Life With Cats

Beer Cozy Park

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:05:30 -0700

That's apparently what I'm creating. I've been practicing using double pointed needles with beer cozies for awhile now. I tried every trick I could think of to get rid of the bloody ladders - switching stitches between needles, using four instea...

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LYS hoppin'

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:28:02 -0700

Saturday my friend Hope, her Mike, my Mike and I went to Upper Tantallon to check out Basket of Yarn. I had heard about this LYS when it was announced they were going out of business. Much to their customers' delight, Susan & Patrick have decid...

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Tofu ...

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:44:19 -0700

So here is my first attempt at this tofu: Yes, it's pretty lumpy. And yes, I forgot to add the facial features before sewing it up. And you can't see it, but I sewed one of the side ends on wrong side out. Ahem. But I did it, and it was...

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The Beer Cozy, Attempt #1

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:00:10 -0700

Voila! I'm not showing you the worst parts. ;-) DPNs are indeed the devil. I have some serious ladders going on behind the can, but I've learned a new trick that will hopefully help with Attempt #2. I've also learned I do not like Vanna's C...

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The Whale with no Tail

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:10:05 -0700

So I'm working on a pattern for a whale. As you can see, this one has no tail. I could say he lost it in a bar fight ... anyhoo, I've decided to try my hand at designing my own patterns to make (and sell) catnip toys. Fortunately I have my tw...

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Blocking face cloths.

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:38:37 -0700

Halifax's World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIPD) is taking place on June 14 on the lawn of the Spring Garden Public Library, and they will be collecting donations for Bryony House, which is a shelter for abused women and their children. Since t...

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Three blocked squares

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:52:23 -0700

So I'm on my way with making this afghan. I'm not even close to following the pattern; it's more of a guideline. Yeah, that's it. ;-) And a picture of Buddy I took this morning. The groomers came yesterday to brush him out, clip his claws ...

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Eleventy Fish ...

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:38:50 -0700

... and a squinting cat. I woke her up and she wasn't too happy about it.

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This Little Fishy ...

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:44:06 -0700

This little fish is the first of many for the Ecology Action Centre's Stitchin' Fish project. It didn't take too long to make: here is the pattern I'm using (without the mobile, obviously). I plan on making as many as possible and then han...

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The scarf is done!

nobody@vox.com(Life With Cats) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:05:49 -0700

It's about 64 inches long with only a couple of small errors. For those interested, the yarn is Misti Alpaca chunky 2-ply, and the colour is wine melange. Yaaaay, it's finally complete! It took about two weeks. Still haven't decided what to d...

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