tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42598659485110875182024-03-05T13:51:12.438-05:00As the Bunny SpinsSince spinning, knitting, fiber and the buns have become my life I am documenting my adventures, feelings and discoveries in relation to knitting, spinning, dyeing and whatever else seems to float my boat.Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-42131024221149581632016-02-16T11:32:00.002-05:002016-02-16T11:33:40.578-05:00Doggy Love or Idiocy? Occasions for BlessingsIdiocy Personified was me this morning. After an inch of new snow last night it started pouring this morning. Temps are hovering around freezing but Magoo was insisting on going to the park. I waited until the temps got to 34 and decided to take the plunge.<br />
Our driveway was 5 inches of slush but we made it out onto the road which was only 2 inches of slush. No sign of the plow at 8:25am. Crept down the hill in second to the paved part which was merely rough ice. sigh. People were turning around. I asked why and one woman said someone heading back said there were multiple accidents on the main road. hmmmnn<br />
So I stuck to the edge of the road where there was dirt and made it to the highway. Folks were doing 45.<br />
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Saw one car off the road about a mile down but no accidents and the pavement was a bit slushy but really fine. Car temp was down to 31 by now. The high for the day was supposed to be at 10am and 40. Didn't look like that preditcion was going to come true.<br />
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By the time we got to Ithaca the temps were all the way up to 33. Dog park was 3-4 inches of wet snow and slush with a flooded icy parking lot and water cascading out through the entrance portal. Going through a large deep puddle to get Magoo's poop did in my water resistant boots so now my feet were wet. "Good thing it's above freezing." my toes said. A blessing.<br />
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Magoo wore his raincoat so only his head and tail were getting drenched. It was pouring harder but Magoo wanted to chase balls. There was only one other dog and crazy person out there although I had seen several of his friends leaving with their people as we turned in. I lasted 15 minutes. My raincoat funneled water onto my jeans so by a few minutes of walking I was wet from my knees to my toes.<br />
When I finally walked through more slush and deep water back to the car and could open my iPhone I saw Jim had texted that the plow had gone up the hill. Hurray!!!!! At least I could now attempt coming home with some assurance of making it up our steep hill in West Danby.<br />
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We drove over to Greenstar Cooperative Market for our traditional morning breakfast. Me for fair trade decaf and an organic Fat Boy scone. Magoo for some free range eggs and no gmo, no anitbiotic free range turkey sausage. The parking lot was flooded so if my boots had held in the Dog Park they would have been drenched now. Another blessing. Inside Greenstar were at least a dozen folks with mops and buckets trying to stem the tide of water all over the floor coming from?????? Well it seems that the heavy rain melted all the snow so fast that drains were backing up. Everyone was in such a pleasant mood. One woman was worried that my shoes would get wet. I told her that was already the fact and we laughed a bit. I love that place.<br />
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Coming home was a much easier drive as the rain had cleared much of the slush from the main roads and the plows had been on our road too. Well cindered and no problem driving back up our hill.<br />
Of course the plow had knocked over the recycling I set out yesterday. They usually knock over the mailbox so this was better. Blessing again. Good thing my feet were already wet as I had to trudge around in 4 inches of slush to pick up an entire container of paper, plastic and empty glass jars. It's still pouring.<br />
The best blessing was coming into the house, drying off Magoo's head, putting his raincoat, my pants and socks into the dryer and then putting on a nice thick pair of hand knit socks.<br />
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-23361925740820423502016-02-05T10:59:00.001-05:002016-02-05T10:59:18.709-05:00Letting go of OutcomesI have to confess I get very nervous/anxious when I don't know the outcome of something new to me.<br />
Letting go and being here now is a wonderful moment to moment practice along with being grateful for what I have already.<br />
Today Abraham spoke of sitting and thinking of people far away and wishing them peace, food, love, etc. That we don't have to send money, just our positive energy. Very true in so many ways so often in my life.<br />
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-81760772185287042612016-01-31T11:12:00.000-05:002016-01-31T11:27:29.635-05:00Blogging Again.It's been almost a year with no blogging. Well--- I had a hip replaced which took up a lot of time and psychic energy and thought. Now that I'm walking fine again, 2.5 miles this morning, I am also taking back up painting. I'll be talking about my painting and pattern designing.<br />
Probably not everyday, but then again my audience is tiny, and I don't want to just fill space.<br />
But it feels like time.<br />
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<img src="webkit-fake-url://e4dfe35c-3e1f-4338-b76e-b7f8aceba4d1/imagejpeg" />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-18621317007104136172015-03-17T17:44:00.001-04:002015-03-17T17:44:06.170-04:00It's Not over until its Over.Funny thing about this race. Dallas Seavey will probably be getting to Nome in the wee hours tomorrow morning, for his third Iditarod Win. The race doesn't end there. Until the last musher allowed comes into Nome, winning the Red Lantern, this race goes on. There's a bit of money even for those at the back of the pack.<br />
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So maybe another 5 days until the Red Lantern, meaning I have that amount of time to complete the sweater that never ends. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually enjoy fair isle but didn’t take into consideration that this sweater is way more than 60 inches around what with the body and two sleeves in an XL. So about every 20 stitches I have to drop the two strands I’m holding to shove stitches along the cable. Was really really glad to get back to only using one color.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-9755218542927033082015-03-16T12:38:00.003-04:002015-03-16T12:38:19.021-04:00On the Coast - Unalakleet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The first town the mushers get to on the coast is Unalakleet. It is accessable only by boat, sled or air but has 2 restaurants and 2 grocery stores nonetheless. One of our Iknitarod moderators lives there so we get great reporting from the coast (<i>Shown above at sunset</i>)<br />
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She's been keeping us up to date on the weather. There were 35 mph winds yesterday. I don't want to know what that meant in minus whatever wind chill. They've been getting ready for days for the onslaught of reporters, officials and mushers coming in and through. There's a prize for getting to the coast first and Aaron Burmeister won it. Actually he's won several prizes along the way already.<br />
