Henry and Bucky

and Trinket too, hiding in the background.

From the little dogs and boy's perspective, carpet is the best thing since the milk bottle (or what it replaced). We keep the living room carpeted for the old dogs. With sheddy little dogs, dirty little boy, dirty big guy, the carpet is always a dirt and fur heaven. Once in a blue moon I have it cleaned. Dogs are kept away for couple of days. As soon as they are let back on the carpet, Bang! like clock work, one of them throws up in less than five minutes. This time I was pretty sure it was Bucky. It was next to his bed. What can I say, he needs his smell. Apparently the sniffer still works.

Lena's Diamonds -- Pattern Draft

This is one of my mom's child size vests. I wrote up the pattern from notes I took while she talked about how she knitted it, and I have not had the chance to test knit. I hope by putting this up on my blog someone will be able to test knit it so I could make changes to the pattern. Ultimately I hope to publish it on Ravelry or other places as free pattern for charity knitting.

Yarn: various colors of baby yarns

Needle: US Size 4

Finished Size: About 28 inches chest, 19 inches long

Triangles on the bottom:

  Row 1 (right side): pick up 6 sts, place marker, pick up 6 sts, total 12 sts per pattern.

  Row 2  and all wrong side rows: purl and decrease 1 on each side of marker

  Row 3 and remaining right side rows: knit

  When 2 sts left k2tog on the right side

Diamonds:

  Row 1 (right side): pick up 9 sts from neighboring triangle or diamond, place marker, pick up 9 sts from the other neighbor, total 18 sts per pattern

  Row 2 and all wrong side rows: purl and decrease 1 on each side of marker

  Row 3 and remaining right side rows: knit

  When 2 sts left k2tog on the right side

Triangles on the sides:
  Row 1 (right side): pick up 12 sts
  Row 2 and all wrong side rows: purl
  Row 3 and remaining right side rows: knit till 2 sts left, k2tog

Front:
  Cast on 77 sts, k1 p1 for 1 in.
  Pick up for the first triangle. Knit one triangle at a time and leave 2 sts open between each triangle.
  When picking up for the first set of diamonds, anchor the center 2 sts on the ribbing. Do the same when picking up all the diamonds (pick up 8 sts from the side of a diamond, 2 sts from the diamond below). This way the diamonds look more connected.
  Arm hole shaping: decrease 1 st per row at each end for 2 rows.
  Neck is natually shaped by the diamonds and triangles.

Back:
  Cast on 77 sts, k1 p1 till it's same length as front with no shaping for armholes or neck. Back will pull in a bit and that's ok.

A Lively Bucky

See what his mom has to endure while serving him breakfast? I bet no one would want this pug even if I pay them.

Celebrations

Fifty years ago today this little boy was born in South Carolina.

Seventeen years ago today this little girl became a pretty young bride.

Today the man and the woman are Together, happily ever after.

How to Wake up a Puggy

Things that only a mother would care, like watching your baby sleep. Listen carefully and you can hear Bucky's snoring. I felt kinda guilty for having to wake him up so I could make a video. The other day I took three separate clips, about a minute each, of Bucky sleeping, because he was deep in la la land and wouldn't get up on his own.