Wendy Knits

Lucy looks all partied out, doesn’t she?

I hope you all had a nice New Year’s celebration. I rang out the old year and rang in the new knitting on Abalone — I’m into the pattern a bit — see?

So far so good! Not a difficult fair isle, as Starmore fair isles go. But a pretty one, I think. And enjoyable to knit.

I don’t have much to say today, but I wanted to show you the Abalone progress. And I wanted to answer the comment from a couple of days ago looking for the kitty bed pattern. You can find it here.

For the benefit of new readers: you can find my main knitting page from the link in my sidebar under “My Knitting Gallery.” Links to all my knitting stuff are on that page.

Time to go back to bed . . .

You know how it goes. You’re bored with everything.

I was three-quarters done with the first sleeve of the Big Kureyon pullover (the body’s complete) when I was overcome by ennui. Bleah.

The sweater’s way cute, but I needed a small gauge fix and fast!

So I wound some of my Jamieson’s into balls.

And cast on for Abalone.

Aaaaah!

I have no self-restraint.

But I feel much better now. I spent last night in a tequila fog, knitting the bottom band in two-color garter stitch. By the way, a lot of tequila makes two-color garter stitch a lot less painful.

Does Lucy Really Like Her Kitty Beds?

You bet your sweet bippy she does. I don’t have to entice her to get into one of her new beds — she’s quite happy snuggling up for a nap herself. She still sleeps in my lap while I’m knitting, but now she divides her time between lap and kitty beds.

Hat Blocker

In answer to a question in my blog, I bought the 4 quart Rubbermaid container at Linens ‘n Things.

Another Comment Question

Have you ever suffered through times when you’ve been physically unable to knit/craft, and, if so, how have you kept yourself sane during that period!?

No . . . not really. In 1994 I was in an accident that crushed my right leg and for a couple of weeks I didn’t knit. But I didn’t do anything else, either — I was on serious pain meds and copuldn’t even focus enough to watch television. I spent my days staring out the window.

But as soon as the pain diminished, I was knitting. Fortunately, I’ve never had an injury that left me physically unable to knit.

Long may that continue!

So . . . can anyone guess what my Christmas yarn is destined to become?

That’s a big box o’ Jamiesons shetland jumperweight, if you need a hint!

A Good Holiday Was Had By All

Lucy got a catnip “Boogie Mat.”

Ian got Maximilian. You can see how thrilled he is with it!

No, he’s just making faces — he really does like it. Here’s another photo.

Ian and I discovered that we got each other an identical present:

Not exactly the Gift of the Magi, but we thought it was pretty funny!

And There Was Knitting!

I finished the kitty bed knitted from the Cherry Tree Hill yarn on Christmas Day.

Felted it that night, and it was ready for Lucy on Boxing Day.

Judging from the look in her face, I bet Lucy is thinking, “How many of these stupid beds is Mommy going to make me that I’m going to have to pretend that I like?”

Well, maybe not.

The Cherry Tree Hill bed is now in the living room and the Kureyon bed is in the bedroom.

Also on Boxing Day, Ian and I went to the Auto Show, where Ian met a celebrity!

A lot more knitting went on, but I’ll save that for tomorrow’s blog. I made another bucket hat on Saturday and I found The Perfect Bucket Hat Blocker. I also started a fun bulky knit pullover that I’m making up as I go along.

So come back tomorrow and read all about it!

Have a great Monday everyone! I’m off work for the whole week, so I am likely to have a better Monday than usual.