Seal hunt in Canada

The other day when I went back to the 'homepage' on my computer which is http://www.ninemsn.com.au/ it has a picture of a beautiful baby seal. But the story didn't seem so beautiful, apparently it is baby seal clubbing time in Canada. Doesn't that make you sick to think about it. But what kind of people or men go out and club these little things to death, then go home, kiss the wife as nothing has happened. Are they really 'killers' in disguise???

When you think about some of the awful things we do to animials, some justify it as 'we have to eat', and I know how some in the world think about how the aussies 'mulesing the sheep' to keep the blowflys away from them, how awful that seems, but sometimes we have to do unhumane things to be humane. The same could be said about the clubbing of baby seals. Do you really want to wear that seal fur coat or those Prada shoes?

Could these people go out and club their own babies, then skin them, sometimes alive. Well you would have to wonder.

If you feel strongly about this issue of killing baby seals you can go to the websites below and see what they do with the skins.

Do we ever think that the cow, pig or sheep that is sent off to be killed just so we can eat meat is a nice way for them to die, and you know I really think they know what is going to happen to them. You just have to look at them in the trucks or even if lucky enough look into there eyes, and you will see that they do know their outcome. (no I am not vegetarian - I like to eat all types of meat/seafood etc). How would we feel if that was us - we would shit ourselves.

But hey, the kill must be fun, as these people just keep on returning each year to club these baby seals. Maybe we should campaign them to knit instead, that might not work as do we really think these men would feel like men if they were knitting instead of clubbing seals.

Which ever way we look at it, we justify it by saying we do it do survive, and we are carnivores after all.

I shall get off my soap box now and I am going to check out the websites below and see what they say.

'Please visit Canadian Seal Hunt to learn about how companies like Costco sell seal oil capsules. Also learn about these companies who manufacture products from dead baby seals: Prada, Pajar, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Birger Christensen, Versace, and Vogue Furriers. Also learn about why you should boycott these sea food restaurants Red Lobster, & Long John's Silvers.'

Is there a reason why these baby seals have to be killed, are they a pest in the ice area????

I will have to look into this more and decide then, but at the moment I am feeling pretty disgusted about what is happening.

What are little girls made of? that is all I know of this......

A short post to say how excited I am, I was so excited last December when my first born told me he was going to be a dad. I have something else to be excited about now, and I can now knit the appropriate colour. This baby Girl is due on 8 August, yes it's a girl!

They are so happy about it, they both didn't care if it was a girl or a boy, and things seem to be going along nicely. They have her name picked out already, it seems a bit weird knowing this early, but in a way it is good as now we can buy, knit, sew for a girl instead of having to use the basic lemon, white or mint green so it will be useful for a boy or girl we can go mad on all the girly colours.

Do you think buying her a tonka truck will be a bit over the top? I am use to boys, can't you tell.

I watched the dvd of the ultrasound this afternoon after they got back from having it done, it is a bit clearer than when I went with them at 13 weeks, this is now 19.5 weeks. They sat there showing me what was what as I couldn't always see what was what, if you know what I mean. Sometimes the picture looked clear then it goes all a bit fuzzy.

De-stashing along is making slow progress

I am still knitting through my stash. I did however buy some yarn this week. 2ply pure baby wool to knit a baby shawl. It is coming along nicely after so many attempts to try and get 10 stitches on 3 needles without twisting. Finally success, it is really a nice knit and so much fun seeing as who it is for.

Easter we are off to The Rock to visit with friends, I love going there, too hot in summer and very cold in winter, but I just love the place. I bought some kitchen towels a long while back to make my friend some hand towels with knitted tops for her kitchen, I finally got around to making them as we will be seeing them in a couple of weeks. It only took a sunday afternoon and night of knitting to start and finish off the 4 hand towels, they look so nice. I have also done one for my kitchen with black tops, which look great in my kitchen. (no photos yet)

I finished off two WIP's, a baby jumper and baby cardigan both in thick yarn, very nice. One for a boy and one for a girl. I am cleaning up my yarn off the floor and found 6 large balls of baby yarn, 2 lemon, 2 blue variegated and 2 pink variegated, I had been looking at home for yarn to knit for babies and couldn't find any, it is amazing what you find when cleaning up things.