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This is a big checkpoint for dropping dogs and picking up a fresh sled. Not all mushers can afford to ship a sled, but the veterans usually have enough sponsorhip to afford it. All mushers have bags of food and supplies that they leave in Anchorage before the race which are shipped to most of the checkpoints by plane.<br />
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Not the bright pink label for DeeDee's sled<br />
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Aliy Zirkle, Jef King, Dallas Seavery and Mitch Seavey have already been through this checkpoint. Some stayed to rest for a bit, others just to snack their dogs and off they go over the Blueberry Hills to Shaktoolik.<br />
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A zillion stitches around per round it seems. Even though I am decreasing 8 sts every other round, that doesn't seem to register much yet. Plus I'm using my largest cable, 60", which is not near the circumference of this sweater if the chest is 49 and each sleeve is 18. So I have to shove stitches around every 20 or so knit. Slog slog slog for 10 more rounds. Then I get to cast off a bunch for the neck band and work back and forth. That doesn't thrill me either but I'm going to learn <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9llW4ZSxs7g">Brazilian Protugese purling</a> on Wednesday night and the new skill will make my purling easier and faster. I might even grow to like it which is the object of the lesson Rosanne will be giving us at Knit Knite.<br />
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If you have read the story by Danny Seavey about Lance Mackey in yesterday's blog then you'll understand the widespread respect folks in Alaska have for this man. If you haven't you might enjoy a story about a man who overcomes adversity on a regular basis.<br />
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Meanwhile I have attached the sleeves to the sweater body.</div>
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Sheesh is that a handful to hold now. This is the first sweater I've done in this fashion. All other sweater have been top down and I add the sleeves after the entire body is done. Granted top down also works on the sleeves to the armpits but doesn't feel as cumbersome and huge to hold.</div>
Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-35694507118915169762015-03-14T10:58:00.000-04:002015-03-14T10:58:07.353-04:00Halfway to Nome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a fast exciting week. The the severe cold in the north has Lance Mackey's hands frostbitten. Then Brent Sass, who won the Yukon Quest this year and was definitely in position to win this race, was Disqualified (DQ) for carrying a newer iPod. The newer ones are capable of two-way communication and that's a huge no no in this race. Even though many mushers use one on the trail, someone told someone about Brent's and then there was no choice for the judges but to DQ him from the race. The speculation is that the bushes around Tanana are now full of used frozen iPods. :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">When Brent Sass got DQ’d it threw a large monkey wrench into the game as over 300 of us chose him as one of our 7. Bam! Down to the bottom of the pile we went. All his accrued pts were disappeared. sigh <br style="line-height: 0px;" />I just about gave up checking the spreadsheet when we got an email from Danny saying he had a special button on the spreadsheet called ‘ipod’. Click on that button and magically we are back in the game with only 6 mushers. Too cool.</span></div>
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Aaron Burmeister was the first musher in to this village and they all came out to greet him.</div>
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Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-89673454020290417812015-03-08T12:05:00.003-04:002015-03-08T12:05:47.408-04:00It's Iknitarod time again. Once again the prize for getting through February is the <a href="http://www.iditarod.com/">Iditarod</a> and Iknitarod in March. The Ceremonial Start was yesterday. They trucked in as much snow as remained in the Anchorage barns but after such a warm winter there wasn't much, plus it rained yesterday leaving mostly slush for the teams in the back of the pack.<br />
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I am challenging myself to complete Bryan's sweater. It got started late as it was supposed to be a Xmas present but the measurements were unknown until late late Nov. Then, once I saw it couldn't possibly get done in time I let it go to work on other things. Then I Had Surgery which limited my ability to work on any knitting that needed a bunch of thinking. Sweaters, in general, aren't hard but I always add something to keep my interest. This time I started from the bottom and worked in stripes. Before the race started yesterday I had completed the body up to the armpits.<br />
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Yesterday I got the first sleeve done to where the stripes end. Actually I started both sleeves together on one needle but managing 4 balls of alpaca blend wool proved too crazy making so I put one sleeve on dpns to wait.<br />
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After all, the real purpose of doing two sleeves at once is to keep them even. I had an aha moment after untangling umpteen twisted strands. I figured out that since I was counting stripes, there was no way the sleeves would get uneven until they were just one color. Whew! So much eaiser to handle.<br />
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Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-4698130762449417312015-03-03T14:01:00.003-05:002015-03-03T14:01:57.075-05:00HIPpy News - A RecapI've been posting small progress reports in the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/iknitarod/3120313/1-25">Iknitarod Forum on Ravelry.</a> Thought I'd recap them here for those of you who don't spend <strike>all</strike> some of your free time on that Social Network.<br />
Surgery took place on January 14. I came home 4 days later.<br />
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I am recovering from hip replacement surgery so am a bit slow at the moment. Don’t yet know when I can get back to dyeing. Might be a month or more.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Each year I come up with an Iditarod colorway in yarn for youse guys to play with. Anyone have any ideas besides the needed white? <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />light bulb here. A sparkly white sounds interesting and fun. And the more I think of this the more excited I am to design a one skein fingering wimple/snood/smoke ring pattern of lacey snowflakes and optional silver or white beads. UNdyed would keep the costs to you way down and still be in the spriit of the race. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Whaddya think?</div>
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Am healing very well. Ahead of the curve. Hope to be off the walker and using a cane by some time next week. I’ll know more on Wed when all the bandages come off. But I am putting full weight on the leg now for short periods of time, faithfully doing my exercises and trying not to do too much by myself which drives Jim crazy as he worries I’ll fall. Haven’t fallen yet and don’t plan on it either. I did have to frog all the knitting I did while in hospital. Even thought I Only took simple knitting I made a mess of it. Oh well…..</div>
