Aggie is the most vain dog I’ve ever met. Pull the camera out and she’s in front of it. She actually came running over and put her face in the shot. Yeesh.
So yesterday I was so excited about Tracy’s (Wool Windings) little felted box that I cast one on of my own. I found some Noro left over from these and some Lopi Lite left over from Hues in Horizontal and cast on with a strand of each. I was cocky and cast on the largest size. I wasn’t even through the first side and realized there’s no way I had enough of the green Lopi so I ripped it all out and started over. I crossed my fingers and cast on the smallest size. I knew it was gonna be close but this is ridiculous. Six stitches left to cast off and see the little inch of green yarn left. I will not be defeated. I’ll just take a little from one of the cast on ends. See? There’s plenty here:
We’re driving up to NH this tomorrow so I’ll have to finish it when I get back. I’ll post a picture then. Thanks for the inspiration, Tracy!
I’ve been working on the Clapotis (finally) and I needed a little change for a bit so the box was perfect.
I’m using Brooks Farm Duet that I bought at Rhinebeck. I don’t know the color name because it’s not listed on the labels. LOVE this stuff. I do wish that I’d alternated each couple of rows with each ball of yarn because I’m not crazy about the way it’s pooling. I’m half tempted to start over again. I’d mentioned on the Elann chat site that this one’s been on my to-do list for a long time and wham-bam!
I’ve also been working on my photography. I’ve been following along with Two Peas in a Bucket’s course that’s ongoing online. Yes, folks, you *can* take your camera off of Auto!! This coming from a professional photographer’s daughter who’s had an awesome camera for a couple of years now. The only thing I dared to do was take a picture without the flash. Now I actually know how to METER it! Can you imagine? The freedom of it all is mind boggling. Oh how I’d listened to my father when he tried to teach me about f-stops and composition. He even made me take photography in HS but let’s face it… that was a couple of years ago… ehem… so I remember zilch. Since Aggie was so obliging and right there anyway I took these of her this morning.
And here’s what I’ve learned. The first shot I love. Look at those catch lights! I’d just cleaned her eyes so I wish I would have waited until they dried and it would have been perfect. The second shot… I should have had the focus on her nose, not her ears. Still…. kinda cool.
And a serious improvement from the pictures I took of her a couple of years ago.
Lucky’s not so easy. He’s almost afraid of the camera. I guess I would be too if I saw a huge cyclops in my face all the time.
A virtual dozen roses to you. No chocolate because Dan and I started Weight Watchers on Monday – tell me how stupid is to try and start losing weight Valentine’s week?
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Jean, you temptress, not only did you have me almost signing up on the Clapotis KAL, but I was at the BBF website with 3 skeins of yarn in the cart before I knew it. JUST.SAY.NO! I said to myself and will look for something in the stash…I will be the last person on earth to knit the Clap*
Beautiful pictures of your doggies… how I love them. Next to cocker spaniels, they are they cutest! Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you.
Jean, what mesmerizing pup pics. A natural, isn’t she? Murphy exudes resignation when I photograph her but aggie is all diva.
Yay, on the Clapotis! actually I had even written a post at Elann a few days before you posted suggesting a Clapotis KAL, then figured, “it’s so OVER clapotis” & deleted the post and (insert magic wand), poof, there’s your post. It was kismet.
LOL on the box finagling.
Hi,
Could you please tell me what breed your dogs are and do they shed a lot?
Thank you
Mrs. Ward
Lake Norman, NC
Have you taken a look at WW online? I’ve lost about 12 lb since Jan. 1. A good portion of my success I attribute to plugging in my favorite recipes….cleaning them up a bit and figuring out the points per serving.
Lovely pictures of the pooches. Can’t wait to see the finished box.
Beautiful photos!! You will have to teach me how to take my camera off of auto….a bit scary..LOL.
Hmmm….I should do WW with you and Dan 🙂
Your photography is beautiful … and your doggies are so good as models!
Love your attitude also of not being defeated; that is so cool!
Have a wonderful day, and best wishes with Weight Watchers.
Warmest,
firefly
Garter stitch always takes more yarn than I think it will. You made it work though.
Now is my chance to knit a Clapotis with my Brooks Farm. I should join you guys.
I’m still taking photos on automatic. I really should invest some time into learning how to get the most out of my camera.
Your dog pictures are just beautiful Jean! Thanks for the twopeas link — I definitely want to check them out — the twopeas server seems to be down now though!
I have a Boston Terrier who’s had trouble with shots. Same swollen eyes and huge hives all over her face. I now have titers checked and she doesn’t get the shots if the titers are good. Also shots are given separately, never more than one at a time with a couple weeks in between. I have to pay for separate visits but what the heck. As long as they are okay, right?
Good luck. Sweet creatures you have.
I did weight watchers many years ago, back when they did the points system (do they still do that?), and couldn’t stick to it. I hope you’re more successful with it.
Thanks for the link to the photography site. I managed to find the lesson for Week 6, but not any for Weeks 1 through 5.
What kind of camera do you use? Is it a manual focus kind of (D)SLR? I have an auto-everything somewhat compact camera (Fuji Finepix F10) and I discovered early on that my photos with the “auto” flash didn’t help. So I almost always have it on “no flash”. Still “auto” focus though. There are limited manual focus capabilities, and it’s a pain to spiral down the menu system to get to them.
Love the creative use of the tails of your knitting! Love those doggies. Good luck with Weight Watchers. I’m trying to give up sugar. Maybe we can give each other encouragement.