I’ve been sorting through stuff, and of course that results in empty boxes new cat toys, so the girls have been having a good time. Naturally they both want the same box, even though there are plenty to go around.
Under the heading of not-so-good news, I discovered that I’d increased once more on this sleeve than on the other, which affects the way the pattern lines up. This evening, it got frogged back to the last increase and now I’ve got to redo the top (grump, mumble …)
Last Saturday our 2 grandsons, cousins Clay (14, left) and Nathan (12, right) tested for and received their black belts in TaeKwonDo. Nathan’s dad, standing behind him, is one of the instructors.
We’re very proud of them – way to go, guys!
an FO, although Maggie thinks the sleeves would make a nice cat bed. Obviously a cat with excellent taste—the yarn is Kathmandu (85% merino/10%silk/5% cashmere).
This project has been in a long time out because I was very unhappy with the neck. I wanted to continue the K2, P2 rib of the body pattern, but no matter how much smaller needles I tried (then ripped back), the neckband still looked like a very old, stretched-out sweatshirt – ugh!
The final solution was to work K2, P2tog around, then work the neckband in K2, P1 rib on needles only 1 size smaller than the body needles. I like the way it looks, and I don’t think the change in pattern really shows at all.
Now I just need to set in the sleeves, do the seams and it might actually be cool enough to wear it 
Words have always intrigued me; when I searched for Triskaidekaphobia I found this entry, which also mentions a few other number-related phobias. It included a link to an NPR story from March, when the 2nd of 3 Friday the 13th’s of 2009 occurred (apparently 3 is the most than can fall in one year).
Backing up a day, Thursday morning we had a heavy frost — it almost looked like a light snow. It was so pretty I couldn’t resist grabbing a camera and taking a walk to see what I could see. Come 0n along!
Toby went to the groomer today and came back all shiny, with his nails nicely trimmed, something I tend to wimp out on doing 
I found the cocoon on an oak leaf the other day – I’ve no idea what species of moth came from it, but imagine it has to have been a fairly large one, as the cocoon measures about 1.5″.
You may remember this, which I thought/hoped had been fixed when the computer repair guy came and replaced the power supply, and that I was back up and running. Um … only until Friday evening when we came back from a run to town, and it refused to start again, so I guess it’s time to get back on the phone and see what they’re going to do about it this time.
The To-Do list for today included going to Soulard Market in St Louis to order our Thanksgiving turkey – we’ve been getting one from the same farmer every year for a while now, and they’ve all been tasty, moist and tender. There were also some apples, mushrooms, a stewing hen and a few other things that followed us home. First though we had lunch at John D. McGurk’s Pub – don’t know that a tuna steak sandwich is particularly Irish, but they’re sure good!
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Archergal at Knitting With Dogs posted this link which I found really fascinating: Furr Homespun Dress.
If you scroll down a bit (about 1.5 “Page Downs” on my display), there is a box containing an estimate of the time needed to produce 30 yards of homespun fabric, then she continues,
… it should take almost seven 10 hour days to produce the 5 2/3 yard of cloth for the Furr dress.
Note that the 7 10-hour days is just the cloth, there’s still making the dress! As much as I love to spin (weaving, not so much), this makes me very thankful that we have ready-made fabric and clothes easily available! I have a dear friend (who’s acquainted with the current owner of the dress) who makes historical costumes for re-enactors and those who work at historical sites, so I have a great appreciation for the amount of time and work involved in making a dress like this after you already have the fabric.
Even though I was well prepared, we didn’t have any visitors on Halloween, which leaves us with more candy than we really need to have sitting around I think now everyone either takes kids to town to trick or treat, or to arranged events. It’s probably safer overall, but I do miss getting to see the littler ones in their costumes.
After our long run of wet weather throughout October, I loved having an intensely colorful sunset on Friday. It was beautiful through one of the new entry doors, or all on its own!
Joyknits!
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