Tumbling Bunny

Hey hey!

I feel good today. I got my new Spring hair-do and I'm feeling pumped for the upcoming Around the Bay Road Race this weekend. I'm running the 5km with my BRF Jenny, my sister and BRF's hubby. Michael is running the 30km race (crazy!) for the 2nd year in a row. The weather is supposed to be beautiful so I'm really stoked. I might even wear capri pants! YAY!

I knit a bunny.

This was my first time using safety eyes on a stuffie. Very cute. I like them. :)

He doesn't have a name, and although his socks are purple and pink I still think he's definitely a HE. He feels he-ish to me.

HE-Bunny is for my mom. I'm going to try to sneak it into her backpack as a surprise during her next chemo treatment. She calls me Bunny (or she did when I was growing up -- I'm Bunny, my sister is Mouse -- Bunnies are way cooler) so I figured since I can't be with her, a bunny I knit for her is the next best thing.

Pattern: Tumbling Bunnies
Yarn: Bernat Satin
Needles 3.5mm

So yeah, I haven't mentioned my mom's cancer here before because she's been very private about it ... and because she's very private about it, I'm not going to get into any great detail. She was diagnosed in December 2013, had surgery in January 2014 and started chemotherapy in February 2014. She's upbeat and positive and has a fantastic support system, myself and HE-Bunny included. GO TEAM!

Rainbows!!

Crazy. Ten years ago I got my email address and today I'm getting a new one. It's almost as much as moving to make sure everyone who needs it gets my new one. Almost. You know, without the packing ... and its certainly as much as changing a phone number (which we did a few years ago -- pain in the arse).

I've been knitting my Stray Cat shawl. It's turning out so nice. I'm using KnitPicks Chroma fingering in black and rollerskate.

Soon I'm going to be onto the lace section. I may need to order more black yarn, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see. 

Stuff and Things

As you know I've been posting a photo for every day of the year. It started as an Instagram project, but I decided to swing it over here too. It has become too difficult (read: time consuming) to post the pictures in both places and keep track of which one goes for which day when I'm not posting here every day. So, I will still be posting some of them here, but if you want to see all of them you can check them out on Instagram: http://instagram.com/r5samantha

What I will still be sharing here are my dogs, knitting, family and other moments of my life. You know, the usual.

Last Friday I was dog sitting for my parents for the day again. Really just dog walking, because Bessie didn't have a sleepover here again. I went to their house and spent some time with her; walking, chillaxin' ... dog stuff. :)

Miss Bessie is such a pretty girl.

My dog walkin' outfit. It was COLD out.

The Walk

So aside from being such an extraordinary dog walker I'm also a really wicked cool daughter for other reasons. You might remember I spoiled my Mom by knitting her Pagona Too (no, it's not blocked yet, yes I'm lazy, but I'm going to do that tomorrow -- I swear!) ... well over the weekend I knit her a hat and some fingerless mittens. Spoiled rotten I say!!

Mitt

Basic Fingerless Mitt
3.75mm needles
Wandering Cat Yarns Stray Cat (Empress)

Owen was kind enough to be my model.

Cables That Don't Cable Hat
3.75mm needles
Wandering Cat Yarns Stray Cat (Empress)