Ruffle My Feathers

 

Mommy finished something else for me to wear but I've got to do this quickly - the Max kitty is sneaking up on me.  He's a very scary kitty sometimes and he attacks me, but I chase him.  Sometimes I help him take a bath and sometimes he gives me a bath.  I'm wearing Mommy's new lace thing.  She says it's called Ruffle My Feathers and it's made in Sanguine Gryphon's Bugga in the Bomber Worm Colorway.  Bomber Worms sound scary, I hope I don't meet any!  The color actually matches Max's eyes so maybe he knows about Bomber Worms.

He did something yesterday morning that scared everyone in the house!  I'll tell you about it.  You all realize that the Max kitty isn't quite right in the head?  He's also able to get into small places and he had walked through the railing on one of the upstairs balcony areas.  Then do you know what he did?  He jumped!  From the upstairs to the downstairs, just jumped!  He landed on the slippery floor that Mommy calls "hardwood"  and he didn't do it right or something because he was holding one of his paws funny and doing something Mommy called "limping."  I gave him kisses on it though since everyone knows Golden Retriever spit heals everything.  By the time Mommy was dressed to take him to the vet though he was starting to put weight on it.  She called the vet instead and they said she could just watch him for a bit since he seemed to be able to do that.  Sure enough, after a nap, he was chasing me again with none of the limping.  I'm glad I was here with my magic spit and I could help the Max kitty.  I hope he doesn't do it again because Mommy and Daddy estimated the jump at 12-15 feet and that's too far for a Max kitty to jump.  I wouldn't jump that far, I think Mommy and Daddy have the stairs in the house for a reason.  This morning the Max kitty has been staying on the inside of the railing, where he's supposed to.

I've got to give this lace thing back to Mommy, Max just hopped sideways at me and ran off.  It is on!

Ta Da!

 

Stick a fork in it, the December Knit Something of the Month project is done!  All finished!  Twelve projects in twelve months, completed!  I don't know how you felt reading about my little challenge, but I really enjoyed doing it.  It gave me an excuse to cast on a new project when I was feeling bored with what I was working on, it gave me a sense of completion when I finished it, and it helped use up some stash yarn that had been waiting for me.

I've (obviously) got to block this, but now I can go stash diving and match another 12 patterns to yarns.  Yes, I'll go ahead and plan on 12 again - I clearly have high hopes for Maximus becoming a more mature kitty who doesn't "help" with the knitting so much.  I might be delusional, but I function pretty well that way at this point.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Ruffly Worm

I'm moving right along on my December Knit Something of the Month project.  I've got eight more rows plus a bind off and I'm done!  This is a great little knit and clearly works up quickly.  I'm waiting until I'm through with this before I drag out the potential stash for next years Knit Something of the Month projects.  Then I'll sort through things (with Max and Logan helping, I'm sure) and see what I'm doing next year.  I'm still debating eleven projects or twelve, but I'll figure it out before 2012 starts.

There was a question yesterday about ducks and yes, I'm afraid of ducks.  I was attacked by ducks when I was small and have considered them bloodthirsty and untrustworthy ever since.  Just to reinforce my duck issues, I was chased by one when I was running earlier this year (and no, I did not provoke it).  Caleb thinks it's amusing to walk around the house quacking.

As for today's blog title, my pattern for this month is Ruffle My Feathers (I linked it on a previous post) and the yarn is Bugga in Bomber Worm.  See?  Ruffly Worm.

December Knit Something of the Month

 

I'm doing much better at my December Knit Something of the Month project than I did with November's project.  It was portable during all that garter stitch, but if you look at the top center you can see I've started the lace.  The lace section isn't portable, but it still feels like it's moving pretty quickly.

This second picture shows one of my assistant photographers (the other one is off camera to my left).  Apparently there were some wrinkles that needed smoothing out.  Or something.

As quickly as this project is going, I'm questioning my earlier thought of only doing one project for November and December for next year's Knit Something of the Month.  Next year Max will be older and (possibly) more mature, or at least he shouldn't attack knitting as much as he does now (feline yarn tensioning device anyone?), so it's possible that I could do one project a month next year.  What do you think - leave a comment and I'll let you decide:  do I do 12 projects next year or only 11?  (This is just for the Knit Something of the Month thing, I'll still have other projects going on at the same time.)

