Updates

I've been meaning to sit down and do this post for best part of a week now but every time I sit down I remember something else to be done. Anyway the updates:

KNITTING WORLD CUP
No pics at the time of posting as I've no camera as the batteries have died on me. I am on target for getting one shawl finished. Am not so sure about the start on the second though but as I set it as an incentive and not a 100% certainty I guess I am okay.

Once I have completed it though I will be entering it into the Bingley Show in August. I was thinking about entering a crochet item as well but they don't have a class for crochet only a "any item not included in other categories" but I have until the beginning of August to submit my entry form so I will have a think on it.

STASH
I did buy a few things to add to my stash the other week. It is counting as my day for purchasing for June as part of Stashalong. I bought some purple crochet cotton, as well as a ball of Noro Kureyon for Insulting Irma. She'd been using Noro Silk Garden for "Lady Eleanor" so I thought I would give her some 100% wool Noro to try instead.

RATS
They're growing quickly and have become very much part of the family. They're definitely both girls as well. They are extremely friendly and love climbing up anywhere and everywhere given half the chance. I had to take them both to the vet yesterday though. Gibber has been sneezy and droppings have been rather soft which the vet thinks is just a dietary thing. Rats are prone to respiratory problems which is why the sneezing has been a bit of a concern to me so I thought I would get them both checked out just in case. While I was sat in the vet's waiting room (on my own I should add) I opened the lid of the box they were in. Within 30 seconds they'd maneouvered their way out of the box and up onto my shoulder. I shan't say what the thought must have been thinking when I went into the consulting room with two rats inside my shirt. I also had to take them back home this way as well as I couldn't get them back in the box. Fortunately I do only live seven doors away from my vet. The vet has given them both a jab of antibiotics and I have to keep an eye on them.

They are now spending their time working out how to open the cage door. They are definitely right when they say about rats being intelligent creatures. I should say though that I do know this from the rats we had previously when we were in London.