Rip out or not rip out?

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I finally finished this first camel-hair yarn section of the scarf and started the next section with qiviut, and the feel is so dramatically different that now I'm not sure I shouldn't rip out the camel yarn and not use it. Yes, the swatch did soften up some once it was washed, but compared to the other yarns, it's really--well, icky. My other option, I guess, would be to knit in and bind off with some waste yarn, and wash the 3 sections I have and see what I get. If it turns out all right, I could rip out the waste yarn, pick up with the quiviut, and carry on; if it was still icky, I could rip out the waste yarn and the camel yarn and go to Plan B.

Which is--well, I could either knit on with what I have, OR use this baby alpaca/silk blend yarn I have that's a fairly nasty shade of pastel burnt orange (think old-fashioned baby aspirin--maybe that's why I don't like it!), OR take some of my cat-sitting money and order something from Elann.com. I'm thinking of their baby alpaca/silk blend, camel-colored ("mocha cream"). It wouldn't take much--2, maybe 3 skeins. About $9 plus shipping.

Hmmm. I'll have to think it over.

Oh. Timber has hit the experimental stage with the back-foot targeting: he gets clicked for the back foot, then turns around and deliberately puts his front feet on the cookie sheet. When he doesn't get a click, he steps forward until his back feet are on it. My take on this is that he's trying to decide what, exactly, he's getting a click for. "This? No. Okay, how about this?" And Taenzer several times stepped sideways to get onto the cookie sheet rather than circling around and walking over it. She also is pivoting on the foot planted on the cookie sheet to get her treats, rather than stepping off. Both things make me think she's getting the idea. Neither of them has walked up and plopped a back foot directly onto the cookie sheet in any way that looks deliberate, but I think they're both headed in that direction. I'm also working on "stand" with them--just stand still, don't move your feet or sit down or lie down--and am thinking of trying to teach them to target my hand with a hip or shoulder (more body awareness).