December

Here we are on December 1 and I'm getting ready to start my last Knit Something of the Month Club project for 2011.  This is the first year I've challenged myself this way, but it will not be the last!  I wasn't sure how this would work for me since I don't always respond well to deadlines, but for the last 11 months, I've knit my project.  I've swapped some patterns and some yarn out from my original plan from last December, but I've done either socks or a shawl (and one scarf) each month this year.  Most have been in fingering weight except for January, which was worsted, but the yardage was about the same as the fingering weight projects.

I'm going to start my last project today, and it will be Ruffle My Feathers in Bugga (Bomber Worm colorway - here's what the actual Bomber Worm looks like if you're curious - don't worry it's not a really scary looking bug).  The nice thing about these smaller projects is that they give me something that can be finished quickly, which is a nice feeling to have when I'm also working on (or ignoring) larger projects (I'm so sorry Austin Hoodie).

Since it is December and I do plan to Knit Something of the Month next year, I need to pull out my stash soon and find some projects!  I'm not sure what I'll do yet and I might either skip socks or cut way back on them (the sock drawer is a bit full), but I'm not sure I want to do a dozen shawls either.  Maybe I'll add in some fingerless mitts!  Or a tiny, kitten shaped straight jacket...

November Knit Something of the Month

 

Last night, before 7:00 PM I finished my November Knit Something of the Month project!  Not truly a squeaker, but with just over 24 hours before my self imposed deadline, it felt a little too close for comfort.  Seeing as I had successfully completed 10 months of this little journey, I didn't want to go down in flames at the last minute, although the reason for my potential crash and burn sure is cute and purry.  He's sitting in my lap right now, purring at me and Logan is curled up on the floor next to us.  Yes, it's a good morning.

On to the project details: the pattern I used is Mad Color Weave (I linked it yesterday and I'm feeling a little lazy, sorry) and the yarn is Socks That Rock Lightweight in Little Bunny Foo Foo.  I used US 1's, worked the repeat 8 times in the leg and had yarn left over.  It's an easy pattern to memorize and it breaks up pooling a bit, and I can definitely see myself using it again.  It would be easier to knit without kitten assistance, but really, what isn't?

One day to work on my other projects before I start the December Knit Something of the Month project.  I guess I better start pulling yarn and ideas for next year!

November's Knit Something of the Month Project

 

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving if you're here in the US!  We did, complete with way too much food, and a kitten with no table manners, and James Bond.  Max eventually fell asleep in my lap under the napkin and then we didn't have to fight him so much.  Last year of course, we were guarding the food against Logan's expert counter surfing, so fuzzy weirdness is becoming a tradition.  (I'm really hoping that we have no new fuzzy weirdness next Thanksgiving.)

I did get some knitting done this past week although Max doesn't feel as sleepy as I think he should, as often as I think he should and Max doesn't help with knitting.  I finished my first sock for November's Knit Something of the Month project and I've made it past the heel turn on the second sock.  Ordinarily, even though we're two days before the end of the month, I would still have plenty of time to finish this second sock, but Max being Max, I'm afraid it might be a squeaker.  I am determined to stay on track with this though, so it might come down to a battle of wills between me and tiny Maximus.  Or I might just lock myself in the bathroom with my knitting.  That would probably be easier as anyone who's engaged in a battle of wills with a cat can tell you, it won't end well.

Socks

 

I haven't forgotten about my Knit Something of the Month Socks in all the overdyeing and kitten confusion around here.  I'm almost done with the leg of the first sock now and I expect to get some knitting time in on them this weekend and next week.  I am determined to get both the November and December Knit Something of the Month projects done on time because I've gotten the first 10 months done - I won't go down in flames now!  I am thinking that next year I will probably only choose a single project for November and December instead of one for each month.  That might help with my sanity a bit, what's left of my sanity anyway.

I'm loving this yarn in this pattern.  It reminds me of Neapolitan ice cream.  The pattern is also pretty quick and easy to work, I'm just not moving too fast on it because of a certain blue eyed boy who just discovered the top of the refrigerator.  Yeah!

Hope you have a great weekend!

