No, my hands have not frozen off. Yet.

January 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am (Finished Items, Random babbling)

Well, that resolution to post more often was swiftly broken. Blame it on the chicken pox, cold weather, and crazy kids. Might as well, right?

I could blame it on this, but it’d be unfair as she’s only been here a few days and is currently keeping my lap nice and warm:

Ruby

The sweetly snoozing ball of fluff pictured here in no way resembles the kitten who zooms around the house with her tail held high, all puffed out, terrorizing the big kitties. They’re starting to warm up to her, and I think in a few days she’ll have made friends with Elvis and Kissa, at least. Max and Mimi will take longer.

On to the knitting.

I took a break from the sock frenzy to knit a soaker for a baby I’m quite excited about.

LTK Picky Pants!

This is yarn I spun from some of Scout’s roving in the Socktoberfest colorway. It’s merino, I didn’t love spinning it (in no way a commentary on Scout’s products - I just don’t like spinning merino, it turns out). The yarn is pretty inconsistent, but it knit up nicely. It’s Navajo plied, nice and sproingy, which made it very nice to knit with. And the way it striped on the legs? Totally made squee out loud. These pants made me want a baby for about 30 seconds, then I came to my senses and remembered that I can barely handle the kids I already have. Ah well.

There’s more, but the hour is late and tomorrow will be busy. Hopefully with lots of time for knitting and spinning, we’ll see.

7 Comments

  1. Amy said,

    January 22, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Awwwww….Ruby is so cute!

  2. Robin said,

    January 22, 2008 at 9:06 am

    They are so cute when they are young. ;)

  3. Deb said,

    January 22, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Dear Ruby - I am a new kitty too. I run and run and run and run. Then I curl up in a ball just like you. But not til late in the day. The big cat (they call him Tigger, I call him Mr. Crabby Cranky Pissy Pants) does NOT like me yet. I have a Girl who is 11. You have small kids - that would be so cool - ’specially if they chase you. I think you will like your new place cuz they probly have lots of the stuff called “Y A R N”. Trust me - it’s GOOD STUFF!
    Love, Sammy

  4. Deb said,

    January 22, 2008 at 11:40 am

    Fun! A new kitty! Ruby is very cute.

  5. Chris said,

    January 22, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Another new kitty!! Oh, I see Sammy has already left some kitty advice above…

  6. Kerry said,

    January 23, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    Congrats on the new little one! Maybe you can knit some soakers for her to compensate?

  7. knittymama said,

    January 26, 2008 at 9:44 am

    I’m not sure what’s cuter, the kitty or the soaker!