30 novembre 2005
Six Toe
I've got a couple more pictures taken, so I figured I'll share some with you...
My "victim" for today is: Six Toe
- After being outside in the cold,Six Toe likes to come and snuggles into Me's cardigan...
- Ok, let's try and get a better look:
- After he is nice and warm, he also likes to roll on the rug...
22 novembre 2005
Baby Blanket Pattern - Patron pour Couverture Bébé
Since I was asked about the Baby Blanket, I figured I'd try and write the pattern for it. Hopefully it makes sense! Please let me know if you find any mistakes.
Puisqu'on m'a demandé à propos de la couverture de bébé, j'ai décidé d'essayer d'en écrire le patron. J'espère qu'il a un sens! N'hésitez-pas à me dire si vous trouvez des erreurs.
English version Version française
21 novembre 2005
Pictures! - Photos!
As I am trying to catch up with technology, I finally acquired a digital camera. Of course my first victim was:
Apollo!
I'll try and learn how this new "toy" works and hopefully get more pictures soon...
16 novembre 2005
Comments - Commentaires
Can you tell I am still learning how this thing works? People left me some comments and I didn't even realize it and they weren't showing... Then I just realized that the option "moderate comments" was on (I didn't even know it existed). So I apologize to those of you who were kind enough to drop me a line and thank you for it. You can write me in English or in French.
While you are here, go say Hi to Rebekah. She does beautiful work! I especially love her Fair Isle sweater and the gloves she made for her boss (lucky boss!!). And you'll get to see pictures of Abner and Basil; they are both cute!!
Pouvez-vous dire que je suis encore en train d'apprendre comment ceci marche? Quelqu'un m'avait laissé des commentaires and je ne m'en étais meme pas aperçue et ils n'apparaissaient pas... Je viens juste de me rendre compte que l'option "modérer les commentaires" était activée (je ne savais meme pas qu'elle existait). Alors je m'excuse auprès de celles d'entre vous qui ont été assez gentilles pour m'écrire et je vous en remercie. Vous pouvez m'écrire en Français ou en Anglais.
Tant que vous êtes ici, allez dire bonjour à Rebekah. Son travail est magnifique! J'aime en particulier son pullover Fair Isle et les gants qu'elle a fait pour sa patronne (quelle patronne chanceuse!!). Et puis vous verrez des photos d'Abner et Basil; ils sont mignons tous les deux!!
Baby Blanket - Couverture Bébé
Thanks to Irene again, I now have pictures of the baby blanket I made and also entered in the contest hosted by the EZasPI group.
De nouveau grace à Irene, j'ai maintenant des photos de la couverture de bébé que j'ai faite et que j'ai également entrée dans le concours tenu par le groupe EZasPI.
I think it turned out pretty good, especially the colors. I used sport weight acrylic yarn and 10.75mm needles. All the stitches are Shetland: the center is the fircone pattern, the border has several repeats of the New Shell pattern and ends with a repeat of the Horse shoe pattern.
There are so many nice entries that I don't think I have a chance to win anything, but it was still a lot of fun!
Je pense que le résultat n'est pas mal, surtout les couleurs. J'ai utilisé de la laine acrylique et des aiguilles 10,75 mm. Tous les points sont Shetland: le centre est le "fircone", la bordure est "New Shell" et "Horshe shoe".
Il y a tellement de belles entrées que je ne crois pas que j'ai une chance de remporter un prix; mais je me suis tout de même bien amusée!
08 novembre 2005
Mini-Shawl
This must be a special day... this is the first picture I ever posted! Thank you Irene for taking it for me.
This is the mini shawl I have made as part of the Shetland Lace Workshop hosted on the EZasPi group. I am going to enter into the contest... It is about 9" square.
The EZasPi group is the best group I know. I'm having a lot of fun there and also learning a lot. And Elaine, the listmom is great. Check out her new Angora rabbit babies: http://ccrfuzzy.typepad.com/ ! Aren't they cute?
07 novembre 2005
Kittens Update
Well, it looks like there are a total of four kittens. They come to the kitchen porch to eat and it looks like they are now living under the front porch (I guess it's a lot closer to the food source!). I was able to hold one of them, but they usually run and hide when they see somebody. We better try and tame them now!
So, how many do you want??
04 novembre 2005
Need some kittens?
Yesterday morning Snickers came on the porch for breakfast and with her were two tiny fur balls... she had brought two of her babies with her. I wonder if she only has two or if there are more...
I think that all the critters around here know that we are the local "welfare office": if you hang around the house, you will get two meals a day. And I'm sure that they are spreading the word...
See, when Stacy had her first litter, she would catch game and bring it to them in the barn to eat and teach them how to hunt... When she had her second litter and the kittens were old enough to eat solid food, she brought them to our kitchen porch and left... "Forget learning how to hunt, this is where you get food now leave me alone." She did come back later, but I don't think she caught anything for them, just trusted us to feed them. I will always remember the day she first brought the kittens out. That morning had been pretty bad; we took Everest (our hamster) to the vet and she had to put him to sleep. I was at home by myself, sitting on the bench on the kitchen porch crying. I heard some noise and saw Stacy coming up the side-walk with a bunch of fur balls around her (she had seven kittens). She gathered them all in front of me on the porch, looked at me ... and then left!! I couldn't help it but laughed... Her expression clearly told me "Now, YOU feed them!". So I got some food for them, but then I got worried that they might start wandering off and get hurt. So I also got them a box and stayed outside to watch them.
