Must Have Been the Sunshine
We had a bit of bright afternoon sunshine yesterday that seemed to boost the spirits of ungulates and men (OK, so deer and me!). Somehow this happened:
Just in time for Spring, LOL - slippers for me!! As a reminder, I'd done all the knitting on both slippers before admitting that doubling this fat yarn made my gauge huge, and that even felting couldn't fix that. I re-knit them both, and then yesterday completed all the finishing - some seaming and working in ends. They are now ready for felting. There's a quarter on the upper slipper just to provide some sort of scale.
Also, here is BadAss Pawprint Jr., drying after going for a swim:
It's shorter and narrower than the first one, and probably doesn't call for a cuff - but it's still BadAss with all those toes and pawpads!!
As far as the ungulates go - I'd seen the deer grazing around in the woods throughout most of the day, but later in the afternoon a small family of them - maybe about 6-7, all different sizes - started to work their way out of the woods and across the lawn. A couple of them got too close to the house, so I chased them off. A couple brave ones (probably the teenager-equivalents) made their way back out, but stayed away from the house this time. They probably did a version of Riverdance out there after dark, in retaliation.
At one point I was looking for the goaties, when I spotted what appeared to be a black goatie wandering around. I thought - none of them are all black, are there new goaties??? Then I saw another one! What was going on?!? Then I grabbed the binoculars. They were doggies!!! We know they have two black labs - one is named Henry, he is usually barking at something - but I've never seen them sniffing around in the goat pasture, and didn't make the connection. They weren't there for long, but it was pretty funny.
Just in time for Spring, LOL - slippers for me!! As a reminder, I'd done all the knitting on both slippers before admitting that doubling this fat yarn made my gauge huge, and that even felting couldn't fix that. I re-knit them both, and then yesterday completed all the finishing - some seaming and working in ends. They are now ready for felting. There's a quarter on the upper slipper just to provide some sort of scale.
Also, here is BadAss Pawprint Jr., drying after going for a swim:
It's shorter and narrower than the first one, and probably doesn't call for a cuff - but it's still BadAss with all those toes and pawpads!!
As far as the ungulates go - I'd seen the deer grazing around in the woods throughout most of the day, but later in the afternoon a small family of them - maybe about 6-7, all different sizes - started to work their way out of the woods and across the lawn. A couple of them got too close to the house, so I chased them off. A couple brave ones (probably the teenager-equivalents) made their way back out, but stayed away from the house this time. They probably did a version of Riverdance out there after dark, in retaliation.
At one point I was looking for the goaties, when I spotted what appeared to be a black goatie wandering around. I thought - none of them are all black, are there new goaties??? Then I saw another one! What was going on?!? Then I grabbed the binoculars. They were doggies!!! We know they have two black labs - one is named Henry, he is usually barking at something - but I've never seen them sniffing around in the goat pasture, and didn't make the connection. They weren't there for long, but it was pretty funny.
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