A Little Bit More Sock

 

I've actually gotten some of the main leg pattern worked on my November Knit Something of the Month Socks!  The "weave" pattern is pretty easy to work and you don't have to think too much, which is a good thing around here right now.  There's not much else to say at the moment and I'm not sure I can string together too many more actual sentences.  Someone small and white decided 4:20 AM would be an excellent time for Circus Hour and someone large and white decided that was a genius idea and it was time for a Par-Tay!  No one asked Mickael and I what we thought.  Let's just say there will be lots of tea today.

Kitten and Socks

First of all, thanks for understanding about the little kitten (nope, still no name).  The enema worked and we should get the results of the blood test back today and tomorrow (quick stuff today and bigger stuff tomorrow - I don't know why, I don't work at the lab).  We did blood work because he was running a fever, but there were no signs of infection or anything definite the vet could put his finger on.  The kitten got a shot to reduce the fever and they gave him antibiotics just to cover our bases while we wait for the test results.  He felt better last night and this morning was full of sass.  He even approached Logan (who was on the other side of the child gate), and while he puffed up, he didn't growl or hiss.  Definitely feeling better.  He's asleep now on the bed, curled up in the down comforter - sensible kitten!

Also, thanks so much for all the pattern suggestions!  I've peeked at all of them and while several were in my favorites in Ravelry already, there were some new ones I'd never seen.  Thankfully the Ravelry favorites section seems to be infinite or mine would have popped ages ago.  I should ask you guys for pattern ideas more often, this was fun!

I did choose a pattern last night (but like I said, I favorited many more to knit later) - Mad Color Weave Socks.  The socks on the pattern page are solid, but if you look through the projects you'll see lots of multicolored yarns used.  Since you guys were so helpful with the pattern suggestions, I thought I'd do a little blog tutorial for you!

How To Knit Socks With A Kitten

1. Pick sock pattern and wind yarn.  Get everything together and sit down in easily-kitten-accessible location.
2. Remove kitten from pattern to find out how many stitches you should cast on.
3. Hide DPN's from kitten so the one's you're not using for cast on don't disappear.
4. Find page of pattern that kitten removed so you can recheck how many stitches to cast on.
5. Begin cast on.
6. Remove kitten from yarn.
7. Cast on a couple more stitches.
8. Remove kitten from yarn and turn him around so he faces a different direction.
9. Cast on a couple more stitches.
10. Remove kitten from yarn and put him in cat bed, suggest a nap.
11. Count stitches you've casted on so far.
12. Remove kitten from yarn, despite the fact that his purr volume suggests this is the best game ever.
13. Recount stitches you've casted on so far because you forgot the first count, lose count when you...
14. Remove kitten from yarn.
15. Finally get all the stitches on the first DPN.
16. Double check count three times due to ...
17. Removing kitten from yarn.
18. Begin cast on to second DPN.
19. Remove kitten from yarn and work steps 5-17 one time each for remaining three DPN's.
20. Being careful not to twist cast on stitches, join -
21. Remove kitten from yarn.
22. Being careful not to twist cast on stitches, join to work in the round very quickly before you have to ...
23. Remove kitten from yarn.
24. Begin Round 1.
25. Remove kitten from yarn.
26. Start knitting, lose place, due to...
27. Removing kitten from yarn.
28. Get your place in the pattern, find it on the sock and knit as fast as you can - not easy with DPN's for the first few rows, but do it anyway to conquer your fear that you might not ever be able to knit again because your new craft will be...
29. Removing kitten from yarn.
30. Finish Round 1 and breathe a sigh of relief that Round 2 is worked exactly like Round 1 and you no longer have to follow the pattern, but can just read your knitting.
31. Remove kitten from yarn.
32. At some point in Round 2, you realize kitten (who might be a very cutely disguised knitting nemesis and not a feline at all) has curled up and fallen asleep.
33. Knit quietly so as not to awaken the wee beast.
34. Knit Rounds 2-10.
35. Answer phone, which just rang and woke up the wee beast.  
36. Assure your Mother that kitten seems to be feeling better.
37. Remove kitten from yarn.
38. Mentally thank Mother for waking up kitten.
39. Finish Round 10 and put sock away after...
40. Removing kitten from yarn.

Yes, it's going to be a while for these to get done, but here are the first 10 rows and I fought for every stitch!

