I’ve caught her! I’ve noticed recently that if I leave my sparkly mohair out accidently, the ball of it ‘mysteriously’ jumps off of whatever it was sitting on (chair, table). So today the mohair was left out on the table again, only this time, both balls of it are wrapped around cardboard, so they’re not going anywhere. So Kashka’s up on the table, looking out the window and what-not, while I’m standing next to it, occasionally petting her and otherwise just standing there thinking. all of a sudden the head rubbing starts - quick grab the camera. so, here she is, basking in the glory that is the mohair blend.

    
I only let her bask long enough to snap the pics. I was a afraid if she licked it too much it might felt or something. and the mohair blend is now put away and safe from the kitty.

perhaps I should rethink the kitty bed… (she’s usually a good kitty when it comes to yarn - she completely ignores the acrylics, and isn’t usually too interested in the wool - excepting the SP blend.)

somehow I stumbled onto Herrschners site tonite. discovered they’re in Steven’s Point, WI - hmm… may need to make a side trip next time I head down to Madison/Milwaukee. also discovered their wishlist feature, so I’m poking around the site adding to that now, and have added a Wish List page to the pages here

I had fun admiring everyone’s stashes today. Good to know that I’m nowhere near SABLE status yet. (I also saw a foreshadowing of what my stash could look like if I get seriously addicted to spinning… we’ll just hold off on that for now. ;-) )

sometime this afternoon, I decided to cast-on for Miss Dashwood. I pulled a skein out of the Misc Ebay box that I’m pretty sure is Bernat’s Denim in the maroon/white color. (I tried the burn test and it melted - it’s like 7o/30 acrylic/cotton, so I guess that was to be expected. at any rate, it feels nice and soft like the labeled ones in the stores feel.) I’m making it for the baby my cousin just had on St Paddy’s Day. so far I’m still working on that picot cast on edge, which is kind of fun, but annoying cuz the stitches keep jumping off the needle when I try to bind off the stitches. oh, well - at least it’s just the two involved in the bind offs, and not more. (I suppose this is what I get for knitting so tight).

I’m waiting somewhat impatiently for the new Knitty to be posted. Last update was that it should be up sometime within the next week. I hate waiting for the new issue - too much anticipation.

Enjoy the yarn p0rn.