Fiber Jewels Row Counter

The only thing that is keeping me sane and on track with the cables on my vest is this neat row counter from Fiber Jewels .  It has rings that slip over the knitting needle and numbers to keep track of your rows. There is also a bead on a lobster claw catch to either count rows over 10, or to keep track of a different pattern. This is very nice for this vest which has two different cables that cross of different rows. The lady who makes these is making me one with extra lobster claws/beads so I can track an even more complicated design.  She sells on etsy.com which is sort of like ebay, but just for handcrafted items.

This is my new row counter before the lobster claws are added

On the bird front we have bad news and good news. The bad news is that the bad mother hen (the cuckoo maran) when nuts and killed one, maybe two, of the white dorking chicks. We are just sick. We took her chicks away from her and tossed her back with the main flock. The dark brahma has adopted one and the silkie has the other. The brahma is still setting on eggs but we have about given up on any more hatching.

And for the good news, the hummingbirds have arrived.