Louis the Pug

Here are a couple of pictures of Louis taken right after we got him.  He is bigger now, but not by much.  He is a little sweetie, as you can see!  He already has begging and pitiful looks down to an art form.  He snores when he sleeps and snorts when he plays and he is without a doubt one of the most entertaining pets I have ever seen.  He is a real character!  I think that such a character deserves to dress like one, so I have been searching around looking for the perfect doggie sweater pattern, and I came across this free one from the Lion Brand Yarn website:

http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/kff-dogSweater.html

So I guess there is yet another addition to my "Waiting In The Wings" knitting list!  And of course, another trip to buy the yarn to knit it!  Of course, there is no real rush to start this one with the temps hovering at 100 degrees yet again and no relief in sight according to the latest weather report. 

I am off today, and I plan to do some knitting on a project I started during vacation.  We took a couple of day trips during our vacation, and I managed to increase my already "Outta Control Yarn Stash."  Two of those projects that I bought the yarn for, I have actually started working on.  One is the Vibe tote I mentioned in the last entry, and the other is a pair of Geisha socks. 

http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/vibe_tote/vibe_tote.html

http://www.spunmag.com/article/050605socks

I came across the pattern for these socks a couple of months ago, and I had to knit them.  What a great idea -- socks you can wear with flip flops!  As soon as I saw them, I thought "I gotta have them!"

Speaking of "gotta have," I got an email from Patternworks which featured new items.  Among those new items were these:

http://www.patternworks.com/PWShopping/partsview.asp?action=lookup&partno=256&subject=U301&catpos=1

Wow!  Gotta have em!