Celaeno

 

Mommy finished up her Celaeno shawl (she helped me spell that) for her October Knit Something of the Month Club.  I got to wear it this morning but I really wanted to help her with those little sparkly bumps that are on it.  She says they're beads but I think I could pull them off for her and make it look better.  This is me looking deep into the camera to hypnotize Mommy with my big, dark eyes.  I figure if I can't get those bead things, maybe I can get some bacon.  Mommy says I have to tell you what yarn she used so blah, blah, Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the Bacon colorway, blah, blah.  Oh, Mommy says it's not the Bacon colorway, it's Lepidoptra (she helped me spell that one too, but she isn't sure she even got it right).

 

Here's what Mommy calls a "Detail Shot."  I call it taking a picture of a shawl on my drumstick, which is a little weird.  I mean, OK, the edge is kind of interesting (more of those bead things), but you can't see my pretty coat on my drumstick.  I think I need to get some photos made without shawls because I really don't walk around wearing them in real life - Mommy takes them away from me when she's done getting pictures.  I know where she keeps them though - in the closet place that I'm not supposed to be without "adult supervision" but I know how to open the door now and I play with Mommy's bathrobe which is a magical thing she puts on first thing in the morning to take me outside.  It has a rope thing I can use to pull her along if she's moving slowly.  All Mommies should have a rope thing to get them to move along in the morning!  Oh, I've got to go, she's coming back and I don't want her to know that I can get into the closet by myself.  Bye!

October Knit Something of the Month

 

I know it's already October 11 and I haven't shown you my Knit Something of the Month project for this month, but I haven't forgotten about it.  In fact, I'm binding off now.  I started it last Wednesday or Thursday and since garter stitch is easy even for sick people, I plowed through the first section pretty quickly.  By the time I was ready to start the lace I was feeling better, so I just kept going.  Now I'm just past the halfway point of the bind off.

 

Oh, what is it?  It's Celaeno from Romi's first ebook.  I used Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Lepidoptra.  I didn't put beads in the top garter section because I didn't have enough beads (and the being sick), but I did bead the lace section as it was charted.  I also skipped the last lace row on the chart because of yardage issues, but the pattern still works out without that row (I think).  Once I finish binding off, I'll get it blocked so Logan can wear it.  The silly puppy was hopping and dancing around yesterday morning, trying to model my Austin Hoodie, so I know he'll be happy to wear Celaeno.

September Knit Something of the Month

 

In what must have been a land speed record for the post office, I got my extra skein of Rosebud yesterday from New York!  I now have a full pair of Paraphernalia socks with matching toes and they're all finished in plenty of time before the end of the month!  Yipppee!  I loved knitting this pattern, it really did knit up pretty quickly, but I'd recommend having at least 380 yards before starting it, or plan on shortening the leg.

Logan wanted in on the photo shoot this morning so you get a little puppy eye candy this morning.  He's heading off to the vet with me in a little while for his yearly exam, but he doesn't know yet.  He's still not a fan of being in the car.  Oh, and last time his paws were in the sock photo, someone thought they looked like Sheltie paws, but they're not.  Logan is a Golden Retriever (which is easier to see when his face is in the photo).

Where We Come To A Screeching Halt

 

I'm out of yarn.  2 1/2 rounds before I start toe decreases.  I read through the comments yesterday and while the toe in a different color idea is genius (and I hadn't thought of it), I don't want to do that to these socks.  I think they're really pretty and I want the toes to match.  I will have to do a pair of pink socks with yellow toes though because that just sounds really cute and I am the Pink Lemon!

I ended up looking in Ravelry for destashes in this color and found two people with it (one person actually had two skeins), so I've already paid for another skein and it should be on it's way to me soon.  This will be faster than going through Blue Moon since they might or might not have Rosebud dyed and ready to go.  I love this color, so it's not a hardship to have another skein around here.  I'll just use it to make fingerless mitts or something.  So a little bump in the road to a finished pair of socks, but Yeah Ravelry!

Have a great weekend and I hope you don't run out of yarn!

Am I Going To Make It?

