pigs,

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The sweater is almost finished! How close to the finish line am I? I have to knit the facing hems for the bottom, sleeves and the neckline. I am hunting for the perfect yarn for this job. I want something along the lines of a DK weight and Susan (Kathleen’s mom) suggested a cotton. Flair (the blogless wonder) found the perfect colorway in Colinette Giotto, but the gauge is too large.

While all of this has been marinating, I spun and knit a square for an upcoming project. Once the camera battery is juiced, I will post some pictures. Working on the square has driven home the reason why I embrace the credo Not A Square to Spare. It has less to do with guarding my knitting time and speaks more to the pressure of finding the perfect stitch pattern and making sure to knit within the stated dimensions. I knit and reknit this little square about five times before I finally settled on a pattern.

Thank you Thank you for your well wished on my quit smoking anniversary! I would be a liar if I said that I don’t miss smoking – I do! But those moments of longing are much fewer and further between and I am very very glad to have quit. When Vicki did the math calculating time spent smoking, it made my head spin! I used the nicotine patches during the first weeks of quitting – my MiL and Granny are using Chantix. This is a new treatment that is prescribed by your doctor. Both of these ladies have tried to quit in the past and say that Chatix is making a huge difference in their success this time around. I want Boar to talk to our Dr. about it.

Speaking of Boar, he has added to his long list of accomplishments and this latest one may just send you right over the edge……

he can fix a swift.

he made a tutorial about it for the blog.

stay tuned.

your daily pork report comes from the hallway

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Yay for me,Vicki, Vicki’s sister, and Flair !!

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Your Quit Date is: Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 11:15:00 PM
Time Smoke-Free: 729 days, 6 hours, 44 minutes and 20 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 14586  
Lifetime Saved: 3 months, 21 days, 10 hours
Money Saved: $3,942.00

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Give the people what they want! And since a few of you have expressed an interest in those shelves and I don’t have any knitting pictures, here is a closer look at one of the many splendid things about Boar ……

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end piece

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wall mount with curved fitting piece

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T-shaped joining piece

The wooden shelves are pine boards that we stained and they lay across the pipe. Taking these pictures, I just noticed that Boar also cut a piece of plastic tubing that sits around the pipe under the wood shelves, but I can’t see that the boards actually touch this piece and it may be unnecessary.

Mr. Boar made these years ago. At the time I believe we spent around $50 for the pipe and other pieces. If you need anymore shelving info, let me know and if you make a set for yourself, send me a pic! Boar was slightly thrilled that there seemed to be lots of women out there appreciating his handiwork. bitches.

We have reached the end of the bedroom pigs. I was not planning on taking pictures of any of the stuffed pigs I have – but since it is Friday and I would like to end this week in the bedroom, I shall show you some of the softer side of my collection …..

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marionette piggy from Cara

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angel pig from Ricki

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A little pig liquid soap! My SiL put in him in my Christmas stocking one year and I don’t have the heart to use him. He now sits on the shelves in the master bathroom. Speaking of the shelves, this is the perfect opportunity to show off some of Boar’s handiwork. Boar is beyond handy – he has moved walls, raised ceilings, installed skylights, replaced windows …… but he also made some really cool shelves for our bathroom!

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I realize this is a shitty picture, but I hope you can see that they are copper pipe with faucets at the end. There is a bath shop in Cape May NJ called Mariah’s. Their display shelves are made this way. One year I pointed them out to Boar and he said, “no problem”! A trip to Home Depot, a little soldering and voilá!

yes, I know how lucky I am to have Boar.

no, you can’t borrow him.

There has been some exciting knitting news. I am well into the raglan decreases and decided to take it off the needles to check the fit and see if I was going to like it. Truth be told, I may have been looking for an escape route. But it seems as though I won’t need one – the fit looks great and I think I am even going to like wearing it! If these favorable signs continue and I do indeed end up with a sweater that fits and that I like, it will be an all time first around here. I wonder if this is another sign of the doom of global warming? That Ann has finally found a perfect sweater pattern and now she won’t need to wear one?! oh, how the gods will laugh.