Okay so almost 2 weeks ago my oldest daughters pet hamster escaped the middle daughter set out humane traps to recapture it. This is worrisome to my kids because they know I do not like rodents loose in the house and the standing rule is if they are not caught in 3 days I put out rat poison.
Well my middle daughter was so upset I just didn't have the heart to do it especially since I had hand nursed this hamster. She was worried that if it got down stares it might be bored with no toys so she set up a hamster wheel down there with food and water. She checked all the traps 3 and 5 times a day no hamster.
She gave up two days ago of ever getting the hamster back so I said leave them out a little longer and see what happens as she was so sad. She said she didn't have the heart to look at the empty traps anymore as it just made her more sad so the youngest daughter volunteered to check the traps.
Tonight the middle daughter and I fell asleep on the couch watching a documentary on animals this room is at the top of the stairs the wheel is at the bottom of the stairs. About ten mins ago I woke up to the sound of a hamster wheel. I woke her up then asked if she still had the wheel set up down stairs and she said yes but that sound had to be from the two wheels in the bedroom. I got up and walked half way to the stairs when the sound stopped. Got to the top of the stairs and looked down could not see any movement at the bottom of the stairs. Flipped the light switch at the top of the stairs and still not movement at the bottom. Walked down the stairs and still no movement so I was starting to think my daughter was right. But I should check it out all the same. I get to the very bottom of the stairs figuring I heard either the wheels in the bedroom or that I had scared the hamster away already. But I looked in the cardboard box where she had made a little house and sure enough there was the hamster watching me the whole way down the stairs. I flipped the food bowl over and caught it. I expected it to run like crazy from me but nope it was still use to humans. My daughters are so happy as are me and my husband. Them to have their pet back me not to have a rodent running free in the house.
I spent most of a meeting today working on this while I listened to the speakers. I finished 10 mins before the end of the meeting. Very nice came home and blocked it at 10 pm. When you start to block something so late at night you are not thinking clearly, what was I thinking...
This project got put on hold in the last day of March with only one sleeve left to crochet and the sewing. I am sure most crocheters do things like that every now and again. When they go back to the project they wonder why they never finished it at that time so I am in that boat at the moment. ..
Doilies wanted for this. I am interested in making a dress that looks like this one I found on the internet today. So if anyone had old white crochet doilies they no longer want or need can I have them. Shoot me an email about it thanks look on the bottom of the blog page to find my email. Interested in more eye candy go here.
I have knit the entire piece over the weekend. I am currently working on the embroidery on the front and back of it. Originally in the pattern the back design was supposed to be done as you knit it but I decided I wanted to knit easy and not worry about color changes and color blocking so I am doing duplicate stitch on it. The yarn I have used for this I would not normally use as it is simply soft by caron (acrylic). At least it isn't the type of acrylic that makes my skin crawl to touch which most of it does. It was from my Mother in laws estate and well I wanted to make it as a remembrance from her to me. I have a few more scanes in other colors that I may end up making projects in. Most of her acrylic yarn I gave to my children so they could make things for them selves out of grandma's stuff. 
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