 

I'm zipping along on my second Paraphernalia sock and I've got plenty of time to get it finished by the end of the month.  (As of right now, I'm 42 rounds from beginning toe decreases.)  My question is, do I have enough yarn?  My gut is saying no.  Do I have a Plan B?  No.  There are a few things I could do if I run out of yarn:

• I could frog the socks and reknit them with fewer repeats on the legs, but I don't want to.
• I could keep going and just finish the toe of the second sock with something else pink if I need to, but I'm pretty sure I don't have anything else This Color of pink.
• I could order more yarn from Blue Moon Fiber Arts and cross my fingers that it's fairly close colorwise, but even if they keep highly detailed dying notes, this is handdyed and there will be differences.
• I could scour Ravelry for other people who have used this yarn and beg them to let me buy their leftovers.

That's what I've come up with so far, but I haven't really settled on any one plan.  For now, I'm knitting as fast as I can, in the hopes that the yarn will stretch just because of my knitting speed - kinda like when you're low on gas and you drive fast so you can coast farther if you do run out.  Doesn't yarn allow coasting?  I guess in the meantime I should start looking in Ravelry for people who've used this color because that should get me the extra yarn the fastest.  Cross your fingers for me and send me stretchy yarn thoughts!

Paraphernalia

 

I've finished the first sock and I'm just past the twisted ribbing edge for the second one.  I'm still loving this design with the single large cable.  The majority of the rounds are just a simple rib, but the cable crossings happen often enough that I don't get bored with the ribs.  In a way it reminds me of Rogue. (Remember that one from years ago?  Still a great design.)  Rogue has the same balance of simple with cables and you didn't get bored while you worked on it.  Thinking about Rogue, I should do another one in the cardigan version.  I need to finish these socks first though.

Almost a Sock

 

I did get some knitting done yesterday and I'm almost done with my first Paraphernalia sock.  I've started the toe decreases but didn't quite get finished by bedtime last night.  Since yesterday was the halfway point of the month (and this is my September Knit Something of the Month project), I'm pretty much on track to have them finished on time.  I just counted up and I've only got one more pair of socks after this one for the year.  The October and December projects are shawls.  I've really had fun with this little monthly project plan and I fully intend to do it again next year.  I've mostly stuck with the original yarns and patterns that I set aside back in December of last year (which is surprising as often as I change my mind).  I think alternating types of projects (socks and shawls) has helped keep me interested.  As far as actually busting my stash, I'm not sure the sock yarn box is any lighter than it was a year ago, but I did pull out and use some things that had been in it for a while.

Puppy Paraphernalia

 

As soon as I got out the camera this morning Logan bounced over to the fireplace and struck his pose.  Clearly he was wanting his picture taken.  Caleb even noticed how still he sits while he gets his picture taken with knitting (I got the picture early).  He's becoming such a good helper with knitting pictures!

This is the Paraphernalia sock for my September Knit Something of the Month project and I've finished the leg and have done the heel flap.  For some reason my brain says it's later in the month than it is and I'm panicking a bit on getting these done.  Then I look at the calendar and realize I still have more than half the month left to finish them.  Maybe I should just really knit on them until they're done.  I don't know why it feels like it's sometime later in the month, it just does.  It's the same feeling you get when it's actually Tuesday but it feels like Wednesday or Thursday, only instead of being off by a day or two, I'm missing a week or so.  Does this happen to anyone else or am I losing my mind?

September Knit Something of the Month

 

Since September has started, I've started working on my September Knit Something of the Month Project. This month is a sock month so I'm knitting Paraphernalia socks.  It's a free pattern and I think it has just the right amount of cables.  There is just one single big cable going down the outside of each leg and the rest of the sock is ribbed.  This means it's been a very fast sock (as you can see by how far I am already).  I'm using Socks That Rock Lightweight in Rosebud and the cables are popping nicely in the yarn.  I did change the cuff of the sock a bit - I just started in the K3, P1 rib that the main part of the sock uses, but I worked the knit stitches through the back loops.  This tightened up the edge a bit, but it still flows into the main pattern.  It's also biasing a bit right now, but I think that will disappear when I block them or when I wear them.  I had never seen this pattern before Camp Loopy and several people did it for their second project (cables).  I just loved the look of it and I'm so glad I found it because I'm really enjoying knitting it!

