Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

Here are some updates:

Six feet later: Erika suggested I give a rating for recent gross posts. This update is rated I for icky. Is that how you spell it? Icky? Ikky? No matter how you spell it it's pretty gross. An update to recent news that four running shoe clad feet have washed up on our British Columbian shores in 11 months. This week there have been two more – six feet in under a year, five of them from the right side of its human body. Actually one was a hoax – an animal paw stuffed into a sock held in place with seaweed. I'm willing to bet there was some teenage brain power behind that one. Still, come on you guys from the random incident camp. It does not seem possible that these are random events. Five real feet and counting…let's talk relentless creepiness.

Displaced Grace: The new love seats have arrived in all their cherry red splendor, only problem is that Gracee has been displaced. She desperately wants to attempt a leap onto the seat, but I have not been encouraging. She looks at me and talks Scottie.

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Grace never knew Scottie language until she heard this video and it opened up for her a whole new world of communication. When she wants something she speaks in her best MacKenzian accent rapidly shifting her weight from right paw to left and back again. I suggested to Chuck that we buy her a doggy bed and in his best practical Minnesota farm boy voice, he said "Why? She has carpet to lie on." Can't you hear it? Mind you, this is the same husband, who replied when I suggested our 40 year old bath tub might need replacing, "It still holds water, doesn't it?"

Knitting: How about that? It's a knitting blog lest I forget. Ucckhhh. You know what I mean by that sound?  That's the sound of having picked up 672 stitches from around the edge of Print O the Wave and having a different stitch count with the completion of each round.

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14 responses to “Relentless creepiness – Rated I for Icky”

  1. toni in florida Avatar

    If it were me making that noise, it would sound more like a banshee’s shriek!

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  2. Carole Avatar

    Love the new furniture even if Grace is less than thrilled. What’s up with the feet thing?

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  3. Dorothy Avatar

    That’s a doggie pout if I ever saw one! Poor Gracie. I heard the icky news too. Totally bizarre! Sympathies on the shawl. I went through a similar thing on my Shetland Faroese. It spent some serious time in time out. Talk about pouting.

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  4. Lorette Avatar

    That is just creepy indeed. It sounds like a CSI episode.

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  5. Chris Behme Avatar

    Buy that poor doggie a bed and whack the hubby over the head with it!

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  6. Angie Avatar

    I love the new loveseat, but won’t it be hard to use as a photo background because it’s shiny? I don’t know why I hated (hated, hated) picking up the stitches around the Print O the Waves. I loved knitting the middle. I used stitch markers every 10 stitches and marked the middle and quarters with safety pins. Whew. It does go quickly once it’s on. Good luck.

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  7. erika Avatar

    Even with the rating — I still had to read it… (Why do I do that to myself!) I’ve always thought that British Columnbia is beautiful, but now I’m a little weirded out. Seriously, five different feet!
    Poor puppy — we gave up and just let the dogs up on the couch. And then got a bigger couch so that we can all fit on it. Strangely, only one dog really enjoys the leather. Go figure!

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  8. wendy g Avatar

    Beautiful new sofa! You are right, maybe a new dog bed will help Gracie feel better.

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  9. Karen Avatar

    Pretty, pretty new love seats! Love the color.

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  10. Jane Avatar

    Miss Gracie has the “If I ignore the new love seats then they will go away and the old ones will return so I can jump on” look! Love the new couches! The foot satory was on our local news station here today. Very weird!

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  11. Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) Avatar

    Oooo–I love the new love seat! I’m a total sucker for anything red. I have to consciously buy things in other colors to avoid ending up with a house decorated entirely in “early bordello.”

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  12. Monika Avatar

    I’d like to know the story behind those feet. It’s icky alright.
    Not even a doggy bed for Gracey? Poor girl! ;o)

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  13. Natalie Avatar

    Gracee we missed you! 🙂

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  14. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Love all of the photos of the graduates. You look soooo proud. Max sleeps on our leather couches. It doesn’t wear out the leather the dogs can just sort of make the leather a little dirty. If you put a sheet on part of the couch it should be okay for Gracie. The couches are lovely.

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