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<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />My legs are now the same length. Maybe first time in 20 years. So my muscles are dloing a lot of adjusting. What’s really bugging me at this point is my knee. They thought it was my knee for years. I have a huge collection of knee braces. The patella was loose often for the past year until finally this orthopod took hip Xrays. He couldn’t believe I was walking without a cane.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />I graduated from the walker to a cane yesterday. Tomorrow the bandages come off and the weather is cooperating as we need to drive almost an hour each way to the appointment.</div>
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Oh you can be my role model!!!! <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Bandages are off!! Can now walk a bit in the house sans cane. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Can now take a shower.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Walked back and forth, albeit slowly, watering plants today. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Meds are slowly getting spaced farther apart and my clear mind is returning <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Doc said the knee pain is a result of swelling. Eventually as the muscles get adjusted to living with a leg the correct length and a hip that rotates, the swelling will go away.</div>
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Thank you. I expect the ease to come in time. Certainly the pain I had before is mostly gone and now I am sleeping through the night comfortably. Before HIP I dreaded going to sleep so stayed up as late as possible until I couldn’t sit up any longer. Modern medical miracle is what I call it.</div>
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You inspired me! <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Well, last Tuesday night Jim came home with a large bag of food goodies sent to us by his co teacher (they teach a 4 yr course on both testaments at his church). Peg grows a large garden so is generous all summer but this was over the top. Enough food for several meals. Since Jim has been doing all the shopping and cooking since my hip replacment, this was very welcomed. However I did feel she needed something besides a thank you in return. I remembered she was asking about fingerless mitts last fall and Jim knew the colors she like sooo……. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" /><img alt="image.jpg" height="268" src="http://www.ravelry.com/forum-images/smokeyblue/1eq55-jj3bbi" style="border: none; max-width: 670px;" width="500" /> <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />I took a basic mitt pattern and did my thing. Seems I can’t help doing my thing on almost every pattern, even when I say I’m just going to follow it exactly. Never happens, nope, never. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />So your corrugated ribbing edging got me started and here is the result. (thumb still needs to be completed) Done with 2 strands of fingering held together. The hand pattern is very dense so very warm. I used some leftover orange in the cuff and edging but think it would work very well with just a colorway and one solid. I’ll have the pattern up on Rav in 3 sizes by tomorrow methinks.</div>
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Yesterday I realized that I am healed enough to be a danger to myself. Haven’t taken any pain meds in two days. With all that snow I feel as though I am on house arrest. My DH still has to drive me anywhere I want to go. He’s an angel about it but I’ve been dependent for almost 6 weeks now and it’s getting very old. I want to go pick out some thread to ply with some roving or use with some yarn. I feel that’s non essential so don’t want to ask him to wait around in JoAnnes while I pick out thread.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Off the cane for the most part. Showering by myself. Still doing my exercises 3 times a day. Stair climbing is still limited as is certain leg movements and bending. Dropped my iPhone yesterday and, without thinking, bent down and picked it up. uh oh. That’s a no no and I did feel something twinge. I would attempt walking outside but the wind chill is -20. sigh, never mind the daily snow accumulation that Alaska should be getting. Still sleeping in the LR on the recliner until I’m allowed more stair climbimg as my BR is upstairs. Whine Wine wine. Perhaps I need to be drinking wine as I’m thinking those pain meds kept me nice and laid back.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />10 more days until I see the surgeon who should remove some restrictions, like driving, I hope.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />OK those of you who have gone through this--- got any wise suggestions?</div>
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Thank you. That’s a really good idea.(walking in a mall) Jim has an appointment near the mall on Friday. Perhaps he can drop me off and pick me up an hour later at the same door. If I get tired I can sit on a bench but it would be a large change of pace and scenery. And it would be way more interesting than walking around the house 10 -15 times. Don’t really like malls much but for now, they are flat and not snowy or icy.</div>
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OK 10 days to see the doc and counting. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />I did design the Snow Dance Cowl and a hat but am now slogging through a summer cardi. Only last night I discovered I was using the wrong gauge so it’s 8-10” too big. I know if I frog it all the way back I might not finish it since its done in fingering yarn on US4’s. sigh. However maybe I can just frog back to where I separated the sleeves off and not add stitches connecting the front with the back. That would eliminate about 5-6 inches. Might keep me occupied. And this is my design too. I have figured out I am intrinsically incapable of just following a pattern. I make so many changes on the original it becomes a different design by the time I am through.</div>
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Frogged back 5 inches to the sleeve separation. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Realized that every other row is purled so I stopped with a purl row, therefore didn’t mess up the lace panels.<br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Got clever and put it on a towel so when the beads bounced off they were caught in the terrycloth. This should go relatively fast as I got rid of 28 stitches which is about 6 out the 10 inches needed. I can live with that as I’ll call it positive ease. Onward. Thank you all for helping. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" /><img alt="image.jpg" height="375" src="http://www.ravelry.com/forum-images/smokeyblue/1f9t8-ijed79" style="border: none; max-width: 670px;" width="500" /></div>
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I agree about separate sleeves never quite matching. Good idea. Might do mine cuff up 2 at a time and then kitchener them to the sleeve starts.</div>