Logan's Big Day

Yesterday was big! Huge, I tell you, so Mommy said I could blog again today. We got a new roof yesterday and you would not believe the noise they made! Then, after Daddy left for work, one of our somethings called a smoke detector (do you think they have bacon detectors?) decided it needed new batteries. Mommy can't reach it without hauling out the ladder and really the roofers were making so much noise that it wasn't really bothering us that much so she decided to wait until Daddy got home. With all the noise and stuff going on, I suggested that we go to my friend Barclay's house. Mommy says it's actually Grandmommy and Big Daddy's house, but I know that Barclay is in charge. So I gathered up Mommy, with her string stuff, and Caleb with his Wii games and took them over to Barclay's house. It was pretty quiet over there.

I had a lot of fun there. I tried to show Barclay how to play by bouncing around at him, but Mommy says he's an older doggy and doesn't really like crazy puppy games. Also she thinks he's smaller than me, but I think her proportions are off. I mean he's like 20 pounds! That's huge! Mommy says I weigh about 80 pounds, so he's way bigger than me! (Mommy just reminded me that I don't know how to count past 3 since that's how many scoops of food I get in my bowl, so maybe I'm bigger than Barclay after all.) Anyway, I followed Barclay around a little bit and I shared his water bowl (he's nice that way, he lets me drink from his water bowl and also I used his backyard). Then I decided to try to figure out the Mystery of Barclay's House. You see Barclay's food bowl is on the floor by his water bowl. The mystery is, whose food bowls (they have two) are sitting on the window seat in the kitchen? And the even bigger mystery is why hasn't the food been eaten? Why has whoever just left it there? That's no way to treat food. (I'm not allowed to eat it, I've tried.) There is also a smell at Barclay's house of another animal besides Barclay and Grandmommy and Big Daddy, but I have yet to see this mysterious creature. I've done a little bit of looking for the creature before but I haven't had much time to look and I'm a little afraid it might be some blood thirsty, terrifying behemoth who might rip my throat out, you know, like a duck. I think the neglected food might belong to this animal. I started looking for the mystery creature and using my keen investigative skills I found that the scent was primarily located under the bed, but it disappeared into the darkness there.

After lunch, I was actually able to make contact though! Grandmommy was coming from the bedroom back to the kitchen where she and Mommy were doing the string things, so I went to check on her (Grandmommy) and see if she needed me to help her carry any bacon or anything, and there it was - the mystery creature! It came to me and we touched noses and it didn't try to kill me or anything, despite being at least four times my size (Mommy says we really have to do something about my sense of proportion). Mommy said it was Cinnamon, Grandmommy's Siamese kitty. The Cinnamon kitty thing was nice but he didn't let me give him a proper butt sniffing greeting. After we touched noses, he went back to the bedroom and I didn't see him again, but Mommy and Grandmommy told me what a good puppy I was to be so sweet to the Cinnamon kitty thing. I had finally found the mysterious creature who ignores it's food!

Completely tuckered out after all the drama of touching noses with the Cinnamon kitty thing, I soon fell asleep beside Mommy's chair. When I woke up, I sat up slowly and blinked and looked around - you know how it is when you wake up, it takes a minute before you're ready to get up and shake it all out and go. Well, before I could get awake enough to even stand up, I realized I was being watched! This wasn't the Cinnamon kitty thing either! It had green eyes and spots and when it saw my eyes were open, it growled and hissed at me! I did what any 80 pound Golden Retriever would do, I backed away slowly until I was hidden behind my Mommy. The bloodthirsty beast (not a duck, either) kept hissing and growling at me, so since I had Mommy protecting me, I barked at it several times. I mean, really its language was terrible. Mommy said it was the Shibori kitty thing. Shibori must mean Spotted Doom that Curses Like A Sailor because this thing was just cursing a blue streak. I don't speak kitty, but let me tell you, this thing was using seriously inappropriate language in front of my Mommy, so I just stayed hidden behind her and barked at it. The Shibori kitty thing finally left me alone and went away and I was just relieved to have survived the encounter! I mean the Shibori kitty thing was sneaking up on me while I slept! Can you imagine what would have happened if I hadn't woken up? I know, it just sends chills up your spine!

I'm glad to have solved the mystery of the food and the unidentified scent, but I hope I don't have nightmares about green eyes and spots! It was a very eventful day and even though we went home before the roofers finished, I just fell asleep like a rock.

Oh, Mommy says I have to give string stuff details, so Little Leaves, August Knit Something of the Month, finished last Friday, blah blah. I don't think it would protect against the Shibori kitty thing so I can't see what use it is. I'm checking into doggy kevlar later today.