06 June 2010

Promises, Promises

I do really try to keep my promises.  Lots of time, though, to be honest, I completely forget that I promised anything to anyone, and then feel even worse when they ask me something about it ...

But, if you will recall, in the previous post, I mentioned that I blocked something besides the Lacy Garter Shawl (Ravelry link), and would save it for the next post.  And I have actually remembered that I said that, so here you are:


Yep, the Pickle Cardigan is now blocked! 
(I sure hope you were sitting down for that one ...)

Now, to sew it together, and knit the neck and buttonbands.  This will be a challenge for me on several levels: 1) My finishing skills suck, but I am determined to sew this together in a manner that looks, well, if not professional, like someone beyond the level of rank amateur; 2) I've never done a buttonband or buttonholes.  However, I think I will try to do the Tulips Buttonhole from a recent Knitting Daily post; and, 3) Er, looking at it, I'm now not so sure it will fit.  But I shall carry on, as I have not spent all of this time on it for nothing.  If I have to, I'll gift it to someone, and that would be OK too.

I must say that I am pleased with how nicely the pattern shows up when the pieces are blocked. 

In other news, yesterday we went to an open house at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine New Bolton Campus.  (Those of you who are horse-racing fans may remember that it is the place where Barbaro was taken after he was injured in the Preakness a few years back.)  Anyway, they wanted to show off a new facility for treatment of colic and other conditions of horses where they need extremely specialized care and isolation from other horses and animals.  It was really something, and I took some pictures.  If they turn out at all, I'll share them in another post down the road.  I love going out to New Bolton.  It's about 50 minutes from Center City Philadelphia, and is in a beautiful setting.  I like knowing that there is a place that takes the care of large animals - whether farm, show, or just pets - to heart, and will do what they can to help.  (I wish I could have become a veterinarian.  But when you barely pass basic science courses, you begin to realize pretty quickly that it just is.not.happening!)

Finally, much to my dismay and annoyance, I've decided to enable comment moderation here on Ye Olde Blogge.  I'm sick of getting comments in Chinese script with the occasional lewd term or sexual reference included in English.  This is not to say that a) I do not like Chinese script, or b) I want the whole lewd/sexual thing to be in English.  No, I'm going to do it, at least for a while, so I don't have to put up with it.  I really only seldom delete comments, and the times I've done it have usually been when it was clear that they were spam, or they were just obnoxiously rude for me to read, much less to subject anyone else to reading! 

And that's it.  Say goodnight, Gracie.

12 comments:

teabird said...

I did the same with mine - it was just getting too weird to have those Chinese comments!

Brigitte said...

Yeah, I thought about becoming a vet, but the whole science thing was an issue for me too. And I realized reptiles would also be included in the mix, so I scrapped that idea pretty quickly.

Marie said...

Nice sweater!! I'm finally working on a sweater. Finished the back; started on the front. I've often thought it would be nice to be rich enough to have a retirement home for racehorses.

Lorraine said...

Bridget- What is with that? Advertising Viagara in Chinese?

Kathleen Dames said...

I don't have comment moderation on because I love reporting those spam blogs and deleting comments FOREVER. Ah, the power :)

Mr Puffy's Knitting Blog: said...

Good luck on finishing up Pickles. Finishing can cure a host of evils. If it's too big - adjust the stitches picked up during finishing and that can help. If it's too small - soak it well and reblock it.

The Chinese spammers are very tenacious. Sorry you had to resort to comment moderation.

Marin (AntiM) said...

Goodnight, Gracie.

SissySees said...

Love the pickle. Can't wait to see it finished up.

I wanted to be a vet until I realized I'd get my heart broken every single day.

Anonymous said...

Goodnight, Gracie. (Can't believe it took this long for someone to do it.)

Wendy said...

What? No more Chinese viagra? Darn.

Love the new look of the blog, by the way - and I hope your pictures turn out so that we can see them!

mary said...

New blog is so pretty, love it!

Sounds like an interesting trip to New Bolton. Would love to visit there myself.

Pickles looks great!

Good to see Doughboy again. Bet he gets warm during the summer months.

Carrie K said...

Crossing fingers for you on all aspects of the Pickle Cardigan! You'll finish it nicely and it'll fit beautifully.

Doughboy! So cute! Hmmm. I wonder where the kitties were myself......

What language do you want your lewd/sexual stuff in? You seem awfully hard to please. ;)