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I did manage to go out to the shop this morning and get orders ready. First time in 6 weeks. Major Progress. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />I am sorely tempted to go sleep in my bed for the first time since last April when stair climbing got awful. I was on the LR couch until the surgery, then on a recliner since. However there is no bathroom up there and I do need to use one a couple times in the night. hmmmnnnnnnn</div>
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It’s not the safely I’m concerned about it’s the amount of times in a day. Today is 6 weeks to its a big marker. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />oooh oooh oooh. I just read on p62 of my Hip Book, weeks 6-12 -- <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />“Your range of motion precautions for your hip only need to followed for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, we only request that you not put the hip in an extreme position such as trying to put your thigh on your chest.” WOW!!!! So does this mean I can put on my sock without the aid? That I can dry my toes by myself. I think I’ll call to check.</div>
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Ironically, now that I have had hip surgery I am never to put my knee against my chest again. Lots of other exercises, but not that one among others like jogging and repetitive wt lifting. However my doc said I could go back to kayaking this summer. outta sight! Haven’t been in a kayak in over 2 years and the spreading of the legs to straddle the kayak is allowed by then. hip hip hooray!</div>
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That’s what the doc promised and it’s already coming true. I dyed 2 pans of fiber with no pain while walking. Major change. <br style="font-size: 0em; line-height: 0px;" />Just walked 0.82 miles on the treadmill in 30 min. I know that’s slow but that’s what I was told to do until I work it up. Eventually the goal is 5 miles. No pain, just tired muscles. What a change!!!!!</div>
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Last night was the first time I had been feeling up to going to Knit Knite since the surgery 6 weeks ago. Might have been feeling up to it sooner but the weather didn't really cooperate and I hate asking Jim to drive me somewhere in bad weather when it isn't necessary. Hopefully I get the go ahead to drive within the next week.<br />
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It was so nice to be there, relaxing and visiting with my knitting cohorts. Alone time is wonderul but 6 weeks of it gets old. Rosanne brought in a picture of an Estonian Lace pattern that she found on Pinterest. We checked it out online but it only gave reference to lacebutton.com, who gave reference to the Lacis Museum in CA. And sure enough it is shown in slides 46 & 47 of the Estonian Lace Exhibit there in 2012. I love Estonian knitting and have 2 books on my shelf - one for fair isle and the other for lace. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marjasall-cape"><span id="goog_196768521"></span>Marjasall Shawl<span id="goog_196768522"></span></a> contains several Estonian stich patterns.<br />
This one looks like a variant on Lily of the Valley which is very popular in Estonian Lace kniting. It's just different enough though to make it very interesting.<br />
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So this morning I became intrigued with the idea of finding out more about it. Aimee located it in a book called Haapsalu Shawls that can be had for $70+. not or not too soon.<br />
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Eventually I checked out the Estonian Lace Forums on Ravelry. In one there was a thread called something like ' Do you know this pattern?" Lo and behold, the one above is the very reason that thread was started. AND one of the forum members actually deconstructed it into a chart and line by line instructions. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/estonian-scarf">Estonian Scarf </a>by Cath Ward. I spent the better part of the afternoon working a swatch. I used US4 needles and heavy fingering yarn so mine doesn't look as delicate but it works.<br />
Also I have never been a fan of nupps. Found them fiddly and time consuming. In the instructions it said to do the nupp stitches very loosely. I tried. I really did but still needed to sl4 then purl 3tog then pass the slipped sts over. Really wasn't thrilled with how those nupps looked. Then I got a brainstorm. I pulled out a cable needle that was about 2 sizes larger than my US4. Did the 1 into 7 on the cable, then slid those sts onto the RH needle. On the next row I was easily able to purl the 7 together. The Nupps near the top look so much neater than the ones near the bottom that were slipped and passed. <br />
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-532204562746824032014-12-10T13:52:00.002-05:002014-12-11T13:52:48.912-05:00In the SwirlI started MyVeryOwnSister's Holiday Socks in MVOS Woody the weekend of the Fiber Festival of New England. So that was the first weekend in November. Today, while the snow was blowing and swirling around the house I finished the second sock. Granted I didnt work on these everyday, but some most days. I have severe second sock syndrome so I make myself adhere to certain rules, otherwise the second sock may never appear or only part of it. That UFO pile is amazing.<br />
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I start the toe on one and go until the stitches needed for the foot are reached. Then I do the same to the second sock but take it to the start of the gussets. I then take sock #1 to the gussets and up to the heel. You get the picture. I call it leap frogging.<br />
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spread far and wide before she gets them.</div>
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I also made the socks two-colored. Well....it wasn't really planned, but since I used US0 needles for the feet and US 1's for the cuffs, I was afraid I'd run out of <a href="http://www.spinningbunny.com/yarns/yarnpalette.html" target="_blank">Woody</a> before the cuffs were done and didn't want to make short socks.</div>
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Found some Bark <a href="http://www.spinningbunny.com/yarns/yarnpalette.html" target="_blank">Panda</a> hanging around and incorporated it thusly:</div>
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Then the MVOS for 5 rounds, Bark for 2 rounds, MVOS for 4 rounds, Bark for 3 rounds, MVOS for 3 rounds, Bark for 4 rounds, MVOS for 2 rounds, Bark for 5 rounds, MVOS for 1 round and the rest in Bark, ending with 1.25 inches of k3, p2 ribbing.</div>
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The SWIRLY RIB pattern is my own unvention. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">(</span>k2 together thru back loop, knit 2, knit front & back in same stitch. </b></div>
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The cuff has plenty of stretch if needed and is a bit of a fun pattern.</div>
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-14828824933317783632014-11-17T11:09:00.003-05:002014-11-17T11:09:56.705-05:00WarmthLast winter we used over 5 tons of pellets and a couple hundred gallons of propane. We were always chilled and in layers. The pellet stove ran at 7-9 out of 9 with high fan settings, yet we had trouble keeping the house at 61. No fun at all. Good for knitting but really......<br />
