Fee, fi, FOs, fum…

Scout’s having a contest! Caption the picture before Friday and the caption that makes her laugh hardest will win something from her shop.

Bloglines is wonky again – it took 23 hours for my RSS feed from yesterday to update. Grrrr. And I’m sure the only reason I almost (well, within 40 posts) caught up in bloglines yesterday was because it wasn’t updating.

May is doing great!! Her incision is less than 1/2″ long and she doesn’t have any stitches – looks like they used surgical glue maybe?! Chaos is getting over himself and isn’t hissing at her (much) now.

You may not remember, but this is, ostensibly and occasionally, a knitting blog. (I’ll pause to let you recover.) That said, I’ve actually knitted a few things (besides bibs!) recently.

I finished my luridly striping socks over the weekend – 63g of Kona fingering went a bit further than I expected, especially considering my size 11 feet.

“I know that if I look directly at those socks, I’ll probably go blind.” -M

The extra yarn is to the left – I knit each sock toe-up from opposite ends of the ball to make sure I used as much yarn as possible. Interestingly, while one sock had a pink toe and the other a black toe, due to quite a bit of variation in my warping board technique (my stripes weren’t consistent), both socks ended at the exact same spot in the colorway. (Please note that this picture was taken before May’s surgery, when she had a furry tummy…)

Several weeks ago, I knitted a narrow arrowhead lace scarf that I hoped to use at work, when I wear my hair up and my neck gets chilly. I knit this with my not-Rhinebeck La Lana Phat Silk. Unfortunately, my picky neck found this merino-silk blend too scratchy. Right now Jeanne is testing it around her own neck. I was so annoyed, I didn’t take a final picture of this after blocking/ironing (the ironing really made the silk shine).

“Could you work this into a cat bed for me maybe? With a little cashmere, too? I don’t have any fur on my tummy anymore and it’s chilly!” -M

39 thoughts on “Fee, fi, FOs, fum…”

  1. Where’s the warning to put sunglasses on before we get to the picture?

    Definitely! Some super soft cashmere to keep her tummy warm outside and fresh, grilled salmon for inside.

  2. Oooh if it is too scratchy for Jeanne… 🙂

    I love those stripey socks – they are brilliant! I’ve just scrolled through your blog to get Christmas present ideas for people 🙂

  3. Ick…I hate itchy wool…even more so when I’m tricked into thinking it’s soft in the ball. Grrrrr! I hope Jeanna likes it though…its so pretty!

  4. Glad May’s doing well. Our cats are the same – if one is gone for even just one day, they think it’s back to the good ol’ days when they were the only child… then they’re all put out when the prodigal cat comes home again!

    The scarf is so pretty – but you’re right, life’s too short to wear scratchy stuff.

  5. From Tigger: “Damn, May is out of the mating pictures for me…oh wait. I can’t mate either. Well, get better soon little black kitty.”

  6. Nice FOs! Amazing socks (for colourway too) – and such a teensy bit of yarn left! May looks much happier – sorry to hear about your scarf not working out, does Jeanne get an early Christmas present? 😉

  7. I love those socks! Luridly striped, indeed.

    Glad to hear Mayhem is feeling better and smelling less vet-like. I think she *needs* a kitty bed. Maybe not one knit out of lace though.

  8. Oh wow! You knit? 😉

    Nice socks! That’s too bad about the scarf. It’s really nice. I know what you mean though. Stuff around my neck bothers me more than anywhere else.

    Glad to hear May is doing so well.

  9. LOVE those socks! So super cute!

    I’m so very annoyed with Bloglines right now. I swear there’s one teenager who’s doing the updates – just whenever he/she feels like it! And then they “update” posts that are already read. What’s the point if you don’t update on a timely basis and you re-update old material? UGH!

  10. You and Syd look the same from the back (with just different color hair) and your feet look alike.

    You’re also smart, funny and you both make me smile.

    Could you be twin sisters of differnt mothers.

  11. Great socks! That’s too bad about the scratchy scarf because the colors are beautiful. Hand Maiden makes a cashmere-silk blend you could use for the cat bed. I’m sure May would like that. Although I bet she is softer than any silk.

  12. What is the point of dull socks? Socks were meant to show personality and those ones are right up there on the richter scale of personality…. Glad that May is doing well. Did I see you are the wheel of fortune? Me too!

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