The EYES Have It

Today is May 1st!  The Lusty Month of May--according to Lerner & Lowe in their Camelot play and movie.  Had to watch the part where Lancelot shows up and the picnic is in full swing.  A bit dated but still has a spot in my heart.  It was the first movie Murray and I went to way back...1968 or so.

He is my Lancelot and King Arthur and today he has two eyes that see clearly.  He had his cataracts removed and can't believe how much brighter everything is.  Who knew?  It was more or less painless although the right eye which was the one done last and on April 29th was a bit painful but only the first night.  Now his vision is almost perfect.  So, while he recovered and couldn't work outside he worked on the movie he is making of our Cruise Up The Rhine River in June 2018.  Keeps him out of trouble.  It is very complicated making movies but he seems to enjoy the challenge.  Me, I stay frustrated with frogging my latest crochet project which didn't work out. 

Made a wrap using some beautiful yarn that turned out to be difficult, 4 strands unplied so they separate at the blink of an eye or the slip of a hook.  Anyway, I made the first project using a pattern from Red Heart--turned out the length is 114 inches and the width is 23 inches.  It would make a nice decoration on a long window.  So...I decided I would frog it and start over.  Well, I am a very good maker of knots and tucks of loose ends so they will not unravel.  In this one I was exceptionally good.  I never intended to unravel it so I even separated the 4 strands and tied them in different locations.  What a mess.  So now I'm unraveling them and cutting where I can't untie.  Sigh.  My work is cut out for me.  No pun intended.  Here is the project. 

While I was trying to decided what to do with the four other skeins of yarn I had, I found a tried and true pattern that works with any weight and any amount of yarn.  You can stop when you need to so I made two shawls using 2 skeins of the Sea Glass.  They are lovely.

Morpho Shawlette - 72x36 inches

Morphy Shawlette - 70x33 inches

The difference in size is due to yarn remaining.  The first one was larger nd I had to use some of the yellow-green from 2nd skein to finish it.  So, I had to make the 2nd shawl a bit smaller so as to not run out of yarn.  Tricky but worked out.  Now I have two skeins of a different color mix to make up.  May use the same pattern.

Keeps me out of trouble.  Shaunti on the other hand is almost 9 and we got some pictures of her a week early fresh from the groomer.

Shaunti with Mom and Dad.  She's a lucky dog.

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LOTS OF YARN AND SO LITTLE TIME--BUT I'M TRYING

Today is a cloudy day but it may not rain.  I'm looking for patterns that I used years ago and finally found it.  A very pretty Vintage Shawl

pattern that I only used for one shawl.  Turned out very pretty but was a tedious project.  Today I am making two shawls for my sister-in-law and niece.  Had to find a pattern that would match with the bulky yarn.  Found one and will be crocheting tonight on the first shawl.  It is a pattern that can be adapted to any weight yarn.  How nice!!!

Shaunti is almost 9 years old.  She came home from the groomer on Saturday, looking very spiffy.  She goes every 3 weeks.  I expect she gets better treatment than most children.  Her annual exam was last week and I have been trying to get her to pee in a flat dish ever since.  It got so bad that when I opened the door for her to go out, she backed up instead.  Finally after this happened several days, I decided to give up.  It wasn't going to work and I didn't want to totally intimidate her.  So, today was the day.  I carried her out to her favorite 'spot' and eureka, was able to capture the specimen.  Then we had to put it in the container provided by the vet and take it to the vet while it was 'fresh.'  I swear most people wouldn't bother but we are responsible paw-rents. 

Now it is time to make brownies for dessert.  Yum!

Life continues to bring good things our way.