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So last spring we qualified for a NYSERDA energy audit. We chose <a href="http://www.snugplanet.com/" target="_blank">Snug Planet</a> because they're local and we'd heard good things about them. They're professional yet friendly and very communicative. It was quite the experience to watch them analyze the house by putting fans and barriers on the doors to donning a bunny suit and climbing up into the crawl space above the LR/DR areas. The results and photos showed that the space above the LR/DR was sorely in need of new insulation. 20 years ago we put 12 inches of batting up there and thought that was plenty. Well in that time the squirrels made the space into a hotel, packing the insulation in many places down to an inch or so. No wonder we were cold. No wonder we had monster sized icicles hanging off our roof and gutters. They gave us an estimate for the reinsulation but we didn't qualify for a discounted installation. $4000 - 5000 is a lot of money and would take many years to actualize in heating savings. hmmmmnnnnnn<br />
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So Jim looked into it. Lo and behold, Home Depot carries the cellulose with added boric acid as a fire retardant. It's a squirrel deterrent as well. AND they give you the use of the shredder/blower machine free for 24 hours. So once the 2 September Fairs (Finger Lakes FF and Southern Adirondack FF) were over and while we were getting ready for the New England Show, Amelia came over to help us do the deed.<br />
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Amelia is Jim's granddaughter. A bright, interesting, aware, intrepid and courageous young woman. She's on the Title Nines Jr Roller Derby team and goes to <a href="http://www.newrootsschool.org/" target="_blank">New Roots High School</a> where she's earning A's.<br />
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That's Amelia in the middle, at the Ithaca Festival Parade.</div>
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Amelia is also Jim's construction assistant when she has time.</div>
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The night before Jim, Magoo and I went to Home Depot and filled up my CRV and Jim's van with the blower and lots of bales of cellulose plus bunny suits and masks.</div>
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Magoo helping Amelia.</div>
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Those masks are so good but awkward too.</div>
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That way we didn't have to move the bales very far, just the 100 feet of hosing. The hose went down the steps and then up 2 stories into my bedroom.</div>
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Wearing face masks was imperative as clouds of fine particles of inked paper soon looked like half the air in the room as well as in the crawl space.</div>
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-5510344017649192112014-11-10T11:15:00.003-05:002014-11-10T11:15:43.963-05:00Obsession Part II<div style="text-align: center;">
So here is the Mobius Scarf merrily on its way to completion.</div>
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-7447078792301720172014-10-16T21:10:00.001-04:002014-10-16T21:10:19.617-04:00Thrilling ObsessionI said last week in my newsletter that several of us at Knit Knite were obsessed with discovering a new møbius cast-on. We all know about Cat Borhi's but find that one a bit hard to do. We tried quite a few ideas we had to no avail. They all turned into 2 sided tubes. sigh.<br />
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However as a result of announcing our craziness to the world, one courageous woman wrote to say that Rita Buchanan wrote an article for Spin Off in 2000 with her very own Møbius Cast-on. Of course, I cleaned out all my old Spin-Offs last year. Why is it that when one finally gets rid of something that hadn't been used in umpteen years, it then becomes needed?<br />
I googled Rita Buchanan Møbius and <a href="http://laurelsstudio.com/PDFs/castOn.pdf" target="_blank">got this page</a>. While informative it leaves out a few basic instructions. I tried it on 16" needles as I didn't want to be casting on a zillion stitches only to rip them out a few rows later. Alas my attempt did not work and I frogged 70 stitches.<br />
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Then Lynne S. graciously scanned her copy of the article and sent it to me. Of course I wanted to try it out immediately but that would mean 2 new UFO's and I'm trying to get samples ready for <a href="http://www.spinningbunny.com/events.html" target="_blank">FF of New England. </a>So I compromised by spinning the yarn needed for this cowl. I took breaks from dyeing and knitting to spin. Seemed very balanced to me too.<br />
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4 ounces of Cattleya Orchid <a href="http://www.spinningbunny.com/fibers/handdyed.html" target="_blank">Falkland</a> worked up into 300 yards of 2 ply plus silver thread making it technically a 3 ply yarn. I thought it was sportweight but once washed and dried the whole thing blossomed into closer to DK. Had US 6 needles ready but upped them to US7's. Did a swatch and came out with 4.5 st/in on US7. Close to worsted I guess but whatever. It's soft and springy.<br />
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On Wednesday I couldn't stand it any longer and cast on the needed 200 stitches. With a backwards loop it didn't take very long and this time the cable wrapped itself around just as in the instructions.<br />
Deirdre kept saying I was obsessed but really I was so delighted to actually have this working and being so easy to do. Got so excited I drove 15 miles to Joanne's with a 20% off coupon and chose some 2/0 beads. I thought I was adding them to the edge but now realize they are probably in the middle so will add more later when it's almost done. A Mobius is such a magical creation and knitting one is doubly so.<br />
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Wonder how one blocks a møbius cowl? Have only done Cat Bordhi's møbius baskets which are felted. Hmmmnnnn</div>
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I can see myself playing with making different stitch patterns that go with this. Maybe a spiral. Or how about a <a href="http://www.woolworks.org/pattterns/klein.txt" target="_blank">knitted Klein Bottle</a>? Or maybe a simpler item - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sea-change-mobius-cowl" target="_blank">Sea Change slip stitch mobius cowl</a>.<br />
<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-92051320624091204842014-10-05T21:17:00.001-04:002014-10-05T21:17:14.454-04:00A Cautionary TaleI don't know about you, but I spend a lot of money on ink cartridges. Probably because I print a good deal of patterns and fiber and yarn labels. It really adds up at almost $100 a pop. I was thinking of what do the recyclers do with the empties I turn in when I buy new?<br />
