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Bonnie & Clyde

I think I have only just now recovered from some terrible excitement here on Friday. I had two runaway dogs!

Poe and Bridget were missing for at least five hours. During that time I drove around the neighborhood crying and screaming out of the window for them. I went through half a tank of gas.

It all started when I decided to try starting the lawn mower. I thought the dogs were outback. I spend a good part of my day holding the back door open as the dogs trot back and forth between the house and the yard. The mower started right up, which was a huge surprise. As I was mowing the lawn, I thought it was strange that Poe wasn’t making me crazy with his ball but figured I must have let them back in the house as some point during the morning. So I finish with the lawn and then immediately go to let the dogs outside.

Lucy is the only one at the door. Hmmm. I run through the house yelling for them, run through the back yard yelling for them, back through the house this time looking behind closed doors, back through the yard. No dogs. And no apparent signs of escape either – that is still a mystery although I am suspecting it could be a faulty gate latch.

The only time I wasn’t driving the neighborhood was when I was driving home, hoping they had made their way back. Many people told me they had seen them “just about 45 minutes ago” so I knew they were sticking together. On one of my trips back to the house, there was a message on my answering machine. This man saw someone putting up a sign about finding two dogs and then drove into my neighborhood and saw my signs about losing two dogs!

Poe and Bridget managed to get very lost and ended up on a very, very busy road. (I hate to even think about that part.) Luckily for me and them, someone stopped and took them home. Until this weekend I did not have collars on the dogs – I heard that collars could collapse a pug’s trachea so I use harnesses when I walk them. I was also under the misguided impression that they couldn’t escape from my fenced yard. After spending Friday hysterical and searching for them. I spent a good part of Saturday buying them collars and tags.

Anyway, they are home now thankfully. Poe does not seem to know or care about the magnitude of his transgression. When I went to collect them, there he was laying in the middle of the good Samaritan’s yard chewing on a rawhide. He did not even bother to get up to greet me! little bastard. When we got home, he thought I should start throwing his ball for him right away. Bridget however, was very glad to see me and seemed quite relieved. At least one of them has some sense!

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more hex coat ….

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I started the other front of my Hex Coat. The pattern does not tell you to do this. While I was working on the left front I had some doubts about the length of this coat but no one was around to measure me. So I put the whole thing on hold and started the right. It turned out to be a very smart move.

The pattern schematic says that the length of this from shoulder to hem is 40½”. It falls to the model’s knee. I measure 37″ to my knee. Further, I looked at other sweater coat patterns (in Big Girl Knits) and they are all 37″. I absolutely do not want this to be longer than my knee – as a matter of fact, I am not completely sure I want it all the way to my knee.

So I got out the old calculator and figured out my row gauge. I am going to rework the directions for a finished length of 35″, leaving a bit of room for it to stretch as I wear it.

I am also pleased to report that the moss stitch continues to not make me crazy!

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another yellow pig!

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Where have I been??

Here. Go and see – you may never come back. Just remember who sent you …..

Ravelry is a new website and I think it is fabulous. If you read this blog for the knitting (snort – yes, I did hear how that sounded, and yes, coffee just came out of my nose) you are going to love Ravelry – I will let Jess and Casey, the brilliant creators explain just what exactly Ravelry is …..

“Ravelry is a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, and dyers to keep track of their yarn and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration.

The content here is user- driven; we as a community make the site what it is. The Yarn Harlot wrote recently about Representing, showing the world the power of our community, and I believe that on this site we can really show the strength of our numbers and the depth of our creativity.

So what can you personally do on Ravelry? You can talk about your own projects, integrate that information into your personal website and contribute to someone else’s project a world away.

If you are not a blogger, we give you a great way to share and show off your projects, participate in -alongs, and socialize with other crafters. If you are a blogger than Ravelry is the perfect complement to your online journal; it provides structure and organization. All of your information is easy to enter and easy to find. You will not need to update your own FO album again- it is all here on Ravelry!”

So go ahead and check it out, sign up, or if they haven’t opened the sign up yet, then request an invite!

just remember who gave you the pigs, we’ll always have that won’t we?

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The Feast of Swine is moving into the kitchen. This is the hutch, we will begin there.

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Two pigs today since there were none yesterday. I was still in Florida when I wrote that entry and did not have access to my porkers.

So, here are two new pigs in my collection. The picture on the left is one that Cara gave me. Although when you hear the story, it’s really more from Georgie! So the two of them were on a vacation in California. They were driving down the highway and passed that road sign. My Georgie said, “Hey did you see that??!!” and then he said that I had to have it, he swung the car around in a very sexy, yet dangerous driving maneuver, he drove back to the sign and forced Cara to take a picture of it. ~sigh~ at least that’s how I think it happened.

The one on the right is a recent Ebay win. It was waiting for me when I got home yesterday. I haven’t settled on where to hang it, so for now it is resting on a table in the hallway.

It is back to reality. The cupboards are bare so grocery shopping is an absolute must. Thanks for all the comments yesterday – Miss Niece is loving the attention!