jan2807

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Weather: Very cold Only 10 degrees F. A light dusting of snow over night.

Current projects:

Winter Projects:
Still have to make the other glove for Dennis
I have not begun the scarf for Ryan. His band is working on a logo and I will make it with the logo once they decided upon it.
Various hats, scarves and mittens. I want to have some on hand to sell at the CT Sheep Show in the Spring.

Projects on hold. I'm bored with these!:

A lace scarf out of hand painted Merino. This is a test project for the business. I might start to sell this yarn. Haven't finished it. Not crazy about the colors. Maybe I'll make it into socks instead.

Charcoal gray alpaca sweater. I have misplaced the instructions. Should be interesting to finish it without them.

No quilts in progress

Okay. So last week I brought Frau Ruby in the house because we had to give her a bath. Steve and Ryanne bathed her in the kitchen sink and she is very pretty once again. We still have to give her the second dose of the Ivermectin in a couple of days. She is doing much, much better. Last night we gave Eliose, Henry and George a dose of it too.

But because she was in the house and the temperatures have been in the negative numbers with the wind chill, I felt guilty. You know what that means, right? I brought ALL of the buns into the house. We have a very stinky, barn-like smell in the house, but everyone is under one roof, safe and warm.

But there's more. I've been looking for a gray and or black bunny to round out the herd. Chris sent me an email. She needs to reduce the number of buns in her herd, and she just happened to have a gray buck.

Meet Nigel (formerly known as Mojo because I must use human names for the rabbits)

It's hard to tell with the light in this photo, but he really is gray with a brown face. He is about 3 years old. He is a German, French, Satin mix. He is also in the house now. He's very, very calm and mellow. He wasn't spooked by the dog or cats trying to smell his backend. He remained quiet while I made dinner and ran the dishwasher afterwards.

Today we must bring Ryan back up to college. On the way home, we plan on stopping to look at propane heaters. Once we have heat installed, the buns can go back to the shed. We'll keep it cool, just to 40 or 50 degrees, but it will be warm enough so their water and food doesn't freeze.

Recently completed projects-most recent first:

	Mittens for a woman in my unit out of bits and pieces of yarn from the stash	Mittens for my supervisor out of some Noro I had in the stash.
Mittens for Ryanne to match the Shetland lace scarf out of the softest Merino wool	Shetland Lace scarf out of pink angora. I need to block it as it seems to have grown when I washed it. It's now about 8' long! I gave this to Ryanne's mother. She loves it.	A blue and multicolored handspun, multidirectional scarf. I gave this to Ryanne's father as a combo Christmas & birthday present.
Finished a hat out of multicolored handspun from roving I purchased at Rhinebeck last year. It's pretty shades of blues and greens. I made it for the Tamarra the temp that left work and now is in school in NH. I need to make her some mittens too and I will mail them to her.	Finished a Shetland lace scarf in greens & orange hand painted Merino from the NH Sheep show. It's for Ryanne for Christmas	Started and finished a quick multi-directional scarf out of the same green homespun for the other temp at work (Tamarra) who was leaving. She's going to school in NH so she'll need it.
Knit another hat for Ryanne. This one larger and out of green homespun. I added a few stripes of orange to make it the colors of the Irish flag. She's very Irish.	A blue hat with pink embroidered flowers and beads. I gave it to another girl at work for her toddler daughter.	Little basket weave socks for a toddler. I gave the to a girl at work for her 18 month old daughter.
A hat for Ryanne out of some blue Merino. I think it's too small though.	A homespun wool scarf in Autumn colors using a Shetland lace pattern. It's my first attempt at lace and I'm enjoying it.	Socks. Two pairs. One for me and I gave the other to Ryanne.
Made a quick scarf to wear to work out of the recycled silk I purchased on vacation.	Ryanne has the green sweater. I haven't seen it or her for a while. I have no idea what stage it is at. She was lengthening the sleeves (I have very short arms) and adding volume to the neck.	Socks. Blue & green variegated yarn. I gave them to Ryanne
Multidirectional Diagonal scarf out of brown homespun wool and alpaca. I gave it to Jack the Therapist. He didn't have a scarf.	Finished the never ending cardigan turned vest! The buttons are sewn on, I just have to make button holes and block it.	Pair of mittens for a child. They are knit out of Blue Wool-Ease from Lion Brand so they will be washable. I gave them to Chef Dave at work for his little boy Michael.
A multidirectional diagonal scarf for Dennis out of blue homespun wool.	A scarf for the scarf swap at our spinning guild made out of a mohair blend I purchased at Rhinebeck and some blue homespun wool.	Mittens for the girl who lives down the street made out of brown alpaca and a wool in autumnal colors.
Another hat for my chiropractor's baby out of multicolored acrylic..	Blue mittens to match the scarf for Ryanne	A simple gray winter hat. It's from the Border Leicester fleece that I bought last year. It's for LP for Christmas.
A turquoise blue wool and silk blend scarf for Ryanne.	Socks out of hand painted wool in lovely muted, "desert" colors. I inadvertently washed them and the wool felted. I now have slipper socks.	A grass green colored angora & alpaca simple raglan sweater
Hot pink hat for my chiropractor's baby.	A cowl from a blend of Cotswold wool and alpaca.	A glittery scarf with yarn purchased from Threadbear.
Hat for Dennis of homespun charcoal gray Corridale wool.	An ugly brown sweater for Dennis out of a mix of homespun wools. He loves it	Multicolored socks for me.