It's true. What's wrong with me? Am I really the type of girl that likes to dress up animals in clothing? Even when my sweet doggy runs from me the second I pull it out of the closet? Even though she freezes in place for a good 5 minutes when she is put in her sweater? Then walks like a zombie when she wears sweaters? Um, yes - I am that type of girl.
I'm quite happy with the way this turned out - it definitely says "I'm a GIRL doggy" -which is fairly important because, for some reason, 90% of the world thinks she's a boy when she's naked. Can they not see what a glamorous girl she is? I also finally remembered to leave a hole at the base of the collar for her leash to attach to her collar - which has eluded me on every other sweater I've made her so far.
I will say - that even though this is an incredibly quick knit - I managed to spend an entire weekend knitting, unknitting, and re-knitting - rearranging the color and thickness of each stripe until it felt right. And when I say an entire weekend - it was an "I-will-not-get-out-of-bed-until-I-figure-this-out! I-don't-care-if-it's-4:00-and-you-haven't-eaten. Make-yourselves-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwiches-for-heaven's-sake-kids!" kind of obsession. I could have made 12 dog sweaters in the time I made this - if I had been more decisive. But boy - once, they're done, stripes sure are fun - right Zuzu?
Sweet ZUZU it's been a long time since we've updated this blog! Hard to keep up with this schnoobadoob. Zuzu's been pret-ty busy.
When she's not napping.
You can probably guess one place she's been if you watch the first minute of this little video clip ...
Yup - that is Jon Stewart. Yup - he was talking about Zuzu. Sometimes her daddy takes her to work. Too bad he didn't bring her in that day. She and Betty would have gotten along famously. Zuzu did visit The Daily Show just a few days ago - because we just couldn't leave her home alone looking like this:
Last week she scratched and scratched and she made a bad booboo on her lip.
It got a little swollen and messy so we had to slip a cone over her head to keep her from tearing her little face apart.
It worked. But it was a little tough for her to eat and drink, and she she had a hard time getting cozy in her bed - although she always seems to find a way. They have a much nicer option in Japan.
Doesn't that dog look happy? Even with a giant blue puffed doughnut around it's neck? The real question is - does this dog ever NOT look happy? I'm not sure if that would have been quite enough of a deterrent for Zuzu, but it does make you think, why a horrible plastic cone? Zuzu's all better now - and much happier taking naps without that darn cone on.