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hmmmm and I found a business online, ClickInks, that refills those cartridges and sells them for about half the price. Well, I thought that was a great idea and a great bargain so I ordered a set. A few hours later I received an email telling me my payment didn't go through and to click on the link to try paying again so my order would not be held up. So I did.<br />
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Then I went online to check this charge. Sure enough this one went through but so did the first one. Huh?????? I called but since it was the weekend, they were not open. I then called first thing Monday morning and got a person who told me the second order would be cancelled. Whew. Good.<br />
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Later that day I received an email telling me my inks had shipped. A few minutes later I received a duplicate email but when I checked it I saw it had a different order number. Sheesh. So I called again. This time I was told that they could do nothing for me until the second box was returned!!!!! It was their "policy'. Sheesh again. I asked to speak to a supervisor but was not put through.<br />
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I sent them an email and received a reply that a ticket had been opened and I would get a response within 24 hours. NADA in over a month now. I called next morning but was put off again. The person I spoke with said to refuse the second box and then when it was returned so would my money.<br />
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UPS arrived on Friday with both boxes. I refused one of them. I waited until the following Thursday and called again. BTW the wait time on these calls was 15 - 20 minutes. I was told my package had not yet been clocked in by the warehouse. I was also told that it would be 5 days after that before my refund was made. That was it!!!!<br />
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I called PayPal and told them the whole story. They told me they would contact ClickInks but that my money would definitely be back in my account by 9/21 no matter what. On 9/21, they emailed me that the company never responded so my money was automatically returned.<br />
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Meanwhile this was all going on, I was printing patterns for the Finger Lakes Fiber Festival when the magenta started getting streaky. I cleaned the printheads 3 times and it only got worse. arghhh I went onto the HP website and after a couple hours of doing whatever it said, the verdict was I needed a new printhead.<br />
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So by trying to save $45 I have now spent $100 for replacement cartridges and will be buying a new printer too as that will cost $20 less than a new printhead. For sure I'll only buy printer maker approved cartridges from now on.<br />
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I told ClickInks I would tell my story far and wide but they didn't care. Be forewarned my friends. Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-46012818548928989872014-06-03T07:45:00.002-04:002014-06-03T07:45:14.358-04:00Magoo at LastIt's been a long haul. Jim's had a lyme relapse and cellulitis while my thigh muscle problem has returned. Sorry to have not written in so long. I am knitting, dyeing, designing but my time and thoughts have been elsewhere.<br />
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We <strike>were talked into </strike> decided to take on the Fostering of Magoo until he is neutered. Then we'll adopt him formally. What's great about being his Foster Parents is that <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1965259775"></span>Shar pei Rescue<span id="goog_1965259776"></span></a> will pay his vet bills until then. Neat deal. We get to hug this boy sooner than we thought and don't have to shell out much in the way of money except for food, grooming, harness, collar, etc.<br />
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So two weeks ago Carol, who was fostering our boy for 2 months, brought Magoo to MD, met Laura, who brought him to NJ where she and the rescue vet reside. He got his first heartworm shot on a Monday night and had several days of recuperation to be ready to fly to Ithaca that Friday. Alas the thunderstorms made the trip too hairy so it was postponed to Saturday, May 31. We had our fingers and toes crossed.<br />
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Sure enough we received a call from Jack, the pilot, that Laura got there with Magoo and the flight was a go!<br />
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He's settling in quite well. There is no real history on this boy except he was found in Ocean City, MD, rather emaciated and scarred from ticks. The rescue was notified and immediately found him a foster home in VA. He was diagnosed with lyme, erlichia (from the same tick) and heartworm. While in VA he was 'cured' of both the lyme and erlichia and started heartworm meds. In NJ he got his first heartworm injection and mid June he'll get shots # 2 and 3. He's under 2 years old so very playful but because of the heartworm injection must not get excited or play hard until weeks after the last shot and the vet declares the adult and juvenile worms dead and gone. He also can't be neutered until then.<br />
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Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-19651949173913251182014-04-22T19:30:00.002-04:002014-04-22T19:30:39.929-04:00A knitting celebration<br />
A few weeks ago at Knit Knite Rosane showed us the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dreambird-kal" target="_blank">Dreambird Shawl</a> Pattern. I instantly fell in love with it. It has short rows and colors, what's not to love? Others liked it but no one else was enamored of it but me and Rosane. We decided to spin yarn for it so it would be totally unique.<br />
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I kept vascillating from one <a href="http://www.spinningbunny.com/fibers/fiberpalette.html" target="_blank">colorway</a> to another without actually settling on any one. Just couldn't make up my mind. The pattern calls for some mohair blend for the main part, maybe in a tonal, with color in the feathers of the bird. Jim volunteered to spin some kid mohair for the project. ummmmm so soft.<br />
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Then a couple weeks ago five of us cleaned out Ruth's stash. It took over 3 hours of sorting, sorting, bagging, identifying, sorting, reminiscing and pricing. We wound up with 7 large tubs of fiber, spun fiber, started projects, unstarted projects, yarn and accoutrements. <br />
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The next weekend we displayed it all at the <a href="http://www.blacksheephandspinners.org/" target="_blank">Black Sheep</a> Garage Sale. We sold quite a bit, reducing the stash by about 2 tubs. Of course we also had to have some for ourselves, adding to the very nice total going to Hospice.<br />
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I came away with some heavily angelina-ed glitzy batts not made by me, some silk, not dyed by me and other neat items, some actually dyed by me. I just had to start spinning the batts and fell in love with the rich intense coloring. AHA! So that's what I've decided to use for my Dreambird. Such a fun spin.<br />
