On Saturday I finished the final clue for the Rose City Yarn Crawl Mystery Knit Along. There was a section of Latvian Braid followed by a section of "honeycomb" and another section of Latvian Braid.
When I got there, I knew we were going to be grafting the whole thing together, so I went ahead and did that. I found it easier to remove the provisional cast on after picking up a section of stitches, rather than one-by-one.
Here it is, all grafted and ready for blocking.
But oops! I looked at the instructions, and I was supposed to block it before grafting. Well, I wasn't going to take out the grafting stitches, so I went ahead and blocked it then. Fortunately, it's very dry in our house right now, so I was sure all four layers will dry fairly quickly.
This morning I took out the pins, turned the cowl over and then readjusted the position of the cowl on the blocking wires, so I won’t have creases where they were. It should be dry later today.
We had a Madroña Vineyards pop-up "meeting" on Tuesday. (It's actually a wine-drinking party.) I was having an endoscopy the next day, so I needed to be finished eating by 6:30, so we ate during the party: crustless quiche with roasted vegetables and salad, accompanied by a nice viognier.
I was able to drink liquids up until midnight, but I was going to bed long before that. The prep for an upper endoscopy is much easier than for a colonoscopy, which I had just over a year ago. We were looking for the cause of my reflux. It turned out I have a hiatal hernia. I'll see my regular doctor this week to find out what we need to do.
The pups and I usually start each day with a nice brekkie. I feed them in the doorway to the kitchen, so I can watch and make sure Sandy doesn't eat both servings. I could feed them right in the kitchen, but Dusty's feet slide on the floor when he bends over.
It snowed a few times during the week, but we had enough breaks in the weather that we were able to take the pups for walks. Both dogs were intrigued by the smells on the top of this mound.
They did a lot of running around, chasing each other and checking on the smells along the trail.
Sandy's Lamb Chop toy, which is almost as big as he is, finally got disemboweled. I decided she needed a repair.
On Saturday I got out some quilting thread and a needle. I restuffed her first, using the stuffing I had picked up from the floor. Then I sewed her up. She had another hole that needed repair as well, so I fixed that.
Now she's almost as good as new and should last for a while, since I didn't replace the squeaker. (When they discover the squeaker, they can't contain themselves until they have it out.)
Remember this doll that arrived in December? Her name is Olivia.
I finally managed to wash her hair and change her clothes. I have a new story written, and she's in it. I'll take the photos this week and schedule the story for the 28th.
We finished the crustless quiche Saturday night.
We almost always have leftovers, since there's just the two of us. I made some Easy Black Bean soup this week, too, and some cornbread to go with it. We still have some of each.
I also made cookies (which are all gone now) and a batch of carob brownies.
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What's in The Doll's Storybook: Since Valentine's Day was on Friday, I had to republish the Valentines Day poem from Our Favorite Verses.
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