Sunday, November 26, 2006

Bad Kitty! (now with socks)

There's another little story about Thanksgiving that I meant to tell you, and it kind of involves knitting. As I mentioned in the previous entry we were doing a lot of baking. In between steps I went out to the couch to sit down for a minute and started knitting on my socks. My friend was talking to her cousin on the phone. Moments later I heard a huge crash.

Turns out that Java had jumped up on the hood of the fish tank, as she does occasionally, and somehow caused the whole hood - including the light - to fall into the tank. I looked up to see a wet cat rocketing out of the fish tank and the light on underwater. I flung my knitting aside, pulled all the plugs out of the wall, and proceeded to pull the dripping wet light fixture out of the tank. There was water splashed halfway up my living room wall.

The mug shot:



Don't be fooled by those innocent eyes.

In other news... Socks #39 this year (#45 ever) have been finished! These are the socks from the story above as well.



Yarn: Austermann Step (with jojoba and aloe!)
Started: 11/13/06
Finished: 11/25/06

The yarn itself reminds me a bit of Regia or Opal, but there is definitely a different feeling from the aloe and jojoba. I told some friends it felt a little slimy, although I'm not sure that's the right word. More like you just put lotion on. I'm excited to wear them and see how they feel on my feet!

In other sock news, after one wear (during which it turned the inside of my shoes slightly green) and wash the Fearless Fibers yarn is quite fuzzy. Those socks look almost the same as a pair in Patons Kroy that's a year old. Too bad, because I really like some of the colors.

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love those socks....are they handwash, flat to dry. The colors are perfect!

6:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I wonder if she'll ever jump into the fish tank again.

10:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oooh. Poor kitty. Still... Awesome socks! I love them. 45th pair, huh? Wow.

3:12 PM  
Blogger Bonnie said...

Poor kitty cat. She looks remorseful to me. But I know what great actors they can be.

About Fearless Fibers--did it get fuzzy after only a single hand wash? I ask because I have a skein that I'm trying to decide what to do with--socks or a small lace shawl. If it's not going to hold up well for socks, I won't use it for them (after all, it's not the only sock yarn in my stash).

8:33 AM  
Blogger javede said...

Nice sock yarn ;-)
Do tell us how they wear cause I'm tempted to buy myself some(like the stripyness of it).

11:07 PM  

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    4-ply Soft
    A Piece of Vermont*
    Alpafina
    Artsygal*
    Artyarns Supermerino*
    Austermann Step
    BMFA Sock Candy*
    Black Bunny Fibers*
    Brown Sheep Naturespun Sport
    Chinese Mystery sock yarn
    Claudia's Handpaints
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    handspun
    Inspinknity*
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    JKnits*
    Jojoland Melody
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    Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock*
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    Nature's Palette
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    Peru DK
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    Sockotta
    Socks That Rock*
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    Stitch Jones
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    Three Fates Cauldron Sock*
    TOFUtsies
    Trekking*
    Wick
    Wildfoote*
    Wollmeise*
    Wool Ease
    Yarn Pirate*

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    Ancient Threads
    Apple Laine
    Araucania Ranco
    Artyarns Ultramerino
    Autumn House Farm
    Baby Ull
    Ball and Skein
    Baywood Yarns
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    Brooklyn Handspun
    Cavyshops Handpaint
    C*eye*ber Fiber
    Cervinia Calzetteria
    CTH Superglitz
    Chasing Rainbows Dyeworks
    Chewy Spaghetti
    Classic Elite Alpaca Sox
    Colinette Cadenza
    Colinette Jitterbug
    Country Classic Yarn for Sox
    Crash Into Ewe
    Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop
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    Fleece Artist
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    Fortissima
    French Hill Farm
    Froehlich Blauband
    Fyberspates
    geeyouknit!
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    Great Adirondack Soxie
    Greenwood Fiberworks
    Jaeger Matchmaker
    Jarbo Mini Raggi
    Jawoll
    Jawoll Cotton
    Just Our Yarn
    Knit Purl Natural Collection
    Kona Superwash
    KP Dancing
    KP Essential Tweed
    Lime & Violet
    Lisa Souza
    Louet Gems Pearl
    Luxe
    Mama Llama
    Merlin the Cat
    Meilenweit Cotton
    Meilenweit Trend
    Mind's Eye Merino/Tencel
    Mirasol Hacho
    Misty Mountain Farm
    The Natural Dye Studio
    Neighborhood Fiber Company
    Over the Rainbow Twinkletoes
    Peterle
    Pigeon Roof Studios
    Pine Woods
    Posh Yarn Lucia
    Prism Saki
    Pucker Brush Farm
    Regia Surf
    Reynolds Swizzle
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    Rio De La Plata
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    Roz Houseknecht
    Schaefer Anne
    Scout's Swag
    Sheep Shop Wensleydale
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    Spirit Trail Fiberworks
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    The Woolen Rabbit
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