Sunday, November 24, 2013

Ok, sucked it up

and finished the man Christmas sock.....
no pics, it IS a present after all....but they're BOTH done and put away.
YEAH!!

It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be....it never is.

Next up.....after rooting through the stash a bit, I found a cute little shawl made with some nice, squishy mad tosh. I think I deserve some nice mad tosh knitting after that......

I'll leave you with  a pic of miss kitty, who has entered her rebellious teen aged phase, and woke me up at 4am by standing on my head. Anyone need an extra cat??

Sunday, November 17, 2013

has anyone seen my motivation??

It seems to be missing.......Yes, I still have ONE Christmas man sock to finish and some slippers to knit and felt. Think I can do it? Think I wanna do it?   not so much.....don't know why, just don't.
It's pouring rain today, though, and the stew is in the crock pot. I think I'll suck it up and finish the sock (gotta start it first)

Maybe I'll feel better when it'sdone....

This week, I worked on the blankie  bit, nothing to see though.

OK!!!Off to sock!!

I'll leave you with a pic of sweet baby Yogi. He turned 3 just recently......time flies.....

Sunday, November 10, 2013

cat house

This week, I decided to make our little kitty criminal a new house. She loves to burrow into the towels while we're taking a shower, so we thought she'd like her own little cat cave.....
We were right

 
I was pretty proud of myself.....this was knit with some stuff in the stash that I had bought at a yard sale about a million years ago. It was originally intended to be some kind of afghan. It felted up like a dream, and I think it turned out pretty darned good, so does miss kitty.
 
Next week, back to Christmas knitting. I'm inspired by my felting success, so I think there's going to be some slippers in my future.

Sunday, November 03, 2013

plugging away at the blankie.....

yesterday was a dark and stormy day here, so the only activity, aside from making chili, was knitting on the blankie and watching movies. It's making some nice progress, nothing much new to see, though.....

We also went to a craft fair/bazaar and bought miss kitty her very own catnip mouse, after which, chaos abounded. This morning, the cats are all lying around, wasted, and the mouse is no where to be found.....

I also have to take a moment to rant, just a bit......When did the day after Halloween become Christmas???????
I went out to run some errands on Friday, only to find that we had jumped into some kind of time warp continuum that took us straight to Christmas! decorated trees, Christmas carols and all. YIKES!!! I know it's a shorter shopping time this year, but honestly......At least when I worked retail, about 100 years ago, we weren't allowed to put up Christmas stuff until the day after thanksgiving, and,  honestly, that was bad enough. It gave me a lifetime case of Bah-humbug. So, let's put the Christmas stuff away for a bit and have thanksgiving first, OK????

And while I'm on it.....I HATE spring ahead and fall back! Almost enough to consider moving to Hawaii or Arizona!!!!

Ok, rant over......
we will now return you to your regular programming......