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Ages and ages ago, KnitNZu sent me a little thank you package with a cute little bag she made (very handy for carrying knitting miscellania), as well as some black and purple cotton yarn and an amusing card. Thank you, KnitNZu!
“That card is so right. Big kitty and I will have to get that Dealing with Difficult Owners book.” -M
Blogless Jan decided I needed some cheering up and she sure knows how to manage that!
“Mayhem! Bring back Feathers McGraw!” -me
*mumble* -M
Please note that no penguins were hurt in the previous escapade – Feathers McGraw was rescued before coming to harm. Jan also sent some lovely pictures of her cat Merry, a gluten-free brownie mix (yum!), and a very cute little sheep purse. Thank you, Jan – you definitely brought a smile to my face!
I’ve also picked up some yarn recently… (I’n sure Marina’s saying “I knew it!”) Hmm, maybe this isn’t the best picture of my acquisitions…
“Stand back, May. This is work for an experienced yarn sniffer.” -C
“Whatever, big kitty.” -M
I guess this picture is a little better… From the top left, a skein of Seacoast Merino Sock, Coal and Fire, from Yarn4Socks. May’s head is mostly obstructing a lovely skein of purple superwash bluefaced leicester from Maeve at Knitting Musings (Maeve has a much better picture, with no feline obstructions – Cricket must be slacking off!). On the bottom, Regia Crazy Colors in Passion and Regia Nation Colors in Fun Nation (both from Yarn4Socks). (Yes, yes, I know I’ve already knit a pair of socks from Fun Nation. What can I say? I’m a sucker for those wide stripes…)
“Ha – I can sniff yarn just as well as the big kitty. In fact, I’m sure I do it with more panache and definitely with more tail!” -M
May’s get some sass on her!
Nice acquisitions, and nice gifties too! That purse is so cute.
Hee hee.. looks like May has a thing for penguins! My kittie likes to steal tiny lego men from my son’s pirate ships… very sneaky. I love the yarns!
Of course May went right for the poultry. I guess you’re lucky she doesn’t like lamb!
The colourful, bright yarn is really nice…it looks like, almost rasta-ish, you know? What will you create with it?
That purse is too funny!
Yarn! Yarn is good for what ails you.
Chris- I forgot, I have those little figures somewhere. Really cute.
It must be spring, there’s sock yarn all over blogland.
awww such cute little figurines 🙂 how awesome!
Yummy yarn too
Since you’re a mind reader, what am I thinking now that I’ve seen your purchases 😉
That purse is just too cute!
Argh! Where are you finding that rainbow striped yarn! My LYS has 1 ball. 1 stinkin’ ball. And they won’t order more for me.
Hehe, I’m bidding on an identical W&G toy set on ebay. That sheep purse has the cutest eyes!
Nice stuff! I am so looking forward to using my skeins of Seacoast; they feel oh, so nice.
Lucky you! Love it all, especially the little sheep purse.
You need one of those vertical hanging racks for displaying your yarn there. Can’t see the pretty stuff past the kitty tails.
Meilenwits look great.Love the new wools you bought
I am SO releived that Feathers McGraw was rescued! Whew!
What fun stuff you have there. That sheep purse is a riot! The bluefaced leicester yarn is gorgeous.
The sheep purse cracks me up, too funny!
Thanks for the tip on kitchener, I’ll have to look that one up! 🙂
oooh, I’ve never seen the seacoast before! Now I’m in trouble!
ROFLOL!
Ah, May, yes definitely with more tail, but Chaos has much more experience – his finesse makes up for your over-exuberance!
(Great haul Chris! Love the yarns…)
(((hugs)))
Yep, that yarn is definitely me! I’ve got to get myself some. I love the pink Regia too. I have some of that waiting to be knit in something other than an eyeglass cover.
How nice of Jan! Excellent gifts and yarn (what we can see of it!). May certainly keeps busy. Come to think of it, it is usually Chaos we see asleep and May getting into, well, mayhem.
I noticed another gluten free bakery in Eagan – on Cliff Road.
Chaos and May should be doing search and rescue work with all of that sniffing! Maybe you could have the first gang of scent tracking cats? 🙂
My wife made catnip socks for our cats, now they go apeshit at all hours. I’m thinking of putting some yarn out and just see what they come up with in their little catnip den (aka our entire house)
I love that he came over and swiped one in the middle of your picture taking! Or was it a setup? Because sometimes I leave food on the table and then hide around the corner to see if my dogs will try and eat it. If they do I jump out and yell “NO!” Because how am I supposed to train them what not to do if I’m not around to see them do it? Right?
What great presents! Oh & your new yarn haul is really fun too!!
Wow that’s some great cheering up. And I recognize that sheep purse, I have the same sheep but stuffed and I bought it in Ireland! I wonder where I put the thing, I had to hide all my stuffed animals from ABner as he thinks they are all snugglies to be destroyed.
Love the Wallace and Grommit figurines though. I need those for my typecase (a case that printers used to put their wood type in which I have on my wall (as my dad was a printer) to put little things like that in.
Could you please please pretty please ask where she got the Wallace and Gromit clan and if she’s ship some to me if I paid her? I LOVE them and was hip to them before they went on the big screen and I’ve always wanted the figurines.
You’re welcome! I wasn’t worried about Feathers in the first photo, but then wondered why he wasn’t in the second…
Money may not buy happiness, but judiciously applied to very thoughtful presents and very lovely yarn, it sure can attract some your way!
I hope you are feeling better lately; I read a few posts back that you had the blues, and I can certainly relate. It’s been dreary and cold here, and even the cats looked down in the dumps. But today it was about 60F and I opened the window, and Charlie jumped up on to the sink counter to look out. It made me very happy, as he hasn’t done that in a few months. We’ll feel better soon, and in the meantime, all that new yarn you have, and the care packages, is a great pick-me-up!
What fun goodies and my goodness… the yarn!
Mmmmm…. penguin. Tastes like chicken.
These are all great yarns/colors and goodies. Can’t wait to see how the Seacoast knits up. So sorry to read about the demise of SRM, too.
I was pretty worried about Feathers!
Sneeky kitty, grabbed that penguin so fast.
Haha! Which Wallace and Gromit short did you enjoy? I liked the one with the sheep. So darling!