I feel dirty….. thanks Pam!

I feel dirty….. thanks Pam!

I spent yesterday knitting a project from this pattern book while watching the movie Dogville.

I had to rip out all my work this morning – the sweater did not fit my little Gizmo. ergh!

Mo is my littlest dog – a 13 pound Shih-tzu. According to the pattern measurement, he would fit into the medium sized pattern. I simply refused to believe this — there is no way that this dog is a medium – especially given that the book also showed pictures of a dalmation wearing sweaters. If a shih-tzu is in their medium category, then the dalmation should be in some specialty large-sized/women’s world/Lane Bryant catalog! There is no way that the dalmation could wear any of these creations if they were true to the measurements.

So I knit all day, confident in my canine knowledge. And of course, the sweater is too small for Mo.

Am I having body-image problems with my dogs? Will this madness never end?? Are they now trying to make dogs feel that they aren’t good enough, that they should maintain some type of heroin-chic look?? What will this mean for my Pug???

via Not Martha:

Interview with a Honeycrisp Apple.

I first noticed these babies in the grocery store a few weeks ago. I am always on the hunt for the perfect apple. For me crispness is crucial and until the Honeycrisp entered my life, Macoun were my favorites with Granny Smith running a close second. These are the best apples I’ve ever eaten.

take a sweet bite of fall!