Home again, home again :).
It was nice to have a few days away from Rainy NH. After a horrendous rain/hail filled ride to the show, we really enjoyed the mild sunny days that we had in New Jersey.
Both Cleo and Skyy did well. Skyy won her class both days and made the cut for Winner's Bitch and Cleo did well to place third in a very nice class, especially given that she was shown without her clothes. Poor little nekked Cleo is completely out of coat…but her turn will come 🙂
I did manage to get quite a bit of knitting done on this trip as well. The ride down took an extra long time and that time was well spent working on Hey Teach.
I mentioned earlier that I had not worked with many of the Rowan yarns and was looking forward to working with this All Season Cotton Yarn . I have to tell you it has been a pleasure to knit with. Very thick and cushy with no splitting.
It's been a nice change of pace to work on something other than socks and shawls. Historically I have not been very good at getting the sizing correct in sweaters for myself, so I tend to avoid them. I am hoping that all of the measurements that I took ahead of time and the swatching I did will help me get it right. If nothing else this pattern has been a joy to work on!
The Woolen Rabbit 
So far so good! Congrats to your grrls, too!
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Congratulations on the placements at the Specialty. I show my dogs so I know how cool those ribbons are. 😉
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Great job!
I love Hey Teach!
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Yay Cleo!!! Yay Skyy!!! \
Congratulations, Kim! As a former CFA member who showed purebreds for 10+ years I KNOW how much this means.
I am very happy for you! Our Sam (from you) continues to be the sweetest boy ever (not biased here), of course, lol! He is the epitome of what we ever could want in a pet Cavalier – extremely sweet, smart and loveable. He continues to do well at almost 10 years old!
Maureen
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Yay for your puppies! And I love that sweater — will be really cute!
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I looked up the Hey Teach pattern to see what yours would look like when you’re finished and that was a great choice. It’s lovely. And, congrats on the awards at the dog show.
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Excellent turnout! I’m thrilled for you.
Too bad about the ride, but in NY the weather ended up being nicer than up here, the same in NJ it sounds like. How close were you to NY? We could have met up. We keep talking about it……
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Great minds think alike. Love Hey Teach, the back looks so cool. I am knitting mine in a bamboo and cotton blend.
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congratulations to the puppies 🙂
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Congratulations to the lovely ladies, give them each a tummy rub sent all the way from NC!
Glad that everyone was on their best behavior!! 😉
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It’s very pretty!
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Congratulations on your ribbons! And the sweater looks good so far.
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Kim- Congratulations to the grrlz- but you knew they were winners!
I’m making a very plain sweater, and it feels strange to be doing something with sleeves.
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Hello Kim,
I love the sweater your knitting.
Do you like the yarn you are using appose to the yarn the pattern called for?
Another person on your comments said they were doing theirs in Bambo.That sounds nice too.
Id like to do Hey TEACH but im not sure what yarn id use.
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Congrats Kim. I don’t know if you are going to remember this but I was the gate steward at the show on Sunday (the frazzled looking Chinese girl) I had wanted to chat with you as I saw you sitting in the chairs but it was a bit too crazy for me. I have always admired your dogs and I am slowly trying to break into the show world myself (and I mean slowly) and was hoping to chat with you a little. Oh well maybe at another show. Are you going to York?
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Hi Kim! I just adore the Hey Teach sweater! Good for you for using cotton yarn! It’s looking very nice.
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