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Posted by Katherine on August 20, 2006, 10:13 am
Sorry, Wooly, I haven't done that.
Poor sheep! Is there any way of keeping the poor things cool during that
horrid weather? I can really appreciate how it felt, as I ended up in
emergency myself due to heat exhaustion a couple of weeks ago.
Higs,
Katherine
Wooly wrote:
> Has anyone knitted the Malin sweater from Herself's _In the Hebrides_?
> Gauge is given in non-stockinette, instead over something called "sand
> stitch" which on the other side is merely (knit 1, seed stitch 1)
> ribbing. I'm knitting a little more tightly than gauge so I'm making
> the size up from the one I would have made for myself.
>
> I'm almost 4" into the body and the sweater seems to be running small
> on the needle. Yes, I should put it onto a string and measure it.
> Howsomever with luck someone out there has made the sweater and can
> comment on the sizing.
>
> My make-up Kathmandu came in the mail a couple of days ago. I really
> ought to finish *that* sweater. Perhaps I'll need to rip Malin, which
> will give me an excuse to work on Kathmandu...
>
> I'm still spinning froghair for 3-ply for the sweater. The sheep from
> which this particular wool was shorn has died of heat stroke last week
> (nine consecutive days over 100f, I'd die too in a 6" wool coat) so
> what I have is all there is. That's a goodly sum, enough for at least
> four or five sweaters, but I'll miss this wool when it's gone.
>
> +++++++
>
> Following is OT. Feel free to skip.
>
> =======
>
> We have new neighbors in the rental next door. This is a good thing
> as I no longer need to do even minimal maintenance on the yard and the
> owner isn't mooching my cleaning supplies any more while he does
> make-ready.
>
> The downside is that the new occupants have dogs. This normally
> wouldn't be a problem, except the *other* dogs with yards bordering
> the new dogs' yard charge the fence in the morning yapping their fool
> heads off (bad enough, they're mostly spaniel-based mutts with
> moderately inoffensive barks) when the "new" dogs are put out for
> their morning constitutionals.
>
> But.
>
> The new neighbors have two Danes. Fabulous dogs, I've met them,
> they'll lick a body to death before the thought of baring teeth enters
> their heads.
>
> But.
>
> Danes have BIG BIG barks. And they tell off their neighbors much the
> same way teen girls bicker.
>
> So I'm awake at least two hours earlier than I'd like to be.
>
> Eventually the dogs will all figure out the Danes belong there (make
> it soon, please?) and there will be no more oh-dark-thirty property
> line squabbles. In the meantime I'm feeling quite sleep-deprived.
>
> School started last week, which compounds our scheduling issues. My
> son hasn't *quite* got his wake-sleep pattern tweaked back to a
> bedtime hour that's good for school, so he spent three days dragging
> a$$. He's always had trouble sleeping, so the occupational therapist
> recommended us to a Chinese herabalist, who concocted some
> valerian-free, kava-free bugjuice we're to administer 30 minutes
> before we'd like the child to be asleep.
>
> Per the herbalist it may take a week to exhibit any effects, and we've
> got a prescribed bedtime routine to follow as well. Funny how, if
> necessary, I can swing my entire schedule to that of a third-shift
> worker in about a week with no chemical or herbal aids, but I'm
> willing to try most things until they prove themselves useless...
>
> In other animal-related news, it appears as if my mysterious cat donor
> is at it again. A boy cat that is the spitting image of a black cat
> that adopted us several years ago has turned up four mornings running
> on my back patio. He's skinny so I've started feeding him. He's a
> bit skittish but has obviously been somebody's cat, so I'm working on
> his trust issues with an eye to stuffing him in a carrier and taking
> him to the cheap speuter clinic. I need more cats...
>
> +++++++++++++
>
> Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
> This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
> Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...
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