Mobile Adoption Fun

I've volunteered for a local shelter a few times.  Saturday there was a mobile adoption at one of the local pet stores.  Eight dogs were taken to the adoption and five were adopted!!  I'd call that a successful day.  Ace Ventura even made an appearance!!

Ace Ventura and Raven.  She was lucky enough to get adopted!

She already loves her little dog

Another happy adoption!

Please, if you are interested in adding a pet to your family, look at the local shelters.  There are so many animals out there that are just waiting to be found by their forever families.  

There is nothing like a day with a little dog slobber!

Peace,
Kay

Knitted Cowls

I've been getting ready for an Arts and Crafts Fair.  My booth will have a bit of this and a bit of that.  One thing that I enjoy making are cowls.  You wear them around your neck and it's amazing how nice and warm they are.

I've knitted this one using Lion Brand Tweed Stripes in the colorway Caribbean.  This yarn is 100% acrylic.   I usually use fibers like alpaca, bamboo, wool and cotton.  But I must say - I love this yarn.  It's nice and soft and was so easy to work with.  I had enough yarn to make a little something else so I decided to make a cowl for a child.  I've not done that before so don't know if they'll be popular or not.  No dragging of the scarf behind and no leaving it somewhere - it makes sense to me.

Child cowl (or adult headband)

I knitted these in the round using circular needles.  I LOVE circular needles.  Here's what I did.  I wanted the cowl to be around 23 inches round.   You might want to check your gauge  before you start.  

Using a size 10 16" long circular needle, cast on 115 stitches.  Place a marker if you want.  Knit four rows.  Purl one row.  Knit rows until the cowl measures around 9 inches.  Purl one row.  Knit four rows.  Bind off.  You can make the cowl any length and width you want.  I've knitted some using a finer yarn and knitted them long enough to pull up over the head.

The child one measures 15 inches round.  I put it on my head and it was almost big enough for a headband (and it's wide enough to cover the ears).

They were fun to knit up.  What about you?  Are you a knitter?  Do you have a favorite project?

Peace,
Kay

Dog Day Afternoon

A few weeks ago was the Fiestas in Santa Fe.  That's the Saturday that I met Di from Pixie's Crafty Workshop and Len on the Plaza.  There was lots of activities:  food booths, native americans selling their wares, arts and crafts venders, and yes, dogs.  Earlier that morning there was a Pet Parade.  I didn't get down early enough to watch but I did see several very interesting pups.

Yes, this is the front end.  Hello Rasta dog

No, mom, the hot dogs are THIS way

Then we had the poor working class

This vendor is VERY creative.  He was selling hats for dogs.  He had four of his own rescue dogs working the booth.  I saw a woman lean over to pet one of the dogs and he (the dog) wasn't happy about it - as the sign says, please don't pet us while we're working!

This guy was my favorite.  I got this great photo because his owner came around the table and stood next to me.  He followed that guy like a hawk!  Oh, but he had treats in his pocket.

It was a fun day.  I thought I had more photos of dogs but I guess I was too busy petting!

I hope your weekend was wonderful.  I've been doing a bit of organizing -- and looking for my glue gun sticks.  I wonder where they could be........  back to organizing!

Peace,
Kay

WOYWW 172 - Zentangle

It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday!  Woo hoo.  It all starts at Julia's at Stamping Ground.   I must thank Julia for getting us all together.  I was fortunate to meet my first fellow WOYWW -- Di from Pixies Crafty Workshop.  I'm hoping to meet more of you as time goes on. 

I took a Zentangle class from Suzanne McNeill.  The only experience I've had with zentangles is admiring the work of fellow WOYWW Neesie over at Neesie Natters.  I was lucky enough to win a set of her beautiful cards.  She does amazing work and is such a sweetheart.

We were given a pencil outline of a girl with a head wrap.  We then loosely followed the outline with a Micron .01 pen.  After that Suzanne showed us a zentangle and then let us choose where we wanted to put it.  We colored in the zentangle using a 1 Micron pen.  She also showed us how to add watercolor to our image.  I decided not to do that since I had lots of zentangling left to do.   I've been working on this the last two nights.

I've always wanted to be a hippy girl

Unfortunately there were some things that I didn't learn in class - scale being one of them.  Also, I think it would probably have been easier to work in "squares" when learning rather than all these crazy shapes we were given.   Having said that, I did enjoy the class and am excited to keep going.  I am really looking forward to combining the zentangle method with my doodling.  

The example supplied by Suzanne

I will try to visit those that leave a comment (please leave your number) and those that end in the same number as me.   I hope you are enjoying the week.  I know Wednesdays are one of my favorite days!

Peace,
Kay