Sunset Cat

….is (hopefully) felting in the washing machine as I type this.
I used the Tunis sheep wool I’d spun (hated that wool, it was sticky and I think old and it was VERY DIFFICULT to spin), some of the brown Corriedale, various commercially spun wool odds and ends, and a little of the Icelandic handspun left [...]

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Lady Eleanor, unblocked and without fringe — just did the last tier of triangles this evening.

Curtis’s scarf (modification of the Irish Hiking Scarf, in Handpainted Yarn’s Merino (same company that does Malabrigo).

Felted laptop sleeve, open and closed. I may do some sort of straps to keep it fastened….not sure yet.

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Bag’s in the washer! Unfortunately I skipped a before pic; will add an after felting pic later. I’ll probably finish Curtis’ scarf this weekend.
I’ve planned my morning to keep me busy: pedicure (done!), breakfast at the bagel shop (ongoing as I type — my first laptop — dell xps m1210, love [...]

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…though this one I’m thinking will be done shortly. It’s just a felted laptop sleeve for my new laptop. I’m roughly basing it on the pattern for the small messenger bag in Knitty (summer ‘05? will post the link) except I’ve made it a little bigger (100 stitches total per round) and [...]

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This evening a couple brought in a redtail hawk they’d seen crash. He was sooooo gorgeous. The rehabber came & picked him up for nursing care. It’s been a long time since I’ve worked with raptors (really not since school), so I was more excited than helpful. But at least we [...]

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I finally got my PDA (broken by Dave over Christmas) back this week. It’s an HP IPaq 4355 and I really really like it. In the short time I had it I put so much stuff on it — my mileage log, copies of contracts, my relief schedule, contact numbers for all the [...]

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