Quiet Saturday

At least it stopped raining. It rained all day yesterday and most of the night. Today it was just chilly and overcast. B had to go into the office again and continue to work on the setup stuff while Rob's here to help him out. However, even if it was a bright sunshiny day here in San Francisco I'd only be able to enjoy it from the front stoop. With all the ups and downs of our neighborhood I wouldn't get very far on my crutches.

WOOO HOOOO I've got my three lucky PIF folks! Now to start working on their mystery packages.

Cuddle #1 is almost complete, just a few more rows. I'm doing just a basic alternating knit one purl one stitch it should measure out to about 24ish x 24ish when I'm done. Using double stranded acrylic Aryn and winterblue (almost looks green) on size 10 1/2 needles. This will be a good size for a medium/small dog. This is a great project to keep on the side when you're just looking for something simple to keep your fingers occupied while your watching TV or talking it up with friends at your knitting group. I learned my lesson the hard way about bringing complicated projects to talkative knitting groups. Too easy to loose your place on the chart. I would just bring it to show off my fiber and progress then put it back into its own special bag and go back to my simpler project. This project is also great for scraps. The Cuddle needs to be cushy, but no holes for nails to get tangled within. Many shelters send them on with the pet's who get adopted so they have something of their own so to speak in their new place, so they are always in need one them. If you're interested, check out the Snuggles website for more information on patterns and sizes. You can also join the yahoo group Loves Many Cloths to donate to someone already collecting for their local shelter. If you want to donate to your own shelter you should contact them directly to ensure they accept cuddles or hugs or pet blankets. Many do not, but you could always donate in other ways with money and or time.

Hopefully more pictures soon! B is very protective of his camera.

Back to my Cuddles!

Just a wee bit of cotton..

That's right.. just a wee bit. That's 4 letter/legal file boxes over flowing with cones and skeins of assorted colors and ombres. Its mostly Peaches & Creme with a few sugar's and Java combos thrown in from some random shopping online. Thus I will be doing a few dishcloths, baby bibs and matching burps and maybe some cotton booties for a while eh? I was thinking of trying out the baby Kimono from the Mason-Dixon knitting book. Have you the reader tried it yet?

I also tried to gather all my acrylic and acrylic blends (worsted weight) to make some cuddles (animal blankets) for one of the ladies on the Loves Many Cloths group. I might try to venture into designing my own cushy pattern for this project. Gotta get some use out of my stitch a day for 365 days. Its a perpetual calendar that I got last year to learn some new stitches.

Brion's office is in the middle of being set up so now he has to be there for the wiring placement and some of the office setup organization and stuff. I was going to be helping out as well but with the lame foot its not possible. Hopefully I'll be able to record their phone greetings and such. He's currently passed out on the couch exhausted from running around for this that and the other with the rest of his tech guys.

Its been raining all day and probably will for the rest of the weekend. I keep reminding myself that at least its not snow. I'm looking forward to brighter weather soon! Especially when the future inlaws come to visit in March.

Still have a few slots left on my Pay It Forward offer. Don't be shy! But please remember, you have to do the same within a specific time period that you set as well.

Back to my knitting!