Stop over and welcome Deb’s new black kitty, Sammy!
There’s a pretty cool contest over at Kathryn Ivy right now – you can win a complete Easter Egg Yarn Dyeing Kit. The drawing for the kit is limited to residents of the continenal US, but there’s a separate drawing for patterns that’s open to folks outside the US48. To enter, leave a comment (by noon PST, December 27) letting them know what you’re wishing for most this holiday season.
Scout’s looking for knitting inspiration – leave her a comment with your project idea by 8 pm MST, December 24, and you could win some goodies.
The present gnawer is definitely Mayhem. I watched her remove chunks from the poor thing last night. I wonder how picky my brother’s going to be about his present? It’s no longer even close to pristine. In fact, it sort of looks as if a furry, demented kitty girl has been going to town on it…
Some of you (*cough* Marina *cough*) may have noticed a certain lack of knitting around these here parts of late. I really haven’t felt all that inspired knittingwise. However, that hasn’t stopped me from having a plain old sock on the needles. The yarn is Wisdom Yarns, Marathon Socks – Boston (color 212).
“My goodness, Mom, I didn’t realize you still did this stuff.” -Mayhem
“Don’t move, Mom, or the sock is history.” -Chaos
“Told you not to move, Mom!” -Chaos
In the above picture, my pale wintery leg has been blacked out to spare all of you. It’s better this way. Trust me.
I may or may not post on Monday; I hope everyone has a good weekend and a wonderful holiday!
So you have glorious white legs too!
Happy Holidays.
Pale wintry legs! Blocked out! Too funny.
Your bro won’t mind.
Those socks are cute!
Now that you mention it, are you sure “shaped cardigan” isn’t hibernating? Don’t tell me they’re purple ‘cos from here, they look blue and quite lovely!
I bet yours aren’t as white as mine! Nice socks!
I know you just did that so you’d match Chaos. 😉
Pretty blue socks! Hmmm, I seem to remember you telling me that you would get Mermaid back out and work on her again in the winter, when it wasn’t too hot to have wool lying in your lap. I’m patiently waiting!
Well, it’s not as if we all don’t have winter legs right now. But I do think matching your kitties is a good wa y to make them feel good!!
Happy Holidays!
That’s a pretty blue! : )
There is now blood on that sock, isn’t there? And don’t try to hide it: we know where to gt the Luminol…
Love the blacked out legs. I myself sport the “alien dry and scaly” legs in winter.
man, look at chaos, he’s got the bunny kick all lined up… better listen
Ha! I thought you had a pair of tights on! If I were those socks, I’d be very afraid of those claws.
Season Greetings from Indiana, and to thank you for all the fun kittie pictures-oh yea and knitting too.
LOVE that last shot – “I warned you…”
lolol
The socks are gorgeous. And my mojo is in full swing, so maybe I have enough for both of us right now?
MERRY CHRISTMAS to CHRIS & the “Kids”
(((hugs)))
Let’s see … the socks have Boston in the name, so they must be for me, right??
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too! Atticus, Mae and Gandalf send purrs and head butts to Chaos and Mayhem, and hugs from me!
(Hey, not only is my skin blinding white, I have little red dots everywhere from Gandalf, and a big honkin’ bruise thanks to the looser move I made on my way home yesterday. Tripping on the curb and slipping on ice. *2 thumbs up!*)
Merry Chris tmas 🙂
Chris- Wishing you and the babies proliferous head noogies this holiday season!
Have a fabulous holiday yerself Ms Chris!!
Very nice socks! Yes, there’s nothing like the crazy holidays to suck the knitting mojo right out of a person, eh?
And a merry Christmas to you and yours! Wishing you many more black kitties (of the non-present-chewing variety … er, wait, that makes them inanimate…).
Cheers,
Nicole & Suzy
Interesting. The photo of your socks doesn’t look anything like the yarn in your link. But they look great!
Happy happy and healthy!
The key to non-white wintery legs is to not shave them. Dye the fur if necessary 🙂
Cute kitties as always. I love to see them and read the captions.
Heh Hope you are having a good holiday 🙂 The present gnawer needs a good talking to! I looked twice at the blacked out area wondering ‘what was that’ before reading your caption. Funny!
The sight of my pale, wintery legs (that are pale and wintery all year long!) would blind you.
And wait. This is a KNITTING blog? Sheee-it.
Nice sock! Merry Christmas!
Finally catching up on your posts. My goodness i Haven’t had time to read or comment for a week or more.
Cute socks, and hey you live in Minnesota we understand the white wintery leg look. In fact I understand it all year round, tanning is dangerous!
I think we should all do something very petty about your neighbor. I can’t believe someone would be so petty. If there’s anything we can do, mail her 10,000 pounds of cotton balls, I’d be happy to oblige 🙂
Pfft. Who wants a PRISTINE package when you could have one with character??
Have a great holiday Chris!!
May was just “helping” him unwrap it! Merry Christmas to you and the kitties!!
I love the socks.
oif, the black kitten is adorable!! sock looks great, and socks are terrific projects for when you’re lacking… knitspiration, eh? Thanks for the THREE mix CD’s!! I can’t wait to upload them onto my iPod and listen to them on the train to NYC.
my bro would laugh hystercially at a cat-gnawed present…. silly Mayhem.
great new blue socks btw.
Seeing Mayhem attack your sock reminds me of a a catI know who has literally eaten holes in socks. Big honkin’ holes too.
Happy Holidays!
Cute socks! Cute kittycat. I was completely distracted by the books and cats to realize you weren’t knitting much. Mermaid would be a nice knit for the winter.
LOL at the blacked out legs! There hasn’t been much knitting here either. Our families have come to expect clawed and gnawed presents. 🙂
Have a Merry Christmas!
Is Chaos sending Raven messages? I notice distinct similarities in attack plans happening around here….
Love the sock, but I really love the blacked out leg. Next time I take photos before shaving, I’ll remember that trick!
Have a merry Christmas! I’m sorry you’ve been uninspired by knitting. Hopefully the mojo comes back soon.
Nancy Bush has a new book out in her series called Ultra Violet and it’s pretty good. Maybe that can tide you over.
I totally get the lack of inspiration for knitting. Also not helped by the loss of being able to follow a pattern….
Naughty mayhem, but then again, we wouldn’t dare leave presents out. Thunder would think they were fair game lol 😉
Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Chris! (And I reckon I can outgross you on the leg whiteness scale! Plus I let them go au naturale for a while)
LOL- the pale leg blackout- you’re too funny!
I just keep my pale legs covered at all times… really…
I do like the blue stripes, gotta love the basic sock!
Happy knitting-
ali
you have such a beautiful and sharp family. Nice socks, too, by the way!
It looks a lot like the biteberry sock yarn!