On that note, I am running a growing-in-popularity pet portait business, AlliePets. Got pets? Want a portrait of them? Check it out! I love to draw and I love pets, so combining the two is pretty much the most enjoyable business venture ever.

I’ve also become a Passion Parties consultant! It gets me out of the house, and I get to inform women on inspiring confidence in the bedroom and beyond; it’s empowering!

Remember that puppy? That is the partial reason I stopped blogging? He’s ten months old, a nutcase, and a herding prodigy:

Oh, but you come here for knitting. I have a pet blog already.

Rogue is progressing ever so slowly but steadily.

I’m enjoying it; when I stop enjoying it, I put it down for awhile. Works well!

Otherwise, I’ve been perfecting the ferret sweater (including hoodie and cabled editions), working on toe-up socks thathave barely made enough progress for photos yet, and am planning babystuff for a friend.

Hi, did you miss me?

We’re finally moved in to our new, beautiful home.  there are boxes everywhere, as well as things-not-in-boxes. It’s mess, untidy and I cannot for the life of me find the charger for my cell phone that’s been dead for four days, but we’re here, and that’s okay.

Yarn stash is next to be in two large bins. Well, most of it.

The shark hat pattern has finally been errata’d. Thanks to my pal Janis and some smatterings from some other folks who have emailed me errata, the pattern SHOULD be completely workable now. I feel like a heel for taking so long, when everyone showed so much appreciation and awesome for the hat. Sorry folks. Life got in my way, I hate when that happens.

Rogue is progressing. I’m currently about to start the front-side, which starts on the cable detailing for the hood. We’ll also be introducing some new furry friends to the household next week that, unlike my chinchilla Yuffie, can totally have things knit for them. Stay tuned.

There’s some big changes afoot in my life. The last day at my job at the boarding kennels is on Sunday, and after that, I’m taking steps into a whole new direction; I plan to start a business that revolves around my two loves: pets and knitting. Again, stay tuned!

Knit on, everyone. I’ll have photos to show soon!

Granted, I sometimes pause to make some notes in my notebook, but the knitting goes on, still!

I’ve been working on creating my own business out of the freelance design work I’ve been doing. It will take some time to get set up, but I have other work to supplement, and it will be worth the work, in the end.

Wait a second, you guys come here for knitting. I got sidetracked.

It was actually a sunny day today, perfect for  taking over-sunned photos of the Rogue in progress.

For a change of pace from dark colours and cabling, I’m knitting a…. Cabled… Newsboy Cap. In black.

Never was one for intelligent choices. At least it will replace my completely worn-out crappy acrylic newsboy cap.

I was reading some sections of my Rogue pattern the other day while letting Yuffie chill out on my lap. I’m not sure if she approves or disapproves of Rogue.

All I know is, she sure as hell isn’t getting anywhere near the finished  product with those teeth!

With that last one being prominent, you’d think I have photos to show. Well… not yet.

With not much time to run errands, I’ve not been able to get camera batteries. On top of that, the weather here has been disgusting. Rain and clouds. Not photo weather at all. Today was actually sunny, but aformentioned battery problem kept me from photo-taking. I need one of those little portable light studios everyone makes for photographing their knitting.

My Rogue is progressing swimmingly. It’s such a delicious pattern. Well-written, and engaging. It keeps me interested and entertained. I stop every row to ogle the side panels. I’m currently on the cable midsection and I tried on the sweater thus far and it fits so great. Love.

I’m still working on my Lighthouse Gansey sock as a travelling project, although I haven’t gone out much lately with aforementioned work.  I’ve also, just tonight, cast on for another cabled newsboy cap, since I wore my last one right out (and it was made of ACRYLIC, jeezus!) and I have this lovely leftover dark grey/black Patons Classic Wool Merino. I love hats.

Photos will follow as soon as I remedy the above.

Happy spring, Happy April, and Happy Knitting. :)

Just not on this computer.

Found out two days ago that no, Acer can not fix my computer because somehow, I fried the entire motherboard. And I’m not using the word “fried” because it sounds cool; there were literally burn marks on the panel. Oops. WTF?

The good news is, the hard drive’s data is easily recovered, as it didn’t suffer too much damage. I’ll be claiming my singed laptop, and using a friend’s casing to pull the data onto a portable HDD.

It certainly pisses me off, though. I still have a working computer, but it’s a monstrous mixture of pimp video card + processor, and shit power supply + RAM. With this news of my laptop,  I think I’ll definitely invest the 100 bucks ro so to fix my PC up so it runs more smoothly.

But wait. People read this for knitting.

Tongiht I caved and bought my yarn for the Rogue hoodie. KnitPicks Wool of the Andes. Cheaper, with shipping and exchange, than buying the equal amount of Cascade 220 in stores locally. Win. I’m getting the Mist colorway. I’m considering this a birthday gift to myself, since it’s scheduled to arrive the week after my birthday sometime. yes. That excuses it entirely. Yes.

Also working on a scarf for Matt, and trying to resist temptation to make the Doctor Who scarf a summer project.

Hrrr.