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I've got about half the batt done so am now spinning the silk as there was way less of that. The yarn on the left was spindle spun by Ruth. Might need to ply in some purple silk eventually but think it'll look just fine in the feathering.<br />
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Becki took home some tussah silk but I've managed to talk her into letting me have it to ply with the kid mohair.<br />
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Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-79806253494474098582014-04-10T12:27:00.000-04:002014-04-10T12:27:02.867-04:00Knitted FlowerThe snow is gone from our yard and the woods. The pond actually has some water showing and one or two brave daffodils have come up about an inch. Oh and some wood ducks are swimming in a vernal pond, poor dears. I am declaring this winter over (ducking quickly). Mind you it's not really spring either, maybe mud season, but hey…..<br />
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So in honor of this day I worked all morning on a knitted flower. Many of us have seen some beautiful crocheted flowers and Abigail, who is a crocheting goddess, assures me they aren't hard. But…….<br />
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Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-27082324118357866092014-03-31T18:57:00.002-04:002014-03-31T18:57:20.837-04:00New Puppy? Jim came home a couple weeks ago saying he saw a flyer at Greenstar saying that 4 shar pei needed new homes immediately as their Dad had died. Oh my. Oh my. And this was Jim bringing up the subject.<br />
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We researched shar pei as all I really knew was they were the wrinkly dogs and got skin diseases because they had been bred for too many wrinkles. Well they are lovely dogs. Great temperaments, adapable, don't need a lot of exercise, smart and only medium sized, topping out at 55 pounds.<br />
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I called the number and it turned out it was the guy's partner that had died. He told me a long sad tale about his partner having heart problems, being disabled, having started with 4 shar pei, then an accidental mating and his partner insisting on keeping all of the pups. Long story short, his partner passed suddenly in February leaving this guy with 9 dogs and grief. He realizes he can't take care of so many so posted them for adoption on RescueMe and put up posters. The dogs had no experience with cats but he said he was bringing some down from Rochester for a meet and greet with another person from our area and would get in touch when that was arranged. We still have not heard back from him.<br />
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Alas that got me onto the rescue sites for shar pei. Saw a wonderful dog in a Westchester Shelter who was not neutered and they wanted $450. Nope, not for us. Plus, Nancy, who runs <a href="http://www.cayugadogrescue.org/train.php" target="_blank">Reverence Training</a>, advised us not to get a shelter dog, but only one that was fostered so we could ask a lot of questions. <br />
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So we discussed it and decided to wait overnight. We actually waited two days but I just couldn't get that face out of my head. Could you? We called the rescue people ( <a href="http://www.sharpeirescueofva.org/" target="_blank">shar pei rescue of VA</a>) and asked a lot of questions. All the answers were great. He loves cats. He is so smart. He is being fostered.<br />
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The major hold up is that he has lyme and heartworms. Well - we were told to fill out an application and get a home visit. Application went in immediately and we are waiting on <a href="http://www.cayugadogrescue.org/" target="_blank">Cayuga Dog Rescue</a> for the home visit. Our vet gave us a glowing rec. So we were put in contact with his Foster Mom.<br />
He actually is being fostered in VA, not NJ, but either place is approx the same distance away. We were told he was going in for his first injection this week and then in a month would be neutered and then we could come get him. That sounded like about 6 weeks which is a lot of postponing of gratification but his Foster Mom sent me lots of pics and a video so we could look at him and she gave us updates too.<br />
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Alas the protocol for heartworm has now changed. The vet started Magoo on Heartgard a week ago and want him on it for 3 months before the first Invecticin Injection, then a month of quiet - like crated quiet - and then two more injections and another month of crated quiet. Then if all goes well he then can be neutered.</div>
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Now we are talking 4 months. We had the choice to take him now but we would need to find a rescue friendly vet and take the responsibility for his recovery. We read up on heartworm and got really scared. If he doesn't stay really quiet he can have an embolism and need emergency work. He needs to be watched a lot. I hate crating dogs. Nancy says she wouldn't go through it again. My sister says NO. Then Jim said he just couldn't deal with the responsibility and tension. So today I told Laura that we definitely wanted Magoo but would need to wait until he was neutered. </div>
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I am a bit down after being excited for the last week or so and don't know now if our decision to wait will mean another family will take this guy. Stay tuned.</div>
Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-57037863122666881642014-03-27T13:00:00.001-04:002014-03-27T13:00:57.011-04:00Coastal CapThe Iknitarod and Iditarod were fun, exciting, interesting and exhilarating this year. We are talking already about next year's fun and maybe adding a new category called Checkpoint Challenges.<br />
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Winter is still not over, we got another 1.5 inches yesterday and it never went over 20 degrees. Sheesh. I find I spend a lot of time in hand knitted caps as they keep the heat in really well so we don't have to spend so much money using the propane back up to out pellet stove. The stove can keep the house at about 60 and then we need the gas for more. This winter that has turned out to be a rather expensive option. Anyway….<br />
For the Iknitarod I designed <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/stores/susan-sarabasha-designs" target="_blank">a cowl</a> and a cap. Giving out presents and prizes is such fun. So I'm gifting you all with the cap pattern right here.<br />
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A simple but interesting cap that knits up quickly and keeps your head nice and toasty</div>
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6<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>16" circs</div>
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approx 125 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">yds fingering /
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gauge:</b> with larger
needle, 5 sts/in Little Shell Ribbing B</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R4:</b> *(k1, k1tbl, k1)
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R1 & 4:</b> *p2,
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K 1 round reducing sts evenly by 2(6) to 88(99)sts</div>
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*sl2 pwise-k1-p2sso, yo, k7* around</div>
