Ah, internet leeching

I'm back! Kinda. We still don't have internet. Argh. $50/month is a ripoff, even for high speed.

Anyway, a quick update while we wait for laundry to finish so we can get away from the wood glue fumes. I've been trying to knit a bit here and there, in between unpacking (or lack thereof) and trying to keep the kittens from breaking things. I did buy a book, though.



I had started getting some crap for reading Stitch'n'Bitch over and over so many times that the edges were totally going curly, so I decided it was time for a new book. Pretty patterns! This is the main one I'm digging right now:



I dunno, I've been kinda getting into the idea of skinny, decorative scarves lately. Maybe not the best idea for Minnesota winters, but we'll see. Anyway, I was thinking of sacrificing the pink variegated yarn I had in mind for fingerless gloves and donating it to this project. Here's a reminder. (Hint: it's the one on the right.)



I also started working on another scarf, because I got bored with the other projects I'm working on. Again. I kept starting and ripping and restarting and reripping because I couldn't decide what I wanted to do or what yarn I wanted to use. But, I finally settled on something I based off of the scarf book's cover pattern:



You can kinda see how it gets skinnier at times. The bf said it looked like Grover's paw at first, so I thought about calling it the Paw scarf or something, but I might actually make a scarf with paws on the end. Like, little mittens or fingerwarmers or whatever. We'll see.

Okay. So then I went back to Joann's to pick up yarn for the Clapotis hat.



So I was about to start it, and I started looking for an unoccupied row counter. No luck. After a quick head count, I realized that all four of them were stuck in the middle of projects. Yikes. Maybe I should finish something? So, I tried finishing my Knucks.



Look at that crap. Totally doesn't fit me from the thumb down. For the thumb gusset, the pattern says to decrease stitches every third row; but if I did every other row instead, that would eliminate seven rows, which I think would do the trick. So, eventually I'll rip it out back to the thumb join. But for now, I think it's hat starting time.

Oh, and I picked up some Red Heart today to use for cat beds. The kittens seem to like hiding when they sleep, which means they sleep on the floor under the futon. The poor things need a comfier spot. So, I'm trying to think of ideas for a bed with a roof that won't flop over. And something that will be big enough to grow with them, and allow them to cuddle together like they always do when they're not mauling each other.

Okay, I think that's all for now. My goal is to find more time to knit coming up... and to actually get internet, so I can get a website started.