I hope everybody had a safe and happy New Year. Hopefully, this new year will bring many good things your way. New Years was a mixed blessing for me. My son awoke that morning to find that Savannah had a prolapesed anus. Of course, this is a thing you need your vet for right away and of course, it is a holiday. We cleaned the area up and put a dressing of saturated sugar solution on it. I was hoping that this would shrink it up some and make it easier to put back in and keep it moist until she could get to the vet. Since my vet wasn't going to be back until Tuesday, I got a referal to another one. Boy, I wish I knew him when Georgia was sick! He found that Savannah had a tumor which probably contributed to the prolapse. If he operated and put it back in, she would still probably die. So, we had to make that painful call to put her down. It was a bit of a shock since we walked in expecting emergency surgery and walked out with a dead pet. My last picture of her is with her dressing, so it looks like she's wearing a large diaper.
I managed to get a start on my SAL with my
DSIL. The piece is Letters, Leprechauns, and Luck by Blue Ribbon Designs. My SIL isn't doing the exact same piece, but she's doing 6 Bats and a Witches Hat which is the same size. We're aiming to do two blocks a week. I know this isn't much, but it allows us to work on other pieces as well. I'm doing this on 32 ct. Tundra linen by Lakeside Linens.
I'm also working on a Christmas ornament for next year. It is a complimentary chart by
Plum Pudding Needlearts. I'm doing this over one on a piece of overdyed
Lugana. The white contrasts real well when I put the whole skein on the fabric, but boy trying to work on it with one strand, I'm going blind!! I'm continuing to work on Red Thread. I'm a bit further on the Maypole, however, I had two mistakes that I needed to frog so I'm not much further than the last image. So, no pictures today.
May your jump back into the reality of life on Monday be easy.
Cheers,
