Comments on: These activities are dangerous

by: Karen

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:42:47 +0000

Hi! I am also a Shiba owner - fell for the puppy look and never went back. Our first Shiba was an escape artist and met her demise by car (I still don’t know if she went out an accidently open gate or squeezed out somewhere else - she was into that sort of thing and was the runt of the litter, therefore very small). I was so happy to hear that your dog stayed inside!

I have considered a dog door for our Pippin, but we have recently acquired a neighbor who thinks he barks too much (she happens to be wrong but has the law on her side). So he gets to hang around with us or get chased back in the house as soon as he greets someone walking by or some other doglike bit of communication.

I like the sweater, but certainly feel your pain about not liking it on you. I think farming it out to the store is the best option - then buy yarn for something awesome!

by: Jennifer

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:09:51 +0000

Hah! And just as I was wrapping up my last comment, I received the following email from Fidelity Investments:

“Fidelity E-news: Exit Stock Market at Own Risk”

Talk about danger!! I wonder if there are banana peels strewn about near the exit of the stock market. Or maybe greased ball bearings

by: Jennifer

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:07:37 +0000

Ellen, there is no WAY you can look like a sausage, so just get that idea out of your head.

That said, with all possible affection, I think I have to agree that Minnie is not your most flattering sweater. Not that you don’t look good in it, because you always look pretty damned good, but you have looked better in some other things.

As for Shelley - that’s wonderful that she stayed in the yard (or at least got back into the yard before anyone caught her out). My beloved Dingo was an escape artist. Sometimes I would not realize he had bolted the yard until I would hear the dogs from the houses behind mine start up a chorus, one at a time, as Dingo taunted his way down the fenceline. Quite the sense of humor that dog had.

I was once on the same plane as Viggo Mortenson, but didn’t know it until close to the end of the flight, at which point it was too late to gawk. Then they let him off first so as to give him the chance to disappear into the airport crowds.

So, what are you going to do with Minnie?

by: thea

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:11:49 +0000

Hi - am very impressed by the gate fix - amazing what you can do with needles, yes? Also, just wondering….. did you ever get anywhere with that Cameron Diaz sweater design? it’s haunting me too, and I see you were playijng with it a ways back.

by: debsnm

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:10:49 +0000

Having lost my dog to an open gate, I can say from experience, never underestimate the value of a closed gate. Stupid pizza delivery-guy!! (We got our dog back 3 days later, muddy, covered with fleas, but I think happy to see us!)

by: Mother

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:13:24 +0000

I laughed aloud at this post, Ellen. What a gift you gave me! I had no idea that you, unlike the other members of your family, met every crisis with aplomb. I felt that I was there with you when Alex revealed the news that Shelley had been in the back yard without a locked gate. I can’t imagine learning that our dear Izzy had an opportunity to run away!

Also the warning on the carabiner (How does one pronounce that word?) reminded me of the first time I read the warning on a package of hamburger buns, “Do not use this packaging in the oven!” Thank you, Interstate Bakeries. I will be sure to be aware of the consequences of that action.

by: Anne

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:38:14 +0000

I like the sleeves- the garment looks like a saque.

The yarn seems kind of thick though- like cotton cording.

And the sequins are lost in it.

by: cindy

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:47:41 +0000

What the carabiner is a shiba or an inu? I thought I had a wierd canine -cow dog shar pei mix, according to the vet.
And something tells me you’d flunk out of any 12 Step for Knitters. A true backslider, you.

by: Juno

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:21:57 +0000

I have just finished a sweater of such vastness that I question my own sanity. So me, I dig the sweater sitch.

In the end - it will keep me warn in my frigid office, which is why I mad it - and it is the perfect amount of warm without hot, and cozy too. And it reminded me I like cables.

So not a dead loss. But not, you know, at all flattering.

The knitting needle is a zimmerman worthy solution.

by: Sean

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:00:41 +0000

NO RE-REKNITTING sleeves! In action, the movement of this garment is lovely!

LOL, love the carabiner warning!