Dog Day Afternoon

 

Have you ever seen anything more pitiful? Pup had a spa day yesterday after keeping me up all night chewing and scratching. She got a haircut, her nails done, her teeth brushed and a bubble bath. She was not happy.

Even all the sweaters I've knit her got a bath. They were really stinky. I had actually tossed them all in the trash, thought better of it and dug them out. I couldn't get the dog stink out of them just by throwing them in the wash machine. It seems acrylic yarn traps stink. It has to be soaked out. A long, hot bath in vinegar and Dawn did the trick which makes me happy as I really didn't want to be knitting more doggy sweaters. 

In the very few minutes of spare time I had, I did the math on the new towel and started warping it. I didn't get very far but it's a start. 

As for Betty, I did a lot of reading and watching videos on how to strengthen her. This site was very helpful. I'm trying a new feeding pattern called the Peak to Peak to see if it helps. I have to watch her carefully for when she has reached her maximum height and then discard around 80% of her. You then feed her a 1:2:2 ratio of flour and water. You have to do this all day long until you start seeing her bubble up in progressively shorter periods of time. Thanks to Betty I had to spend an awful lot of time yesterday dusting flour off of everything and scrubbing the floors. It's been like living in a bakery around here.