In the collection of trail cam photos there were deer!
She walked into the camera view sniffed around a little, then left. She had a buddy in the background. Only the one sighting of the herd in three weeks at this trail cam location.
Doe
Throwback Thursday: crocheted baby hats
In June 2017 I used up leftover acrylic yarn to make several baby hats.
The pattern is:
Row 1: In a magic circle make a standing double crochet (sdc), then double crochet (dc) 9 into the circle, slip stitch (ss) to sdc (10 stitches total).
Row 2: sdc, dc in same space, 2dc in each stitch, ss to sdc (20 stitches total).
Row 3: sdc, dc in same space, dc in next stitch, *2dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch*, repeat around, ss to sdc (30 stitches total).
Row 4: sdc, dc in same space, dc in next stitch twice, *2dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch twice*, repeat around, ss to sdc (40 stitches total).
Row 5-8: sdc, dc around (40 stitches total).
Row 9: *skip 1 stitch, 5dc in same space, skip 1 stitch, single crochet in next stitch*, repeat around, tie off, weave in end (10 shells.)
I did a pattern test, and have to admit that it took me a couple tries. Counting stitches from a picture isn’t always easy.
Not buddies
I collected the trail came videos from the last three weeks and realized that I need to collect them more often. There were 1,000 photos on one card and 4,000 on the other. Yikes. Mostly known cats, then a smaller percentage of opossums, raccoons, deer, and an armadillo.
I kept seeing pairings of raccoon and opossum photos, so I selected those for download.
While not fighting enemies, these two aren’t friends either.
Still, they occupied the porch together circulating around the bowls looking for snacks for over ten minutes.
Purple Thistle
I love purple thistles. The adoration probably started when I visited Scotland where it is the national flower. Yes, they are prickly, yes, they take over wild areas, but the blooms are stunning and grow tall and strong.
Brioche fail
I had another knitter who wanted to talk brioche knitting, so I had to brush up on my skills. I found a beautiful variegated yarn and decided to work from the inside and the outside of the skein, which was stunning done in the two-color brioche ribbing.
The color shifts are stunning, but the mistakes in the knit were not. I have a 10 second rule: if a casual observer can’t see the mistake in 10 seconds don’t fix it. My mistakes added up and overwhelmed the rule.
The yarn I’m working with is delicate, ripping out the knitting would have made the yarn unusable. Continuing on with all the mistakes was unthinkable, so I bound off and am going to try again.
And yes, those are pictures of two different cats on my lap. I have become a battle ground in cat chess.
Critters and Craft 