No Rest for the Winter-Weary

7:30 pm EST

Yeah. Does it look like spring to you? And two hours later it's still coming down. Feh.



Log Cabin-ing, Continued

Unfinished as it is, the Log Cabin baby blanket passes the Emma test. Then again, what hand-knit doesn't pass the cat test? Unless, of course, you knit them a cat bed.

All I have left to finish is a final bit of the border, then seam the two halves together. It'll be about 33 x 40 inches (84 x 102 cm) when it's done. The baby is already 9 months old, so I wanted it to be fairly good-sized.

And New Socks on the Needles

I was getting so tired of working on the blanket that I started a pair of socks for myself last night. The yarn is the luscious Bearfoot, a hand-painted 60% superwash wool-25% mohair-15% nylon from Mountain Colors in a colorway called Wilderness. It's gorgeous, and was a gift from my dear friend Beth (whom I'll be seeing tomorrow night and Saturday -- that should be a nice and much-needed pick-me-up).

I'm going to try using Charlene Schurch's Sensational Knitted Socks. I like the book, I just haven't used it yet. The pattern is a simple Slipped-Stitch Rib, so hopefully it'll go smoothly. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, please pray for spring, or my head just might explode.

My First Handpun Sweater, with Chickens

An Actual Handspun FO

So I finished the mini-cardi from Fitted Knits. I'm very excited, because it's the first sweater I've knit from my own handspun. It's even more special because the fiber was hand-dyed by my friend mysticleeme.

I started the sweater in mid-February, so it took me about a month. Not bad, considering.

I only had gold buttons, so (don't tell anyone) I painted them with red and purple nail polish. It's enamel, right? Now they match.

I like the details a lot.



With Chickens

We ended up having 4 or 5 inches (11 cm) of snow on Friday, but it's melting off and the chickens came out today.

Mr. O'Kitten was feeding them stale bread, and they were very excited.



And Cats

Every day is a snow day for cats. They love to sleep on the hats and scarves and gloves we toss on the kitchen table.

That lazy face of Emma's deserved a close-up.

And a WIP
Log cabin baby blanket is coming along. Guess that's one good thing about snow days--lots of time to knit.

Coming (un)Raveled

Happy @%$#ing Spring


First day of spring and it's snowing. About two inches so far. I'll spare you the invective. But I am not pleased.

These are old photos, but it basically looked like this at about 3 pm. There's more snow now, covering most of the ground and the deck. Ugh.



Ravelry Revelry

The good news is that I've finally wasted some time on Ravelry. What fun. My username is okitten and I put up some photos of things. If you knit or crochet and aren't on Ravelry, it really is A Cool Thing. The waiting list is moving really quickly now and Ravelry is awesome in many ways so you may want to go and check it out.

Besides, I rather suspect that it's where all the cool kids are hanging out nowadays.