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Our lovely Kim rides horses. I am sure there is a better way to say that; a fancier horse word…but for lack of fancy horseperson vocabulary…she rides horses.
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She boards a horse at a place (again…I am sure there is a term) in Wisconsin. This place, like many of these type of places, has random animals roaming around. Peacocks, dogs, and barn cats tend to be the typical menagerie.
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The newest addition to this group is a squat little piglet named Gertie. I mean for real! How cute? sorry for the quality of the image, but I insisted Kim immediately email me the photos she had on her phone so I could blog about it. I’ll have her take some real pics next time.
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Maggie, Angel and Gertie
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Here Gertie is with Maggie and Angel…her barn friends. Maggie is a 12 year old black lab, I have been told she is the grand lady of the barn. Angel is the cat; a friendly girl most times. However, Angel hasn’t quite warmed up to to little Gertie yet. Gertie sure seems to have warmed up to Maggie though.
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Maggie and Gertie
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Anyway, Kim has decided that Gertie needs a new sweater. The navy blue one just isn’t cutting it. So, she’s knitting a sweater for a pig!
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After giggling a while about it, we started to research.
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As we expected, there are plenty of Ravelers that have knit animals things, but did you know there is a whole tumblr page devoted to animals in sweaters? I didn’t even attempt to search Pinterest for fear I might never set up from the computer. That darn time sucking website:)
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We found tons of things to giggle about.
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ahartacres on Flckr took this pic of a goat in a sweater
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Joy Shepler on Flickr crocheted this one for a turtle
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tifotter on Flickr with an iquana?
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Sweater for a rat? ashleyjuliette22 on Flickr hummmm???
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Kim is leaning toward the little black dress for the piggie…the pattern is here on the designers blog…halfway down the page.
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Little Black Dress Dog
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We’ll keep you updated on the progress of Gertie’s wardrobe. Have you knit an animal a sweater? We MUST know!
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