A new project.........

.......... for Auntie Colleen and Uncle Shaun!

This is Augustus (fondly referred to as Gus).  He recently came to stay with Auntie Colleen and Uncle Shaun.  They have agreed to be foster parents to dogs who have no place to go and need a friendly and loving environment temporarily.  Gus is their first client.  Any of you who know Auntie Colleen and Uncle Shaun can probably guess that they are currently deciding if they should just keep Gus who has already crept into their hearts.

Knitting?  Yep!  Auntie Denise would like one of those neckwarmers like the one I previously made for a friend of ours - so I have temporarily stopped............

............. working on that blanket, so I can get her a couple of neck warmers finished before we leave for Florida (!!!!) on December 12th.  Of course, that opens another whole can of worms, since I also have to do our Christmas shopping, write the Christmas cards and (of course) have our little boys - along with Mommy and Daddy - over to our house for Christmas dinner.  They are coming next weekend - so I've got to get busy!!!  So - I'll sign off for now and get to work............but............

.........not before showing you this much more relaxed Gus!  Awwwww!

On The Needles..........

.......... there has been quite a bit of stuff.  After I finished the red vest..........

... and gave it to Liz at the family reunion, I got busy on a project that I had promised to make for Munchie - quite a while ago.  You've already had a glimpse..............

.......... of the new Buster.  Munchie wanted him to be blue with a red tail.  I complimented the red tail by adding a red nose and red ears.  Squeegie took good care of the new Buster while he was waiting to be delivered to Munchie.........

.... and carefully tucked him into a blanket each night so he would stay warm.  Once the new Buster had been delivered, I moved on to my next project...........

.... which was to make each of the little boys a nice Aran sweater..........here are the finished products.  The colours don't show up to their best advantage.  I finished Curtie's chocolate brown sweater in the hotel room before we went to their place for Thanksgiving - and I only had my little camera - so this was as good as I could get.  Munchie's sweater is actually the same colour as the new Buster.  Mommy has promised to get a picture of the little boys wearing them............needless to say - I'm still waiting!  When we returned home after that weekend I go busy working on another request I had received from a friend of ours...............

.......... years ago she acquired one of these neckwarmers and periodically asks for more.  I was happy to make them up for her - they are quick and fun to make!  Then, on to the next thing.  When the new Buster arrived at Munchie's house - he gave Poppa the old Buster to come and stay at our house.  When I checked him out, I decided he just needed to have a total makeover.  I should have taken a before picture, but didn't think of it until it was too late.  Poppa was kind enough to remove the big blue eyes so they could be re-used and then I started.  I still had some of the same yarn so I decided to re-make the whole bear.  I shortened his body a little and made his arms a little shorter so that.........

.... he would fit perfectly into his Hallowe'en costume!  He looks a little bit scary doesn't he!  Here he is without the suit..........

..... and here is a shot ............

........from another angle to show off his new tail!  Now that old Buster has been rejuvenated, I have embarked on a project designed to use up some of my stash yarn.  A couple of friend have donated some yarn to my stash, and more recently Granny was kind enough to give me a bag of yarn as well.  When we were visiting Mommy she mentioned that she was using an old blanket of Munchie's to keep her warm in the evening, so I thought I would make her a bigger blanket to use.  Once I started...........

..... Poppa thought it would make a nice addition to his bed on chilly winter nights..........so we'll have to see who gets this one.......I would love to make another one anyway ..... this is a fun pattern!  I'm already working on ideas for another one - you know - similar, yet different!  I'm going to be quite busy for the next couple of weeks as Kev-Inn is on vacation for two weeks - he is out hunting for deer.  He sent me a couple of interesting pictures and I will try to post them for you soon.  Squeegie is sitting.........

........... in Poppa's chair tonight.  He is missing Poppa who has gone to Munchie's house to help Daddy with a couple of chores.

Better...........

.........late than never - right?  I know I am terribly remiss in getting my Thanksgiving post done, but........

... recently we found ourselves in a hotel room, on a practice run for our trip to Florida for the winter..... only we were only a short distance from Munchie's house, and the plan was to visit them for Thanksgiving dinner at their house.  As you can see, Poppa and Taffy were watching TV, while Squeegie had a nap.  The next day...........

........ we were admiring the fine work of the Master - Munchie!  Take a close look at the turkey's body and you will recognize a small footprint, then the tail is composed of bi-colour hand-prints!  Isn't it just a precious piece of art?  Poppa gave Munchie his birthday bag............

........... where he discovered something I had been promising for quite a while.... a new Buster!  His old Buster was getting quite bedraggled and we decided it was time for a new one.  The first thing Munchie did.........

...... was check to make sure the new Buster had blue eyes - like his old Buster, himself and Poppa.  Of course I had made sure of that!  Once the new Buster was approved.............

....... with Daddy looking on solemnly and............

...... Mommy keeping an eye on things, with a big smile!  When Munchie was finished checking out the "new" Buster, he .................

........... let Curtie have a look, while he went to see what else was in his birthday bag........... there was a bunch of clothes, which weren't so exciting, but he likes clothes and was fairly enthusiastic.  I seemed to be so busy after - I didn't get many more pictures - but we had a great time.  Mommy had a wonderful roast in the slow cooker, along with vegetables and some creamed corn - it was yummy beyond description - it had been a looooong time since we'd had roast beef!  Poppa had a great time playing with his little boys and did that until they finally were convinced to head off to bed.  He tucked them in and then joined the rest of us to watch the hockey game.  When it was over we headed back to the hotel and after a good sleep, returned home.  It was a nice break from routine, and gave us time to visit..............

............ with our future famous artist and his family!  If you click on the picture to see it larger, you can see Curtie, Daddy & Mommy, plus a self-protrait of Munchie!  I should add that the turkey in the first picture is proudly displayed in my fridge now!  Thank you to Munchie and his family for a great weekend and a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner!