we had a cold day. enough to get me back into the
knitting mood. our newest stray joined us this summer at the height of the
summer heat. it took almost two months of driving around the blocks of our new
office looking for him, each one of us with a can of dog food in our trunk in
the event that we ran across him.
we learned that he was smart
enough not to run the streets in the afternoon so it took early mornings to
find him and get him fed. at some point he decided we weren’t all that bad and
i snagged him. he underwent surgery right after the snatch and grab, because
while he was on his own he was hit by a car and only used 3 of his four legs.
now he is on the mend and all
puppy- (gosh i forgot what it takes to be the owner of a puppy)… his 100 mile
per hour skinny body needed a sweater. he is kinda built like a whippet/italian
greyhound mix. we think he may very well be a sicilian greyhound but whatever
he is- he sure is cute, bright, clumsy and one early riser.
i decided since coming back from
my trip to japan that i would knit him a japanese sweater. i have a few
japanese knitting pattern books (and a few more after my visit) but i have
never tried one. the pattern i found seemed perfect for him with the exception
that it was a hoodie sweater (even worse it had a pom-pom on the top). after
being thrown into a family with middle aged parents, 2 geriatric small dogs and
one other who is deaf and sleeps morning, noon and night he has nothing better to do than play
with anything he can (envelopes from the bin, wicker furniture, plastic
containers… well, just about anything.) so far he has chewed through one nylon
lead and on his way to chewing through two others. a pom-pom on his head would
be fair game for knit destruction. besides those greyhounds are just meant to
be in turtlenecks, right?
i have to admit that i guessed on
the gauge, guessed on the needle size, guessed on the wool but found a website
that did a good job of explaining “the reading of japanese knit charts.” this
was after spending a great deal of time deciphering a crochet chart by
accident. you can down load it here- it is interpreting japanese knitting patterns by marsh white.
my goods:
1 skein each of cascade 220 heathers in shades 4009 (dark teal) and 4010 (gold) (plus a bit of unknown white fluffy yarn for the snowflake)
us 9, 10 & 10.5 straight needles.
i kid you- they are worth the $2.49 
