Luvmypets Journal: A New Season

[TAH]

Glad you guys like them.

So I opened up chick #5's egg because I was curious what was wrong. So I think the chick was hatching too early. It was pipped on the wrong end and still had not absorbed the yolk. It was a very interesting experience. I was fascinated with the whole thing.

We did that with one of our eggs, it was very interesting.

 

[luvmypets]

Did some sketches tonight. I got some nice pencils and somehow I managed to do this

I drew my friends dog "RioGrande" who she just adopted.

Then I did a quick sketch of Razzy boy

Did I mention I learned how to knit?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Cute!

 

[animalmom]

Your knitting is not bad at all for someone learning to knit. Tension, how you hold the yarn, is something you learn by feel, and by just knitting. I'm very glad to see young people take up the art as I fear knitting, like many other handcrafts, is disappearing.

I do hope you keep at it. There are so many stitch patterns out there to look at and use, even doing cables... BUT and here is the big but, you now know everything there is to knitting. All stitch patterns, including cables, are built off of the knit and purl stitch.

One of the many nice things about knitting is it can be very portable. Put your knitting in a bag, stash the bag in your purse and whenever you have to wait on something or someone just grab your needles and off you go! Guess you can tell I like knitting.

 

[luvmypets]

Your knitting is not bad at all for someone learning to knit. Tension, how you hold the yarn, is something you learn by feel, and by just knitting. I'm very glad to see young people take up the art as I fear knitting, like many other handcrafts, is disappearing.

I do hope you keep at it. There are so many stitch patterns out there to look at and use, even doing cables... BUT and here is the big but, you now know everything there is to knitting. All stitch patterns, including cables, are built off of the knit and purl stitch.

One of the many nice things about knitting is it can be very portable. Put your knitting in a bag, stash the bag in your purse and whenever you have to wait on something or someone just grab your needles and off you go! Guess you can tell I like knitting.

Thsnk you, I was looking at my half finished scarf: Woah I did that?! I have a pattern for a fun hat that I am excited to try. I still have to learn the purl stitch, and then I will do some ribbing.

 

[luvmypets]

Beautiful sunset tonight

 

[frustratedearthmother]

nice!

 

[TAH]

Nice!!

 

[luvmypets]

**WARNING PICTURE HEAVY**

I was thinking and since fall has officially started I thought I would do a big update! I post here and there, but really I haven't done any long posts in a while.

So here we go!

Everyone has been doing exceptionally well, the alpacas and sheep are very healthy. Other than our case of M-worm and pnuemonia, this summer has been pretty easy going. I really feel bad we didn't get them sheared, but we made sure they were cool all summer. In case you were wondering the lady we were going to have shear them got pregnant and The other reason was we had an ongoing family issue. The pigs are great, tho they have turned their pen to dirt, not that I thought it would stay grass for long! The poultry are good, however we lost our favorite rooster Chip last week. So now is time for pictures!

I will start with the alpacas

The leader of our alpaca herd is Bear. He is HUGE for an alpaca, he has a good tempermant but is wary of us. If any of the other boys try anything he puts them in their place.

Next up we have buster brown aka Mr. Sassy Pants. He is such a brat, he constantly spits at the others and is a major food hog. Whenever I hear the high-pitched "Im about to spit" gurgle I know that its probably him. Regardless we love this chocolaty menace.

This is Geno, he is a big baby and Buster picks on him a lot. He is very affraid of our misfit rooster, Roaster(more on him later).

Finally we have the best buddies Onyx and Al(calde). They have known eachother since birth, and they are inseperable. They are friendly, but also skittish.

Onyx

Al(calde)

Moving on to the sheep! You guys know them pretty well so I won't go into much detail.

Here is my Razzy boy!

Does my hand taste good?

Continued in next post

 

[Baymule]

Love the pictures! Do you make anything with the alpaca wool?