Knittin' and Lovin' It

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Today's one of those days.  I'm rushing around trying to get the few things taken care of before the movers get here tomorrow and trying really hard not to cry over my cat being gone.

She's still alive and well but we had to find her a new home.  We aren't allowed more then two pets in housing up in Montana.  We tried and tried to get them to budge but they said no.  I'm not sure if I can even begin to explain how much my heart is breaking right now nor can I express how "mad" I am at the housing office up there in Montana. 

We couldn't find her a home and we decided that we really didn't want a military family to take her.  I've seen to many pets dumped off at the pound with no cares when a set of order comes down and the military member doesn't want to deal with it.  Unfortunately not everyone views pets as family members.  We took her up to Emmett to a no kill animal shelter.  The ladies up there are great, they have a good vet and all the cats are well taken care of and happy.  Even if she never gets adopted she will have a home for the rest of her life.

So the agenda today is to stay as busy as possible. 

Here's the progress on my Twisted Flower Socks:



I decided to work a slip stitch heel instead of the patterned one.  I made this decision mostly to maintain my sanity and partly because I think the heel would irritate me in a pair of shoes.

I also joined in on Secret of the Stole which starts 5 Oct.  If I remember correctly they will be taking new members until 4 Oct then the group closes.  So if you want to join in on the fun, go sign up now.

I was trying to keep busy looking for the yarn for the stole.  I decided that I want to use Malabrigo's lace weight yarn, which has caused me to run into a brick wall.  The colors I want, I couldn't find online and of course there are no retailers listed in Idaho, Montana or Wyoming that sell Malabrigo, let alone their lace weight.  I found two colors at Kaleidoscope Yarns that will work.  I'm thinking of going with Cognac or Applewood.  After I get the yarn I'll need to hunt down some beeds.

A Few Updates

I'm going to make this fairly short.....it's late and I'm heading to bed.  :~)

I'm kickin' myself in the butt because I need a size 6, 16" circular needles to work Bree's dress so that's now going to have to wait till I order from Knit Picks again.  That'll teach me to not look before I order.  I got the yarn, I got the pattern, I have one of the two different 16" circs need for the dress.  Oh well, guess that means I'll be ordering needles this payday.  :~)

First, Kaity got a new haircut today.  It's now up to her shoulders, it's cute and she's very very proud of it.



Next up, Monkey Sunrise socks are done:



I'll be shipping these off to my mom here soon.  I love em, I know she loves em, and I have enough yarn left to make Bree her own Baby Monkey Sunrises. 

Finally, my SOS 07 socks have been started.  I give you, Eleanor's Irish Eyes. 



Sorry bout the crappity picture.  I promise to get a better one the next time.  I'm using the Eleanor pattern by Momma Monkey from Socktopia.  The yarn I'm using is Scarlet Fleece It's Tubular x2 sock yarn in the Irish Eyes colorway.  I bought this from Sheri a few months back.

Summer of Socks 2007

I've been searching far and wide for a pattern that grabs my interest that will go with the sock yarn I have for the first pair of socks for the Summer of Socks KAL.  You wouldn't think that would be too difficult with the amount of sock yarn that I have.  It took me two nights of hem-hawing over what I wanted to do.  So I've decided on one of Momma Monkey's patterns, Elenore...see what they look like here and get the pattern here.  I'm going to be using this.  I'm using my one and only skein of STR.

Since no post is complete with out a pic:

Look she really does smile!