For some reason the winter is really wearing on me this year. It's our fourth winter in Michigan, and this past week it's been -6 degrees (-21 C), the wind has been gusting up to 40 mph (65 km per hour), and we've had well over a foot (30 cm) of snow dumped on us.
Mr. O'Kitten says he's not minding it so much. He recently extolled the virtues of the G.I. Joes of his childhood, and built them a snowscape on our deck with bridges and a long ski slope. Here are his photos:
Crimson Guard
Snake Eyes draws his weapon
Crimson Guard and Snake Eyes on the slope
Crimson Guard crossing a snow bridge
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice, I've begun knitting myself something with the handspun of that 'Shannah Rocks' colorway I've been so excited about. The pattern is a mini cardi from Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits. More on this to come.
The funny pics of GI Joe were quite inspired...perhaps a calender or greeting cards for the troops would be well received? I have another braid of the Shannah Rocks dye batch I'll hold for you in case you need it. Very nice picture of it knitted.
"One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it--it was the black kitten's fault entirely." (L. Carroll, Through the Looking Glass)
I'm Yankee-Born and Southern-Raised, which makes me kind of Southern Gothic (in the old literary sense of the word). After 15 years in the Big Apple, I spent 4 years on a farm in Michigan raising chickens and llamas and learning to spin, knit, and needle-felt. Now I'm back home in NYC with my much-beloved spouse and one crazy tortiseshell cat. You can also find me on Ravelry.com as okitten.
4 comments:
Stir craziness abounds this winter. Is it spring yet?!
Too cold, too snowy, too much!
And so long until spring.
Well, on that happy note...
The G.I Joes, too funny. Men are boys forever, aren't they?
I'm having a hard time this winter, too. Fortunately, the seed catalogs have arrived! :-)
I love how your handspun is knitting up. It's beautiful!
The funny pics of GI Joe were quite inspired...perhaps a calender or greeting cards for the troops would be well received? I have another braid of the Shannah Rocks dye batch I'll hold for you in case you need it. Very nice picture of it knitted.
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