Kiss My Knits!

Behold the stupidest, fattest, loudest, laziest cat in existence. This is Nerys, named in a contest on my husband’s old computer bulletin board, back before there was this newfangled intermanet thingie. Ironically, we originally got her to be sure another of our cats got enough exercise. You can see how well that worked out.

Has she lifted one fat-sheathed muscle to chase the mouse? No. She has not. And yet, if our old cat Purr-Zha were still around, this wouldn’t be an issue. OId, blind, toothless, diabetic, arthritic, and cancer-ridden, he would still have taken out this mouse with one swipe of his paw. Nerys, on the other hand, can’t even reach her own butt. Man, did we get the short end of the cat deal.

The Koigu is swatching up at 6 stitches per inch on a #3 needle, which would have been too tight, so it’s just as well I’m being thorough and checking the math now. I’m going with a WendyKnits pattern, which looks like it’ll work just fine.
(ETA 7-27-06 I wound up getting 6.25 stitches per inch on the final product.)

The hubby leaves for Raleigh in about 15 minutes. Fortunately, my daughter’s summer camp, which I thought was only for a few days, will run all week in the morning. Yay! I can still have my morning Jayne-hat knitting time!

And finally, of interest only to Firefly fans, an actual sign that was spotted in South Charlotte. Photographer Matt Wiggins titled it best:

When Bounty Hunting Doesn’t Work Out . . .