Visitors from Spain

We were finally able to convince someone (beside my parents) to come and visit us. Since we want them to tell everyone back home what great hosts we are, we kept them really busy and took them to all sorts of places around the bay area.



The poor pooch had to spend many hours alone each day, and the neighbors complained about him howling while we were away. Who would have guessed that such a little dog could create such disturbances? Our guests have left and things are back to normal, but we are being extra nice to the pooch to make up for all that loneliness.

Done!

Whew, I didn't notice how overwhelmed I was with this test until it was over. Now I wish I had done it sooner, I could have enjoyed the Summer a little bit more. To celebrate the test, I sewed on the buttons of the baby cardigan. Sadly, I forgot about the pooch and his funny rag habit. Whenever he finds a piece of fabric on the floor or the sofa, he'll "burrow" around it. Usually all I have to do is make sure I don't drop anything when hauling clean laundry, and never leave the laundry basket on the floor. (If left unchecked, he'll even burrow inside the laundry basket). So I wasn't very surprised a about this:



I just stepped away to get the camera and he rearranged things to his convenience. Should I worry about this? My pooch is usually clean, but still, I assume you'd want your baby items far away from any animal. I was going to wash the cardigan by hand anyway, but now I'm thinking of throwing it in the washer: after all, the label says I can.

I rescued the cardigan and placed it somewhere safe to get this picture:



If I ruin it in the washer, I can always send the picture instead.

Apples

I know this blog has slowed down a bit, but that's because I've been  working on this. My test will take place this Monday and after that I hope to get more crafty time. I'm grateful for all the nice ideas and suggestions, but I ended up not following anybody's advice.

I had already decided on green (not being sure about the shade) for the buttons, but once I got to Michaels I couldn't resist these apples:



They're pretty, aren't they? They certainly cheer up an otherwise boring yellow cardigan.

More math stuff

I know. I should be knitting. Or studying for my test. But I could not resist trying out the new Google Page Creator. Here's the result:

Barron's Precalculus Errata
http://fdpioggia.googlepages.com/barron%27sprecalculus

I thought that creating that webpage was better than including algebra blabber in a knitting blog. Also, who knows? Other frustrated souls like mine could find it useful. I did manage to knit a bit:



Yes, that's an almost finished baby cardigan. It needs some buttons and I'm thinking of Smurf blue, to contrast with that chicken yellow. Would that be too much contrast?