Friday was a weird day at the Yarn Shop. We attribute this to the full solar and lunar eclipse that we are having all in one year!!! I haven’t got much knitting done this week, but I really don’t care. I have spent my knitting time with my new puppy!  And if you know me as a knitter you would know that is a big deal.  ALL of my free time is spent knitting…..ALL of it.

I did manage to get some work done on the feather and fan blanket, though. What do you think?

Jen’s been looking at puppies for awhile now. I’m not the most keen on having a lot of animals running around the house, but she has a soft spot for the critters. Yesterday, we made the decision to go find another puppy to (hopefully) be a playmate for our other dog. So we went out to the pet store (I know, we shouldn’t buy dogs from pet stores because it supports puppy mills) and found this little mug that we had to bring home.

Obi is a 12-week old miniature schnauzer. As you can see from the picture, he’s already got his own blanket. She made him a coat, too, but I don’t have pictures of that as of yet.

I do have to admit, he’s a cute little fuzzball. I’m not looking forward to the potty and obedience training, but Jen did agree to take on that responsibility herself. I can live with that. He gets along great with our daughter, Rebecca. Hopefully Duke - our lab mix - will eventually accept him.

A couple of days ago, I mentioned the feather and fan blanket that I’m working on. It’s coming along nicely! I wanted to post a pic so you could see how it looks so far.

I admit it, I’m a serious nerd! I actually did a Google search on “knitted video games”. Who would do that? And what would would I have expected to find, anyway? Actually, I found exactly what I was looking for - go figure. This is so hilarious (Did I mention that I’m a nerd?).

I think I found something for Jen to do with that extra yarn she’s been wanting to use. (more…)

A couple of months ago, I was a bit bored and wanted something to do with this blue yarn that I have. So I decided to knit a sweater for my guinea pig, Nicholas. I can’t recall that I’ve seen sweaters made for small animals, but doesn’t he just look too cute!? He’s one of my babies, and why shouldn’t he have a little sweater, too?

Update: Since folks have asked for the pattern, here it is!