Knit Happened

Firstly, thank you for all of the kind words and wishes on our new addition.  I just snapped some really cute photos of the “siblings” snuggling on the Knight’s recliner.  (No, they’re not posed.  Sissy just really is into Mugsy, and he’s tolerating her better than we’d hoped.)  I’d tried to get him a large, leather recliner last year for Christmas, and I’m sure by Father’s Day, it will be a necessity.  Sissy is much more of a snuggler than Fred was.  There will be lots of Sissy posts to come, but this one is about a couple of finished objects you’d not seen.

 Well, you’d seen Mugsy’s new coat, but he wasn’t interested in modeling it for you.  Friday, it was cold enough he wasn’t even keen about posing outside, so this is as large as we can go without blurring.   The shot happened in part of our normal, morning routine at work.  Mugsy is the mayor, and he must greet all of the employees as he trots inside.  (Hence, the need for a coat.  He doesn’t just run from the warm house to the warm vehicle to the warm office.  Being popular has its price.)  In case you’re wondering, I intentionally altered the design to leave his chest somewhat open.  He has a lot of scar tissue in the center of his chest, and I didn’t want the bit of negative ease applying pressure in the wrong place.  (Ah, the joys of hand-knit fashions.  Too bad I can’t knit a harness.)

Then, there’s the big mystery lace scarf.  It was for my sister’s birthday, so now that it has been gifted, you can see it.  Blocking this one was a piece of cake; a warm iron, set on the lowest heat setting that still provided steam with extra mist all the way did the trick.  It then finished drying on the pantry door, which also made a decent photo location.

Pattern:  Paws to Remember (FiberTrends)  I’m not sure I’ll do this pattern again.  The “wordy” version made me want to poke a needle in my eye, and the charts had to go to work and get magnified 154%, or something like that so I could read them, and I’m near-sighted.  Anne noted very early on that the paw print isn’t quite canine, and sure enough, my sister exclaimed, “Cat paws!” and I’m not sure she really believes that the pattern was for canine prints, but whatever, because she’s had cats she loved dearly too who are on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge now.  It’s definitely not mindless knitting either.  A simple exchange with the Knight had me frogging back if it wasn’t an even row.

Needles:  Bryspun straights, size 6.  Love ’em for lace…

Yarn:  Crafty in a Good Way.  Colorway - Pines in the Dark.  (Appropriate, because my sister loves dark greens, and Mollie’s favorite potty spot was a row of pines, most often in the dark…)

Needless to say, there’s been no knitting here the last two days.  I did open my fantabulous Winter Wonderland Coffee Swap box yesterday, and that deserves its own post.  Stay tuned…  Even blogging is slow with Sissy in the house.  She likes to help, but right now, poor Mugsy is nannying again.  He just looks at me every time she repositions ON him, and I assure him that very soon, he’ll be able to use *HER* as a pillow.