| | This is Spike, my newest buddy. He's a "sato"--Spanish slang for a stray, or street dog. Spike was abandoned on a street corner in Puerto Rico by his owner. He stayed on that corner for days waiting for his owner to come back. Spike was rescued by a shelter in PR who gave him medical care and lots of attention. He then stayed with a foster family for several weeks before boarding a plane for the US. He lived at a shelter for a few weeks before finding his new home. Spike is a total sweetie--he's friendly and affectionate--the complete opposite of his name. Someone in Puerto Rico gave him his name--his medical records are in Spanish and on the line asking for his nombre it's given as Spike! Friends have joked about my new "attack dog." It doesn't help matters that I coincidentally ended up getting my first tattoo on the same weekend I got Spike. His favorite method of "attack" is to curl up on someone's lap and settle down for a cuddle, then fall asleep. Yep, he's 12 pounds of fury all right. Spike had a hard life before I adopted him. He is so getting a nice handknit sweater!  I bought him a cute yellow parka and a blue, green and brown argyle sweater from the local pet boutique. He doesn't like the sweater. It's too big, and as my sister was walking him in it the other day a neighbor (male) said to her, "Who put that sissy sweater on my little buddy?" I think Spike took it personally. We bought a sweater because we wanted him to have something right away. He shivers when it's cold out. Now he'll have to wait until I knit him one. Now that I have to keep the whole "sissy issue" in mind, I'm not sure what to knit. It will have to be a basic, plain-colored sweater. I have a couple of free patterns from the internet. I ordered some yarn today from Webs. I was originally on their website to buy the supplies to make the new Blue Skies stuffed chickens with their dyed cotton but I threw in a couple hanks of Blue Skies' bulky alpaca in a nice orangy-natural and a nice brown color, respectively. I'm hoping to knit it up quickly, but the warm weather's just around the corner so it may have to be put away until next fall. I'm sure there will be a few more chilly mornings though.
Spike is a daschund/chihuahua mix, and we suspect there is some terrier in him as well. I think he's also part cat. He can jump pretty high for a dog, and often ends up on balancing on the arm of my armchair or the sofa. He seems to be laying claim to my entire knitting area. He thinks my armchair is his, and he's gotten into my yarn a few times so I may have to move my Lantern Moon three-tiered yarn holder. I have a nice green wooden Chinese rice basket that I had set up by my chair to store my current knitting projects in. He got into that so I had to move it somewhere else. I can see that knitting with Spike around is going to be a challenge for a while, but I'm confident he'll get used to my knitterly activities and that he'll settle down. Maybe getting a sweater of his own will help. |
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