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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

One Year Older.. One Sleeve Richer

I should be ashamed of myself.. I have no excuse for not blogging for so long.. I really can't even tell you why.. What I can tell you is that I haven't forgotten about you guys and I hope you still like me anyway..

Can I tempt you with a picture of my sleeve?



This is the sleeve I have completed.. but I have the second sleeve over half done.. it's nearly to the shoulder shaping.. I'm debating whether or not I want to backtrack and add an inch into it before I get to the shoulder (Yes.. this would mean undoing the shoulder on the first sleeve too) but I'm thinking that if I really need another inch I could just er.... block it into submission? I'm not sure on that.. I've never blocked wool before.. Any thoughts?

Another tempting tidbit is the fact that I've had another birthday recently (I'm 22 now!) and I got a very special gift..


His name is Alfred..


And he's bugging me right now.. lol.. He's about 10 weeks old now I think.. I'm not totally sure when he was born.. but he's seriously cute and very attached to me. I call him Alfie.

I want to make him a KittyPi.. which should be fun for a first leap into felting... I think it'll be a good Christmas vacation project unless I get to it before then. I haven't knitted around him yet so I don't know how he'll handle it.. but I refuse to allow him to run off with my yarn!

I kindof feel bad.. it's currently hunting season and I haven't even begun knitting my dad some hunting socks at ALL. He seems to really like avoiding the fact that I need to measure his feet to make a proper sock.. but theres always next year eh?

I go through little spurts of knitting.. then some time of non-knitting.. but I'm always thinking about it.. I even got to order the new Knitter's Companion book, which seems to really be as great as everyone says it is.

Alfie is waiting for me to lay down with him.. and I just can't refuse that face... so I'll try to write again soon.. especially before another month goes by.

To anyone still reading this: Thank you for putting up with me : )
-Kim-   9:56 PM
 


5 Comments:

Happy birthday! Alfie's really cute. 22? You're just a baby. hehe. Isn't it annoying when people say stuff like that?
AR, at 11/15/2006 9:12 AM  
Happy Birthday! What a sweet kitty. I used to have a black and white kitty named WHiskers because he had really long white whiskers against his black face...was he ever spunky!

Thanks for leaving me a quick note on my blog. I updated it post surgery if you want to see what I have or have not been up to hehe.

With the sleeve, you can usually block wool a bit larger, but the cables will make it pull in. You could try blocking the completed sleeve and see if it will stretch to where you want it before you add extra to the current sleeve.
Kim, at 11/15/2006 9:40 AM  
you posted! WOW =) Your sleeve looks really nice and you kitten is TOO cute. Some things can be blocked into submission
JustApril, at 11/15/2006 2:39 PM  
Happy Birthday! You sleeve looks really great.
Liz, at 11/15/2006 4:34 PM  
You're going to be done the jacket before long. Happy birthday and Alfie is the cutest! I have a soft spot for black and white cats :)
lobstah, at 11/16/2006 6:50 AM  

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