Wacky Wednesday

Sweater Grrrl

Happy Wednesday!

Still working on the dog sweater. I was so tired when I got home last night- I grabbed a snack, curled up in my bed, started to read a book- and woke up at 9PM. Argh!

My size 5 Lantern Moon needles tragically didn’t even make it through the first 24 hours. One of them snapped on the diagonal while I was knitting at lunch, about 3 inches from the tip. There must have been a flaw- I wasn’t being rough with them at all- but I was heartbroken! I had to call my giftie benefactor and get all the order info so I could call the company. Hopefully, they’ll be good about this and send a replacement. I can’t see how they would be able to rationalize not sending a replacement, for heaven’s sake. The needles only survived about 15 minutes! Now, of course, I am worrying about the rest of the shipment. I really want to use it, but if it happens again, I may actually cry. This is making me cling more to my trusty old aluminums- those suckers don’t break!

Another thing to worry about- Stitch N’ Bitch is tomorrow. Angela, my partner in crime isn’t going to be able to make it- and while I have ample time to put up a sign at the original location, and then to jet on over to the second location, I am stressing out about it a bit. I also need to send out e-mail reminders today, for all those who have asked for them. I am having that hostess-nightmare “nobody is coming to my party!” freak out syndrome. I shouldn’t worry, because I know that Meg will be there, and some of the people that e-mailed me- I just hope that the news of the change in venue reached everyone in time.

Other than that, work is work, and home is home. The dog sweater is about ¾ of the way done. The next project is the sister-in-law scarf, and a few more baby hats (On the sweater machine, although details will be hand-knitted) I want to make some more cute baby hats in Homespun. Plain ones with pompoms for little boys, and then Knit.1 had some great patterns for knitted roses that I want to try on the little girl hats. There are also knitted details like butterflies and little flowers in SN’B Nation that would be adorable on these. Fabulous! I also want to seek out a few new hat patterns. I love making these, they are so fun, and I get a chance to be creative. I might try to make furry ones with fun fur next…possibly with matching fun fur booties. Which I think would be hilarious.

In the meantime, slogging along on the dog sweater. I’m hoping to finish it tomorrow night- but I need to find four cute yet sturdy buttons for the sides. I think I am just going to use plain buttons to make it a more “manly” sweater. It looks adorable on- I tried it on one of my dogs, who is a trifle bigger than the intended owner. WARNING: if you are trying a sweater on a dog who has never worn one before, have an accomplice hold onto the dog! Poor Bosco freaked out and took off running through the house, with the attached yarn ball bouncing and unraveling behind him. I have it on good authority that the dog that the sweater is for is cool with wearing clothing, but I can tell that both my wild animals prefer to be buck nekkid at all times. I won’t even waste the yarn on them!