Board Now*

Despite various excellent diversions I am not feeling chirpy. On the upside there was dining out with The Knitting Group (excellent Indian Banquet) there was a trip to visit Mrs Valley and the native animals and lunch at a lovely cafe and even lunch with MrsDrWho and a little shopping.

Ploughman's Lunch: home-made pickled onions, chutney, beetroot and some pork pie with delicious potato and tomato salads, cheese and a gherkin!!!Here are some wallabies and a potoroo. I am sure Mr and Mrs Valley know their names!!

On the downside, I still have a sore shoulder and arm, though it is slowly improving, which is a plus. And I have broken my tooth again. I never broke any teeth before I was sick. I have decided this is another side effect from all my drugs as a sop to my feelings. And I am having Cardigan Issues.

OPAM

I finished my Chappai-ai Cardigan and it is too long and I don't like it. You can see my Doctor Who ZippyUppy Cardigan peeping out to show the length I prefer. It is a whole band too long. I have decided to cut it off and reknit the downwards, with fake side seams. This means I have to take out the zip and unravel the front bands.I want to embroider some more blue Event Horizon and maybe round out the circle a bit too. But it is finished.

I've re-covered my ironing board. I sewed the original small felted pad to the board. I bought some new 1.2cm foam and sewed that to a lining that I laced tightly over the felt and board. Then I sewed a new grey/green cover and while it was still damp, tied it firmly to the board. I made a channel with biased binding to finish it off and hide all the edges. I am very happy with the result, though I see a wrinkle which I hope will shrink as the cover dries.

Otto's base is re-covered. It was very difficult taking a photo, I had help. The cover works very well. Now I need to make a cushion cover to match. I also have new Velcro to sew on. I found it this afternoon. Lorelai Gilmore loves Velcro, she stole the first lot I bought and used it as a toy!!! Now she has her eye on the second lot.

Last year the Doctor Who ZippyUppy Cardigan had a little accident with the caster at the end of the bed and a puppy. Said puppy still likes to keep her hand in.

Lorelai Gilmore has been helping me all day today. I am going to perform knitting surgery on the sleeve. Here is my plan: cut it off just below the holes and just above, then calculate the rows and increases needed and  knit  and graft the two pieces together. The green wool is just a little different in colour so I am going to put in a few blue stripes to separate it from the original sleeve.

Peri has been a bit lost looking so I am giving her more attention. We went to The Vet to be weighed. Peri is thin, but needs to be even thinner. Lorelai Gilmore has lost weight so I am feeding her more. When we go for our walk we come to a place where a tree has fallen over the path. I can't climb over it so we turn back to go home. The Labradors sneak under the tree and run ahead!! They think they are very wicked!!

I don't feel very inspired about Monday Munches for tomorrow. I haven't really cooked anything apart from porridge and grilled crumpet with cheese this week. I mooted a soup with MrsDrWho yesterday so I might make some. It's Autumnal food.

*[Percy runs into Vamp Willow, thinking it's the real Willow]
Percy West: Rosenberg? What are you doing, trick-or-treating? You're supposed to be at home doing my history report. I flunk that class, you're in big trouble with Snyder. Till we graduate, I own your ass.
Vamp Willow: Bored now.
[shoves Percy across the room]
Vamp Willow: I'm having a terrible night. Wanna make it better?(imdb)

Comments

[bon008]

Wow, that's the prettiest ironing board I've ever seen!! I'd almost want one, except that I don't really ever do any ironing.

Nice of the labradors to be so very helpful! :)

[crafty things]

Great looking ironing board cover.

[Deb]

very elegant ironing board cover...great movie (grin) ... oh no, not a broken tooth - poor you - hope those 'wicked' pups treated you well today on this day of Mothers :) :)

[inkberryblue]

I like your ironing board too! Maybe if I mended my crumpled board I might iron more...or maybe not. Sorry you've broken a tooth. I did that once (on frozen chocolate) and it was painful and seemed to take forever to fix. I hope your tooth, and your shoulder, get better soon.
The ploughman's lunch looks delicious and the dogs are adorable.
Hugs.
x

[Megan]

That's disappointing about the cardigan, but just think about how good it will be when you finally get it just the way you want it. Worth all the hassles (hopefully!) I love the fabric you've used for the ironing board cover - maybe I should make myself one to make me more enthused about my ironing! Hope the shoulder is improving daily and you find your monday munchies mojo! Ploughman's lunches are just delicious -yum!

[Melissa]

That plate looks so yummy and fresh! Your ironing board is now too pretty to use! And your pups have the cutest smiles!

[Sarah]

Your ironing board looks amazing! I just have a store cover on mine that slips and wrinkles a lot. I didn't know how to make one until reading your description, I guess that's something to add to my long 'to do' list! I love the cute wallabies and the smiley doggies. Hoping your arm feels better soon and that the tooth isn't painful!

[drk]

oh you know how i sympathise with the bored now thing. its just all a bit annoying isnt it? you have been very industrious but with all those things that need fixing, id understand if you just sat down and watched buffy instead. in fact, i think i might do the same *hugs* xx

[Ann]

You are really clever in mending stuff. The ironing board looks great & the ottoman too. I hate mending knitted wear & I have 2 pairs of my husband's socks that need mending. I think it will be easier for me to knit him new socks. Hope your shoulder is better now.

[Jejune]

So sorry to hear about your poor old owie shoulder, that's no good at all. Can relate to the painful exercises and physio stuff ...

That ironing board cover is *stunning* - if my ironing board looked that good I might even USE it LOL ;)

[Linda]

your ironing board looks fabulous Cindy. How clever you are to be able to cut off knitting and reknit! I am in awe!!! very cute photo of little paws too

[AmyP]

Well, phooey. Boo-hiss to badly behaving cardigans (and puppies and shoulders and teeth) although the "Buffy" quote is spot-on!

[Rose Red]

Excellent Buffy referencing! I love that episode (Real Willow: "And I think I might be a little gay") (very nice foreshadowing work there writers!)

I think you are very brave to conduct such cardigan surgery, and I wish you luck.

I love the ironing board cover, it is very posh. Makes ironing less of a chore when you have a lovely cover on the board!