This Little Piggy

One pig, two pig. Grey pig, new pig! Here's out little baby guinea Roxy with my fatty Daisy. Roxy looks like a big head with legs.

Mad Love

Maybe you've been wondering where I have been lately? What's been taking up my time? Leaving me distracted and a little breathless and losing my keys all over the place? In a nutshell: Boy meets girl. Girl runs over boy's foot with her car. Boy finds girl wildly charming. Boy and girl move in together. Adopt wily orange-haired guinea pig. All in less than a month. Call me crazy but I just decided that I needed to trust my heart and my gut feeling and hang on for this wild ride.

I'll post pics of Daisy with baby Roxy soon!

What a Poser

Lenny the guinea pig and my fantastic model, the lovely Daisy. She's gotten plump! I met a tiny messy haired tri-colored at the pet store this weekend and am considering a new friend!

Green Goat Hair

I haven't had a lot of time to post here the past week. Here are a couple of things that have been keeping me busy. I am trying to finish up my first Blythe mohair. The first time I saw one of these I knew I had to have one. I love mohair. I love Blythe. Blythe + mohair = big love. I decided on doing her in my two favorite colors, pink and green, and have done a couple of her eyes and her mouth too. I ran out of mo so I had to send off for more from Australia and for now her scalp is stuck on with pins. While doing this Tanga would not let me be, so knowing that the doll scalp fits on the cat's head I had to give it a go. I think she looked better with the blue hair. The cats appear to be drawn the goaty smell of it which may prove to be perilous for this little dolly... And one bonus pic of Daisy with a strawberry because everybody loves cute animal pictures.

One Done Two Begun

Since I have been slacking on my blog all week I decided to hit you with a big pop of three pics today. Yesterday I took the day off and dragged my buddy Dale to the yarn store. You see, I finished my Lucy bag and threw it into Dale's washer and decided that I needed to start on another one. I used Cascade Quatro which has four different colored plies twisted together instead of the "recommended" solid colored yarns in the pattern. I didn't exactly know what it would look like felted, but that's part of the fun of felting right? Dale seemed a bit skeptical when I showed him my bag with the handle that about went down to my knees and asked me if I had made it for a giant. Well, it came out great. The color is neat and marled.
So, back to the yarn store. Dale walked around with me a bit and then found a comfy seat and was very patient while I fretted and pawed around looking for the perfect Lucy II yarn. I thought of using Boku but they only had a couple of dark muddy colors and I wanted bright. I ended up with Cascade Pastaza in a kind of citron green color. My only complaint about it is that little llama bits come off when you knit it and end up in your nose and stuck to your face. I never did finish that disasterous pair of socks for mum so I peeked around the corner at the sock yarn (like I didn't have any at home) and something caught my eye. Regia apparently got color king Kaffe Fassett to whip up some sock color combos for them and they are stunning. The one I got is glorious. That's the only way to describe it. Sadly, I realized that I am not going to be able to give it away. Sorry mum. I feel bad about my selfishness but I cannot part with this yarn. Dale was entertained reading the label. It is in German and says things like "die sockenwolle". So Lucy II is on the needles (I had them with me and started at Dale's house) and I have been madly digging around looking for the perfect sock pattern. And Daisy the guinea pig is enjoying a carrot. What a good day.