Nice and cozy

It's cold here. Raining and yucky. I love it when it's like this on a weekend - snuggling up with my knitting, my furry babies and my tea (plus bad lifetime movies) make a great day. Here are my cute kitties all snuggled up on mom's lap. I know it's cold when Cocoa will share the lap with Otis.



And Otis can't be bothered with photo-shoots. He's too tired.


To keep hubbo's granddad's feet warm, I whipped up a pair of felted clogs.



Pattern: Felted Clogs from Fiber Trends
Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes - 3 balls red, 6 balls black.
Size: 13. Never again.
Needles: Sz 13 Clover bamboo circulars
Mods: none
Dates: summer sometime - December 6 2007. Felted December 8.
Thoughts: Sorry I didn't take a pre-felting picture - they were HUGE!


Since we're on a warm kick, I thought I'd share my warm gift ideas. the Felted Clogs are great, of course. Also nice and cozy are Hot water bottle covers (there are tons of different patterns), and Legwarms (also tons of patterns available).

On TV tonight - The Christmas Shoes, An Accidental Christmas, Santa Claus, A Christmas Carol, Holiday in Handcuffs (?), When Angels Come to Town and The Christmas Card. The girl and I are off to The Nutcracker though, so enjoy them for us - oh and the sock did get worked on at the movie last night - slowly but surely!

When cats attack

I did finish the book, and I won't talk about it here except to say that I thought it was great, and I'm about to reread it. I'm also very sad that the series is over - I know I can reread the books over and over again, as I have done so many times with other books, but it's just not the same as reading about new adventures. Sniff.

I haven't had a chance to take any knitting pictures, as we got another terrible thunderstorm last night, so today you get cats.





They have been enjoying having the dogs outside, and having various construction materials around to play in/on/around.



And apparently, Otis thinks it's too hot out, and needed to hide in the fridge.

No time to blog

I got my invite to Ravelry! Woo Hoo! This is so stinkin' cool! (Apologies to everyone who is still waiting, but let me assure you that it is soooooooooooooooooooooo worth the wait!)

For now, cute kitten pictures! The big kitty has decided that Otis is not harmful and they are actually getting along and play many games of "chase" when the dogs are outside. Yippee!

And the babies keep on coming

More babies (this time by two friends, Katy and Katie!) are en route (one may be here already), so more baby hats had to be knit



Pattern: Simple Baby Cap 2 from Itty Bitty Hats (this has become my go-to baby hat pattern - it's quick, it's easy, what more could you want?)
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Wool Cotton
Needles: Sz US 6 Circular and DPNs
Dates: late April to early May
Mods: none
Thoughts: What more is there to say? I'm particularly proud of my stash busting efforts - the second hat contains the leftovers from the first hat and from a hat I knit a few months back - woo hoo!


Otis is becoming very brave (although he is avoiding the back door - no more tree climbs for him!), and really wants to play with Cocoa. She, however, wants nothing to do with him, and hisses whenever he comes near. The dogs are really interested in chasing him, but he's avoiding the room whenever they are in it.

Cocoa welcomes spring

I love spring.


Birds to watch. Windows are open for prime bird stalking.


And the drooly ones are outside a lot, so I can order my slave to entertain me without fear of licks and chase scenes. Mwah!