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*sl2 pwise-k1-p2sso, yo, k6* around</div>
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*sl2 pwise-k1-p2sso, yo, k5* around</div>
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Cut off 8 inches, putting thread on embroidery needle. Then
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">sarabasha@earthlink.net </span><span style="font-family: 'Aatrix OCRB'; font-size: 20pt;">©</span> Susan Sarabasha 2014</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Managed to get about a quarter of a Iknitatitty done day three plus got the second sock to the cuff. Background image is of the Finger Lake Checkpoint 3/3.</span></div>
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Over the Mountains</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Finally got the hang of knitting and reading at the same time. I learned with the Iknitatitties. Size 6 needles with worsted and mostly stockinette. I'm so pleased to have crossed that barren land to smooth going. Also got 2 inches of cuff done on Jim’s socks while listening to a book. 3/4</span></div>
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<b>Heading west</b></div>
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<b>The Yukon</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">One of Jim’s socks is now completed. 7 more inches on the other should do it. Then I get to spin and start a new cowl pattern. The cowl may turn into a KAL. We shall see. 3/6</span></div>
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My accomplishments for Day 6 don’t look like much as most of it got frogged. I did sample swatch, after sample swatch, after sample swatch, trying to get a good combo of patterns going for an infinity cowl. Actually some didn’t even make it past a few rows or even out of my Moleskine graph book.</div>
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These are the two that won the First Into Typed on the Computer Award sponsored by Lillie and LouAnne who supervised it all from the windowsill where they could keep an eye on the turkeys too. They gave me a dead mouse for a prize. sigh</div>
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Aliy Zirkle - First to the Coast Award</div>
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Aliy Zirkle smiling after her third 2nd Place Finish in a row. She was just happy to have not been blown off the Sea Ice into the Golovin Bay.</div>
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Libby welcoming Hans Gatt into Nome. Half the fiber is spun into singles.</div>
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Monica Zappa rookie, 2nd from Last.</div>
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I started with Jim's socks, done only to the gussets.</div>
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I also decided to make a pair of Iknitatitties, in bright pink, to honor DeeDee Jonrowe who survived a double mastiectomy and has been mushing for 30 years in this race. So sorry she has scratched (only the 3rd time in all these years).</div>
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And that screen shows the Iditarod home page back up after what is being called a 'nefarious group' (we all know who that is but are refusing to say their names so they don't get publicity) hacked into their system crashing the site for most of the Offical Restart Sunday evening.</div>
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-285261603476186712014-02-28T12:45:00.001-05:002014-02-28T12:45:16.178-05:00TitbitsA few months ago one of our regular Wednesday night knitters was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately they were able to get it all and she is doing very well. However we felt helpless and didn't know what to do until one of our members found <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTbits.html" target="_blank">Titbits on Knitty</a>.<br />
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Huh? Well they are knitted prostheses to put into bras so women who have mastectomies can also look balanced or wear a bra with two to feel more 'normal'. We immediately glommed onto this idea and made quite a few while knitting at Panera's. When we presented ours to Deb <i>(along with matching undies that we purchased :^) Remember those Day of the Week undies from when you were little?) </i>she loved them and as soon as she healed a bit started wearing them.<br />
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Then Deb spoke to someone at the <a href="http://www.crcfl.net/" target="_blank">Cancer Resource Center</a>, in Ithaca, who said they would like to have them there too. Aimee also contacted them and now our Titbits, in all sizes and colors, are available for free to anyone needing them in our area.<br />
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<br />Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-7667173370649237342014-02-23T13:04:00.002-05:002014-02-23T13:04:22.223-05:00Happy Birthday MattToday is my incredible son's 45th birthday. A wonderful milestone in a wonderful life. He is full of life and the joy of living. He shares that enthusiasm with whomever he meets. Matt has always liked living rich and full. <br />
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On his first birthday he was treated to his first cupcake and ate it with great abandon. Maybe that was the start.</div>
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When he was young he liked cheeses with the most flavor like brie. As he got a bit older he preferred sandwiches made of dijon mustard, onions and cheese. His zest for life continued with hot sauce, rostifarian interests, para sailing, bungie jumping and other thrilling activities. In the Coast Guard Matt was the one who hung off the ship until planes landed and then jumped back on to place the chocks.<br />
With fatherhood some of these activities channeled themselves into other areas but his joy and zest continued. <br />
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Liz and Matt with Bryan.</div>
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He graduated from Berkeley in robotic engineering while being the primary child cartaker. Liz worked full time and Matt played. Not really, but he often looks like that's what he is doing even though he accomplishes a great deal of serious business.</div>
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Things have quieted down a wee bit what with 3 children, 2 of which are in college already.</div>
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However they continue to zoom around on the Delta when the weather is warm,</div>
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And they even wear playful hats I knit for them.</div>
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Happy 45th my son.</div>
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Susan (and SmokeyBlue in spirit)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15600529191882073624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259865948511087518.post-77570307651353074202014-02-21T09:46:00.001-05:002014-02-21T09:46:34.063-05:00On Being HumanThis is something I have been struggling with for a while now. Reading this answered a lot of my questions. Hope it is helpful to the few of you who read it.<br />
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