As The Yarn Turns

Clyde Settles In and A Little Knitting

Clyde is getting settled in and quickly growing into his big feet. He now knows what "NOOOO Bite" means, although he's still trying to figure out when the appropriate time to bite is. After trying to play with Katie's tail a time or two, Katie just gives him "The Look" that only a cat can give and he runs the other way. Zoe is still dragging him around to show him who is boss.

I was searching on ferrets the other day and came across this page on aging your ferrets. The 6 to 10 week age was described as equivalent to the "Terrible Twos". I had to laugh because that's exactly where Clyde is. After a long day of exploring your new home, there's nothing like a long nap in your hammock.

Stephanie was asked if the cinnamon color was Clyde's natural color or just the way the photo looks. The color in the photo is close to his natural color. If anything, he's closer to being cinnamon colored in real life. He's still got his baby coat though, so his adult coat may end up being a bit different.

I have been able to get in a little knitting time, very little. I started on the Claudia Hand Painted socks. I'm using one ball for the leg of both socks and the other ball for the foot. I decided to try Chris' Slip Stitch Rib Pattern on these. I did about an inch of K3, P1 rib and then launched into the Slip Stitch Rib pattern.

It's probably hard to tell in the photo but I like the way it breaks up the color changes. Plus it's an easy pattern.

I'm off to go play with a ferret and catch up on some blogs.

by Sydney  |

Introducing Whatshisname

Many thanks for all of the kind comments and emails on Phoebe. It means a lot to all of us. Phoebe was buried next to her buddy Balt and it was painfully quiet here over the weekend. But all of us, animal and human, spent most of the weekend like this, huddled up napping and daring anyone to bother us.

I tried to avoid the computer most of the weekend so I'm way behind on blogs. It was way too quiet though and we started to worry about Zoe. She's never been an only ferret before. So we were at the pet store to get litter and we were playing with the ferrets. There was this ferret that was way more active and nippy than the rest. Well we just had to take him home. His fate probably wouldn't be good otherwise. It turns out he's just an active youngster. He just needed some exercise and a little training that human skin isn't as tough as ferret skin so he can't play with us as rough as he can with other ferrets.

We've just about settled on Clyde for a name. He seems large for his age. He's already as big as Zoe. Zoe has been reminding already that she's queen of this house by dragging him around by the back of his neck. He seems to constantly have ferret spit on the back of his neck. Zoe seems happy though. She did her happy ferret dance this morning for the first time in days and we have the pitter patter of ferret feet again. Life is getting back to normal.

Now for your public service announcement for today. Natural Balance Venison dog and cat food has been recalled due to melamine in the rice protein concentrate. We don't use it here but I was afraid someone else out there might be using it.

by Sydney  |