Friday Night Video

The Doozer's knitting song, via Craft.

Linen Stitch Scrap Scarf

Pattern: Scrappy Lengthwise Scarf by Zona Sherman
Yarn: Scraps of various light worsted weight wool and alpaca yarns
Needle: US 10.5
Notes: I started with 262 sts. I should have made it a lot longer. It's a pretty skimpy scarf. I didn't like the pattern as written and added edge stitches in garter. I should have used a larger needle. It seemed crazy to use even a 10.5 when starting because I was using fairly light-weight yarns but this stitch is really, really dense. I love the look of linen stitch but I don't think I ever want to knit it again. It's slow, tedious and fairly impossible to correct errors on earlier rows with just ripping it all out.

Thursdays are for What the Hell is This?

I think I can safely say that my search for a picture afghan pattern is over. Now just to decide...the ass in jeans?



Or the crying Indian maiden?



You can order your own.

No Way to Treat a Lady

I was dismissed from jury duty. I had been called up yesterday and sat through an hour of voir dire for an assualt/rape/harassment case. I hope it doesn't make me sound like a bad person but I did not want to be on that jury. We sat all day today waiting to be recalled but the case was continued and we were released.

Thanks for all the congrats on George. He is 70 pounds of HIGH OCTANE PUPPY INSANITY! Seriously this guy does not stop. At all. Ever. He literally did not sleep once outside of his crate on Sunday. And he wants to play with/challenge Isabella constantly. She is so tired, the poor couch potato. Every ten seconds George is pawing at her, jumping on her, biting her, barking at her. She is determined to assert her dominance and grabs him by his collar and drags him around the house. Then ten seconds later he's at her again. She grabs him and throws him to the ground. Over and over. I know it's completely normal but the dude is wearing her out. Last night she got into her crate and looked at us like, "Please just lock me in so he can't bother me anymore." We're working on training him and he is highly food-motivated, which is good. Hopefully we can teach him some manners because this is no way to treat a lady!

Please Stand By

I'm on jury duty. Today is day two and I don't know how long this will last.
I did finish a long-languishing project yesterday but it will be a while before I can weave in ends and snap a photo. I was able to get my knitting into the jury room with bamboo needles. I packed a crochet project with a plastic hook too. Just in case.

Today is Wes's 42nd birthday so please wish him a happy one since I will be sitting in a windowless room in some wretched municipal building.

We Will Call Him George

A New Friend

We returned Rufus yesterday. I later got a very heartfelt thank you message from his real owner. His name is Pepper but he'll always be Rufus to me. She had lost him north of Seattle and for some reason whoever picked him up dropped him with animal control in West Seattle. So she was searching for him in King County and north. She was very grateful that he was well cared for while they were apart. The person I dealt with at the shelter told me she had only heard of this happening one other time so don't be afraid to adopt. She also told us that there was a yellow lab/golden retriever mix that was being surrendered today. The owner had adopted him with unrealistic expectations and he turned out to be pretty high energy. We went down and met him and introduced him to Belly. They hit it off right away. We haven't named him yet because our younger son is away at a sleepover. He doesn't even know we got a dog! He was pretty broken up about Rufus so hopefully he'll be pleased to meet the new addition. This guy is definitely high energy. He has been running around the yard playing with Belly for hours, chasing balls, rolling in dirt. Just go, go, go! They are so cute together.

Update from the Webmaster

Okay, the blog seems to have been migrated successfully, but for some reason, comments are disabled for all old posts. Not sure why that is, but you should be able to comment on any new posts from now on. As before, email webmaster@rose-kim.com if anything else is amiss.

Heartbroken

I just got a call from the Seattle Animal Shelter. Rufus's owner has contacted them and we have to relinquish him tomorrow. I'm happy for him but so sad for us.

A Word from the Webmaster

This is Wes, IT support/webmaster for Rose-Kim Knits. With Blogger's shutdown of FTP support, we'll be moving some stuff around. Hopefully, things will go smoothly, but we may run into some hiccups ahead. If something breaks for you, please send an email to webmaster@rose-kim.com and we'll see what we can do. Thanks for your patience.

Thursdays are for What the Hell is This?

After the death of Bigfoot his wife observed a traditional period of mourning.

Fiber Gallery Annual Sale

I just wanted to remind any readers in the Seattle area that the Fiber Gallery's sixth anniversary sale starts Friday at 11 am. We have tons of clearance yarns that will be available at 40% off. All other yarns will be 20% off. The clearance yarns are some very nice yarns from Noro, Debbie Bliss, Brown Sheep, Trendsetter, Cascade, Rowan and more. Don't miss it!

Friday, 11-6
Saturday, 10-6
Sunday, 12-5

Fiber Gallery
7000 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle WA 98103