Knitting pet sweaters

My daughter is convinced that I should be knitting sweaters for dogs. I love this idea, but am not sure that people will buy them. This week, however, I have made a sweater using a simple pattern and I am going to use it as a prototype. I am going to take several of them to our next bazaar and see how they sell. Miss Daisy, my dachshund, will look very cute in one. I am adding a d-ring to the top of the sweater right behind the front shoulders for the leash.

Lion's Brand library

I spent some time this afternoon looking the the Lion's Brand yarn site. Usually I just dash in, pick out a pattern that I want to try and dash out again. However today I went in and looked at their "learn to knit" section and was very impressed. I am in the process of building a web site about knitting and think I will use their site for knitting basics.

This is my second HTML class and I am really enjoying it. The first class was such a revelation because I have had no experience in html or any type of programming. I'm still very new at it but think it is fascinating. Also I am beginning to understand the "behind the scenes" process.

I sold five more of my lambs. I am looking for some more yarn, it has to be wool so it will felt and, since they are sheep, I want something that is not too "refined" but will give a nice woolly look to them.

Catchup time

We had a great time at Daffodil Days. It was really cold inside the grange as every time they turned the heat on the air conditioner came on. We never did get any heat, but fortunately it was warmer outside so we took turns standing outside!!! We sold tatted crosses, dishcloths and one of my lambs. We felt that people were not interested in anything large or heavy. Maybe because it was a Festival and they didn't want to carry them around or maybe because it was supposed to be spring and they weren't interested in afghans. We're going to try again but have not yet signed up for a bazaar.

I was reading about a 3-day workshop/bazaar in Canby, Oregon. It may not be possible this year but hopefully sometime in the near future.