I really need to get this blog back up and running. I just finished what may be my ultimate masterpiece. It is certainly one of the hardest patterns I have ever attempted- Fiddlesticks Knitting Peacock Feathers Shawl. I used Cascade’s Alpaca Lace in three colors- purple (1416), teal (1419) and blue (1422). I used one strand of each, then for the transition I ran two strands (one of each color) for three rows. The number of rows in each color varied. I used size 3 needles for most of the pattern, then halfway through the last round of green, my needle snapped (YIKES!) in the middle of a row. Not having another size 3 needle and not wanting to stop my progress, I switched to a size 4, which actually worked out well. You really can’t tell unless you really look. Anyway- here are all the pictures!

One “wing” while blocking:

Bottom edge while blocking:

Smallest “feathers” near the top:

Medium “feathers” near the middle:

Edging

Full shawl from the base

Another full view

View while worn

Draped out over the side of the bed:

Still not much luck in the housetraining department, but we’re getting there…. here are some new adorable pictures!

Gaelen with his daddy

And to you too!

Gremlin ears (actually caught him mid-jump!)

Gaelen showing off on the back of the couch

Profile shot

Show pose

Wore him out… finally…

And the tolerant big brothers…

ok- we’ve mostly given up on getting him to poop or pee outside for now. He’s fairly well paper trained (though he misses sometimes) and doesn’t seem to understand to go anywhere else. Ok- not the end of the world… a little frustrating, but we’ll get there.
Now- he’s in EAT IT ALL mode… anything he can get his little teeth into he wants to eat. In particular- his puppy pads that we have down for him to go on. Guess I’ll figure that out– at least he likes his chew toys, and his bed seems to hold up to it somehow…
Anyway- he’s still a cute little handful, and I’m still in love… just a little exasperated at times.

He’s certainly more comfortable today, and rather amusing as always it seems. He had a case of the hiccups today and just curled up in my lap to be held. My husband even took him for a long walk today and seems to have had lots of fun. I picked up some spray to try to teach Gaelen where to pee- we’ll see how that goes in a bit when I take him back outside…

So… I won an ipod touch yesterday… what podcasts do I need to subscribe to?

As you can see, the old site is mostly gone… I’m in the process of trying to get something back up, but it’s gonna take me a bit… maybe this will get me to start posting again