take a picture of them on my feet. The pattern I am using is not like any pattern I have used before because you customize the pattern yourself to your feet and the yarn you are using. Universal Toe-Up Sock Formula is it for those who are interested.