in mouse news, I caught one in a snap trap Sunday morning. I felt rather clever - I set the trap (which tried to attack me. I don’t like this brand) on a sheet of newspaper in the pantry and closed the door (to keep kitty paws and whiskers safe). The theory being that I could just fold it up in the paper and be done with it. it worked pretty well (I found a second sheet of newspaper to cover it with to avoid the ew factor). sidenote: I’m all about being humane, but I live in the country. if I release them, they’ll just find their way back in since we don’t know where they’re coming in from anyway.

MS3 update
I finally started working on it on Sunday. I didn’t get very far because I was working off the chart on the computer screen, and once it got complicated (around row 13, I think. wherever that next bead placing row is and the stuff in the middle kicks in) I couldn’t mindlessly follow it. and then I never got around to grabbing the printed chart from downstairs. and then I got distracted by the sewing machine (I’m fighting with the bedroom curtains at the moment. I did something backwards, and have to do some seam ripping)

lime dragon asked about my dying plans - before or after I knit.
I’m thinking of dyeing afterwards. I don’t feel like unwinding all the yarn from the cone just to dye it. KnitPicks had a how-to of dying a finished lace shawl/stole, so I’ll use that as a guide. I also need to make sure that dying wouldn’t do anything weird to the beads. and who knows, maybe I won’t mind the pink.