Rosie is red

Rosie’s a poo

Give her a pat

And she’ll love you!

Rosie is now 8 weeks old and 3.8 kg. Our little Rosie is nothing like Winston. Unlike Winston, she is able to do stairs without the slightest bit of trouble. She leaps up and down them like she was born to do stairs! Rosie is very quiet in her crate. Rosie shows no fear at all around Winston. She jumps on his head, climbs all over him, hangs off his ears by her teeth or hangs from his beard! She bites his legs, his face, his back. She never really tires on our walks. She bounds on ahead as if to say, “Come on, you can do it! Just watch me!” Rosie pees on command, but is not getting the hang of housetraining after all. Winnie did housetrain in just 2 days with a few minor accidents and some on purposes here and there. Rosie takes Winston’s toys right out of his mouth and clambers into his crate right over top of him to lie down for a cuddle next to him. Wherever her big brother is, Rosie wants to be. Rosie knew “Come” the first day we got her. (Winston still doesn’t!) Rosie is learning to sit and to stay out of Winston’s food. Rosie is really really smart. We have to watch her constantly because she really figures everything out very quickly. Rosie doesn’t get into as much mischief as Winnie used to. Rosie is a barker. She growls, barks, sighs deeply and is 100 times more vocal than her big brother. Rosie stares intently into our eyes, like she’s trying to send us telepathic messages. It’s really strange. You’ll feel these little eyes following your every move and when you look down at her, there she is, staring you down. Rosie is a very intense little puppy. Rosie is not bothered by the cat’s hissing and flailing antics. Rosie backs away, never taking her eyes off the strange, four-legged creature that is clearly not a puppy. Rosie is instantly loved by all who meet her. Mommy gets sad because she’s afraid that everyone will forget about Winston who is a lovely 1–year old fuzzy lamb who brings us all joy :) Winnie is a protective big brother and this is where the two puppies are similar. Rosie is fiercely protective of her big brother. If someone else is holding Rosie, she will look around for her mommy. She is a little nervous that way. Winnie was always happy to go with other people – the nurses at the vet, the lady from camp, etc. Rosie is more cautious and keeps her eyes on me.

For now, she is very much the baby and very much a little girl. She is sugar and spice and everything nice. :)

A few days ago, I stumbled across a really cute knitted poodle. I can’t find the pattern now for the life of me. It was knitted. It was really well made. It was a stuffed, pink poodle using an eyelash yarn for the fluffy parts.

I want that pattern so bad! I’ve searched through the usual suspects and still can’t find! I’ve tried my bookmarks and my downloads too. :( Very sad. HELP!

“I’m glad, I’m glad

To have, to have

A friend, a friend

Like……”

“You remind me of the babe.”

“What babe?”

“The babe with the power.”

“What power?”

“The power of voodoo!”

“Who do?”

“Do what?”

“Remind me of the babe.”

…..if you love me, you know exactly what this is from! Ok, and if you’re around my age or Amber’s age….sheesh… or if you’re a 19 year old who had older sisters who were obsessed…..

I was in Chapter’s last night and saw Fons & Porter’s Love of Knitting. It’s nice actually and not super-expensive like some of my other favourite magazines!

We have some new great knitting books on the horizon this fall. Did you know?

Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines: Patterns, Stories, Pictures, True Confessions, Tricky Bits, Whole New Worlds, and Famililiar Ones, Too.

Free-range knitter: The yarn harlot writes again by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (I didn’t have to write the author’s name, did I?)

And one other that I can’t wait to get my hands on….

Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions by Nancy Bush. A friend of mine consulted on this book. She is from Estonia and does the traditional lace knitting with the “nubs”. Hey, I should take a photo of my shawl she made! Ok, I’ll do that. Later :)