Been Busy......and sick

Been a bit bed ridden with a bad cold the last 10 days. So I put it to good use and knitted my mother a promised garment. It's posted now Mum so I hope you like it...

I took a leaf out of the experts book and put it on a skinny kid so it looks it's best.
The pattern is the Reversible Lace Shrug with Swing shaping from the Elann site.

I've also managed to fit in a couple of skeins of spinning for the stall.  It's on the 5th of June.

Again, 24micron Merino, fairly thick about 12wpi and approx. 150g ea.

They'll both knit up beautifully.  If you are interested in buying them just drop me an email (woolznyarnz@hotmail.com) for more details.  They'll be about $14 ea and I have pay pal.

Welcome Home Tobi

You've seen him before but our lad is home now!!

There is great debate about the best time to take a puppy from it's mother and I feel we hit the nail on the head nicely.  Although a lot would say it is too soon, there is extenuating circumstances. 
Firstly, we see puppy Mummy often, so although Tobi is only 7 wks, he will be able to see his Mum for a random feed for the next couple of weeks still.  She is only feeding the pups under duress now and has come into season again.

Secondly, because we do see Puppy Mum and her family so much, I was worried that he would form too great a bond with them, before coming to our family permanently.  In effect, everytime we went to visit, it would be a homecoming for him.

As it stands, I have never seen a pup settle into another family as well as Tobi has.  He hasn't had one minute of stress looking for his sibling or mother at all.  Daddy doesn't quite know what to make of having his son around, he is mildly aggressive toward him.  Tobi does all the submissive moves he should and Daddy rather than becoming physical with him, just removes himself from the vacinity.  I put this down to, about 70% the cause, when we took him out to see his pups for the first time, Mum gave him a good nip and told him on no account was he to get too close to his progeny.  He redily obeyed and ignored all advances of his pups from then on and even on subsequent visits. 

I think Tobi's natural puppy enthusiasm will win him over soon though as Abe is a naturally playful dog and he won't be able to resist a game of chasey for too long.

So onto the photos..

A few minor rules to learn for the young fella...No you can't chew Mummy's wools

And sorry lad, but toes and clothes etc are off limits too...

It bloody hurts...his teeth are like needles...

so we have stocked up on plenty of chewy toys..he particularly likes the fluffy ropes..

And being a baby...he goes 90 mile an hour to this....

Spoilt rotten...loves the fancy cotton sheets...

In hubbys spot of the bed........

He's had no accidents inside at all, in fact he's a brilliant little guy (well not so little).  I thought that he had accepted me when he licked me all over the face as a 3wk old and it just gets more evident every day.  He comes when he is called too which just amazes me. Luv him to bits..

Todays dyeing

This is an order for a lady at my spinning group, 1kg of grey

 More merino to be spun and sold...There is 150g per plait, expressions of interest welcome..email woolznyarnz@hotmail.com

Puppy Fix, 5wks old

So totally tooooooo cute....