Looks like a hot mess, but I swear it is a gorgeous project in the making. The picture above is the back side of the capelete, or rather the inside of the capelete, or if you are me then it is referred to as the wrong side of the capelete. Front side ain't looking no better. See Below.
Front side. Right side. Outside. There is a Dr. Seuss rhyme in there somewhere. Inside, upside, outside, right side, up side down!!!! Name that book. In the picture above you can see the bottom edge of the capelete and then the start of the pattern stitch.
See the pink? The blue? Is there anything better than hot pink, brilliant blue and black together?! Maybe orange and purple? What is your favorite color combo?
I am using Full O' Sheep for this Little Bee pattern (Ravelry link). Whoops. I'll have to link another time.
Remember this guy? I mentioned we've been having relationship problems. He's a punk. Last night a raccoon was in my garage....at the same time I was in there. It was a close call not to scream bloody murder at 2am. My issue is the following: Why in all that is holy aren't my cats taking care of this coon problem? Actually, that isn't my problem. My problem is how to get rid of the coon. I love my kitties and don't want them tangling with no coon.
Plus, my cats are a wee bit on the duh side. Case in point, see picture above. He isn't making bread, his two claws are always extended like that. Know why? Apparently not all cats are born knowing how to climb trees or in Guy's case, dismount them. Guy climbed a tree and in his awkward attempt to dismount the tree he sliced his paw resulting in an ER visit and surgery. The surgery left him with nerve damage in his two claws in that they don't work to extend and retract. Weekly I extend his claws and clean them. Ever seen a cat clean his claws? Yeah, they take great pride in cleaning them. I think the root of the relationship problem is this claw thing....Guy hates for me to clean his claws.
Whiz was in the garage last night when I met the masked visitor. He sauntered over and stood by me while I hopped around and squealed like a stuck pig. The little heathen that plays patty cakes with eggs took his sweet old time getting out of the garage. He was fat too. Squeezing under the garage door took some doing for him. Whiz on the other hand just looked at me with his "What's up, Mom?" face. See above.
Peace and Happy Cats and Happy Girls!
5 comments:
You sure Guy's not a cheetah? They have climbing/retracting problems. I know this because of the end of the school year third grade project (ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!).
Just sticking up for Guy a bit. What were you doing in your garage at 2 am??
Do I have coon stories. I won't do that to you again, though. They're almost thirty years old, too, so...I sound like an obnoxious topper.
Just glad you got away with your life, is all.
I wish I was talented enough with yarn to have a favorite color combo.
Looks awesome to me! Can't wait to see the finished version.
(I have to go Google capelet now.)
My cats are similarly worthless when it comes to raccoons.
I think the sad but honest truth is that raccoons can whoop a cat on any given day with the least amount of effort.
Methinks raccoons are really really mean.
I yell at them as they stare at me on our deck. They look at me all glazed and nonchalant. *sigh*
My first question was also, what on earth are ya doing in the garage at 2 in the morning!? Crazy gal.
When I was a kid, I tried to catch all the raccoons and possum that came wandering onto the porch. I lured them with cat food and my mom was unamused...
That project is GORGEOUS!!!!! The colors are so spectacular, and you are right, orange and purple is one of the best of all time.
My brain is so gooey that I forgot until literally just a week or so ago that I had been wanting a Harry Potter scarf and had been looking for one, so when you had asked what colors I wanted, that would have been an aces time for my memory to kick in, lol. I take this as further proof that I need to learn how to knit...
I like your kitties. They have spunk, lol.
I think it's a testament to their intelligence that your cats won't mess with the raccoon. Probably they're thinking "When is mom going to get rid of these dang raccoons?"
Pretty colors on the capelet.
Those colors are fantastic! Of course I like hippie-70's hot colors - have you ever seen art by Peter Max? And coons are rather easy to distract so you and cats can make getaway - simply throw grapes or nilla vanilla wafers at them. They will come back for more tho, but sounds like they have homesteaded your garage anyway!
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