NO NO! Bad doggie!

I hate it when I am so completely stupid! Will I EVER learn that when writing anything longer than a couple of sentences for a blog post one should hit the SAVE button??? There is nothing worse than having a particularly witty somewhat lengthy post going only to have your silly Firefox browser suddenly crash. Now you’ll just have to get the uninspired crappy version of this story since I am now a little grumpy at my ineptitude and unable to reproduce the fabulous post with which I was about to dazzle you. At least I could remember my silly title. *hit save button idiot*

Ahem…ok. So, it’s a good thing that I’ve recently overcome the knitting funk…one of my most worn pieces of knitting was recently in a little accident. My clogs were just sitting there in the middle of my bedroom minding their own business when Bodhi came along and decided they looked like a rawhide chew. The first round produced only minor damage. I can live with one toe poking out…no big deal. However, there was a second round of damage a couple of weeks later that made a new pair of clogs more of a necessity. Still wearable, yes, but a little uncomfortable with most of the sole missing. I think my subconscious may have been at work here. I was never a huge fan of this pair of clogs since I made them of leftovers and made the smaller size to save yarn. The result was a functional if not very thickly felted pair of clogs. I yearned to have thick brightly colored clogs but how could I possibly justify making more when I already had a pair that was perfectly functional? How indeed…by “accidentally” leaving the offending clogs where they could be attacked by canines that can’t possibly pass up the opportunity to gnaw on something that has so much of “mom’s” smell on it? Yes, the perfect plan.

So now, out of my knitting funk, I was able to execute the replacement of my well worn clogs. I am much happier about this pair since I was able to choose whatever wild colors my heart desired and make the largest woman’s size so as to end up with a thickly felted clog. This pattern never ceases to amaze me with its fabulously written instructions and huge un-felted size. I chose Cascade 220 colors 9468, 7814 and 9468 to create my bright and happy Fiber Trends Clogs. I am wearing them as I write and couldn’t be happier with the result.  Even though these are perfect, I know they will be worn so much that yet another pair can’t be too far in the future. I love this pattern so much that I fully intend to get it for the store. In fact, I may just have to go dig up that information right now. Especially now that I have the Cascade 220 it makes perfect sense that I should have this pattern available.