Goldie has taken to waking me between 5:00 and 7:00 AM every morning - he’s been doing it for a week now and it’s beginning to irritate me. I could understand if he was hungry; Jade sometimes gets antsy if I sleep too late and her breakfast is correspondingly tardy. She’ll sit and mew plaintively until she’s fed. But Goldie? He’s not especially hungry. He’s not racing around just for the exercise and he’s not trying to get into a difficult-to-access sunny spot.
Coco Puff doesn’t seem to take any notice of him, however. If she even knows he’s there, she couldn’t care less. He can’t get at her no matter what he does and she isn’t inclined to worry about it. Smart little girl :)
I’m two thirds of the way through phase three on the blanket squares. I could say that better, eh? I’ve done the third color rounds on 20 of the blanket squares, leaving 10 more to do.
I’m still thinking about a border. It will have to be black because I’m going to be completely out of most of the other colors and I swore when I started this project that I wasn’t going to buy more yarn - as I had to with the Skipping stones blanket a couple of years ago. So far things have worked out pretty well and while the end’s not in sight quite yet, it’s getting closer.
But the assembly-line kind of procedure has worked wonderfully, one color at a time on each square, and then on to the next. Not only has this given me the opportunity to play with color in crochet in a way I haven’t done before, it has actually improved my work. See when I’m crocheting - especially when I’m crocheting squares - my tensions starts out loose and tightens up as the project goes on. You can see how this might not be such a good thing when my first square is 12” on a side and my last square the size of a postage stamp! The assembly-line thingy has helped me to conquer that - all my squares (at least to their current state of completion) are the same size! This means my gauge hasn’t been wandering from behemoth to miniscule and I have more consistently sized squares :)
The degus have settled in wonderfully well and we have grown fonder and fonder of them. It has been interesting to watch as they (clearly!) grew fonder and fonder of each other as well. They play together, groom each other, are affectionate with one another and are very clearly a bonded pair. It’s nice to know that one’s pets won’t engage in bad behavior but lately, we’ve begun to suspect that something else is going on here too.
Sigh...we’re beginning to suspect that we’ve been had and that Butch, contrary to what the breeder assured us, is female. And that the amazing, expanding middle might be explained by an impending family. I guess we’ll see - Butch might be a Bella after all :)
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Goldie’s hunting skills are too funny! Surely, somebody someday will open up the cage and let him eat the gerbil. =)
Your squares look great. I can’t wait to see the afghan all sewed together.
Marie - Well, let’s just say that Goldie lives in hope - but he’s not getting a gerbil omelette any time soon!
Thanks about the squares - I’m looking forward (no, really!) to sewing them together and seeing what the finished blanket looks like :)
The squares are very pretty, I love the colors and textures. OK watch out about commenting on a ladies girth.
Vicki
Tell Goldie I called him a stalker. He is so cute though, so not a creepy stalker.
Your squares are so pretty.
A girl named Butch......snort!
Vcki - I do try to be careful, since i am somewhat “girthful” myself and, really, I don’t want anyone poking me either!
Lisa - A stalker! I suppose that’s appropriate - but you’re right. He’s not creepy, just annoying :)
If it turns out that Butch is of the female persuasion, there will be a new name. I keep thinking Bella. We’re still hoping it’s just baby fat.
Oh, wait....
Looking good!
Lynne - Thanks :) So far, so good!
Still lovin’ that blanket! I can’t wait to see how it comes together with the black.
Little baby deguses? Degi? Oh that’ll be quite the occassion!
Opal - Commencing the black this evening :)
I did some research this afternoon and if Butch really is in a family way, we’ll see babies in another 4-6 weeks. Gestation is three months for these little guys!
I cracked up at the “vewy vewy quiet...” Thanks for the laugh. I may not make it to Chatters this week, I have a goodbye dinner Saturday night but if I get back in time I will drop in!
Rob - Once in a while, Myria tells me that everything she needs to know, she learned from Bugs Bunny. Sometimes, i think she’s on to something there…
In advance and in absentia, I raise a glass to your new home and new job and wish you continued success and joy :) Stay cool, keep knitting and spinning and anything else that gives you satisfaction and pleasure.
Oh, and please keep sharing it with us!
