Furballs and Yarnballs

WIP – Plaid Scarf

linabear82 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:01:29 +0000

After finishing the plain scarf, I figured I’d start with something more demanding – a plain pattern. The yarn in natural is Alpaca and the purple one is some sockyarn left overs. I hope the Alpaca is not shrinking once I am washing it … so far it is coming along lovely. I do think of stitching a bunny at each end, but will have to wait and see …

Snoopy likes to help

linabear82 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:03:59 +0000

I’d like to thank you all for your get-well-soon messages you posted for us. Snoopy seems to be on the mend – he’s hopping everywhere, eats and cuddles just like always. His lump is shrinking. It seemed to have gone down in size at least 70%, but it is still here. Hopefully he will continue to recovery.

Here is Snoopy who was trying to help me wrapping my weaving loom for the next project Needless to say, he chinned and tried to chew on the loom already ..

FINISHED – Woven Scarf

linabear82 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:55:13 +0000

Life has been really busy again, so I did not even get to talk about my latest hobby – weaving. In September, hubby gave me an Ashford loom for our anniversairy. I did not get to use it since that was the time we moved. Now I finally managed to start weaving. My first project was a plain scarf.

I used three rows of knots for the ends because it looked really cute and crochet around the border to hide not so nice edges most beginner weavers have. The scarf turned out lovely.

My poor baby bunny :(

linabear82 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:49:36 +0000

Snoopy was very healthy until he turned 5 last September. He only went about 3 times to the vet in 5 years. Then he had a wet nose slit and was brought to the vet. Turned out he had an tooth infection. After a round of Baytril, he was doing better … until November, when he had a lump (abscess) on his cheek. They squeezed it out and he seemed to be fine. The lump grew very big by early December, so he had to have surgery to remove it. He recovered very well and was his bouncy self in no time ….

until last week, when his lump grew over night twice the size. He had his tooth removed on Monday. It turned out of root of the tooth and part of his jaw bone was already infected and would not have gotten better if the tooth stayed. He is not recovering very well from this surgery. His cheek is swollen and he needs to go back to the vet this Monday. My poor little guy. I am heartbroken about his troubles I barely slept all night worrying

Here is a photo of my little guy flopped in his tent yesterday to take a little nap:

FINISHED – Woody

linabear82 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:00:26 +0000

I finished the Woody’s. They turned out lovely.

WIP – Woody

linabear82 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:25:35 +0000

I am working on a KAL from Laris Designs. The first glove is done, turned out lovely and fits perfectly

Finished Japanese Box

linabear82 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:56:29 +0000

After five years of stitching and four days of finishing, I am finally all done with my Japanese Box. Here is a pic of the beauty:

I am not 100% satisfied with the finishing. I did not do as good of a job as I could have done. It still turned out fairly well.

Now what should I do next …

Snoopy and the carrot peels …

linabear82 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:19 +0000

I made Thai Beef in the crockpot together with some carrots. The peels and ends of the carrots were given to the Carrot Killer (aka Snoopy, the bunny) to finish off and he hoppily took care of them …

See how he has one piece of the carrot between his front paws? He wants to make sure no one is taking it from him …

Day 1 of finishing the Japanese Box

linabear82 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:37:04 +0000

So, all stitching on the box is done. Now I am working on the finishing of it.

I gathered all the stitching and finishing supplies to spread them on the floor. Look how Snoopy is trying to help by sitting on everything and chewing on the cardboard that I need – thanks Snoops.

Here is the progress after day 1 of the finishing. I am not pleased with how the connection between the two sides turned out, but will be able to improve it when I sew through it a second time. Other than that it’s really great

WIP – Japanese Box

linabear82 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:20:59 +0000

I finished all the cross stitching and back stitching on the lid. Only the beading left