A capella

Here's my A capella capelet - it's nearly finished already! Super fast knit - I got this much done in one day (OK, I didn't do much else, but still!). I'm really enjoying the Shadow Tweed. This is Colour 6906 - isn't it just gorgeous? I'm probably going to need to dip into a second 100g ball to finish this capelet, so maybe 120g of wool all up? Then I'll need some nice buttons. I think I'm going to pick up stitches along the lower edge and add a few rows of a simple lace.


Verdict at the vet's? Lily is going in first thing tomorrow for an examination under anaesthetic. If they think she has a ruptured cruciate ligament (which they think is very likely), they'll keep her under and do the deed. She has a mild heart murmur, which has developed with age, so I'm a bit worried about her coping with surgery. She's nearly 12, after all. The vets are of course very reassuring - they operate on dogs with heart murmurs all the time, so while there is a slightly higher chance of things going wrong, they're sure she'll be OK. Poor puppy, I hate to leave her there :( She'll be there overnight if they operate tomorrow. She really pines when she's away from us, doesn't eat, shivers ...

Dotter is slowly getting better blood sugar control with the help of the doctor-on-a-phone (every night I call her, report Dotter's blood sugar readings, and she tells us what dosages of insulin to inject). The diabetes specialist gets back tomorrow, as do the educators (they've all been off at various conferences). We've enjoyed (and needed) the past 4 hospital-free days, but that will all change now - back to being edu-ma-cated. I'm feeling a bit less freaked by it all, it's been good to have a breather.

Boyfriend is back from the coast, so Dotter and he are both much happier :) I missed him too, actually!