Thumb Turkey

ThumbTurkey
Originally uploaded by gloamingorchid

Ms. Sarahlou over at http://www.skeinsandbeans.com/ challenged us to post a thumb turkey, so I am.

Micro's Day Out

Inspired by Squeemore Monkey's adventures*, Micro snuck out to partake in the family's low key Christmas celebration.

Imagine my surprise when I found him hiding in my mom's unfinished Popover mitten having sneaked in with the knitting.


It was a cold day, so at least he managed to keep warm.

Micro then proceeded to try and save the loaf of gluten-free bread mom and I were making for dinner


It was a complete failure, sadly. It didn't rise enough and didn't bake all the way through. Which made me rather sad, actually.

He then tried to help me out by reading the Popover pattern to me while I tried to finish them for Mom before her trip to Chicago to visit the grandparents.



Even though the trip was delayed, I did finish them on Dec 26. Yay me!


I'm making a pair for me, as soon as I'm done with all my Christmas knitting. (Four more projects to go . . .)

Getting bored watching the knitting, Micro went off to do some socializing.


They look all buddy-buddy there. He wouldn't tell me what they talked about, though.

Finally, Micro wanted a drink of wasail, but couldn't quite get to it.



Happy New Year, everyone!

Hope

PatrioticPiddly
Originally uploaded by gloamingorchid

I brought some knitting along when I voted first thing this morning. The line moved so fast, though, that I didn't have the time to even open it.

I love my cats, but . . .

This



is what happens when you let the cat use your yarn bag as a kitty bed.

And it leads to lots of this:

Is there such a thing as too much coordination?

And, looky! A finished project!

Osiris 2004-2008

Osiris, my beloved betta fish, passed on last night. He'd been with me almost 4 years.



This summer, he really got into sharing the Piddleloop love.



He enjoyed playing with his followers and offering advice.



He was a good fish. And I miss him.

For Pets' Sake

I have been knitting. And real soon, I'll blog about it, but in the meantime, I have a favor to ask.

KTMay, a friend from Ravelry's Friends of P group, is trying to raise donations for the shelter that cared for her new dog, Vinnie, when he recently became ill. Vinnie is back home now and on the mend, and the shelter paid for all the veterinary costs. And there's a raffle of some very fine knitterly swag. So run to her blog and look at Vinnie's sweet face and give what you can.

PS You can still donate even if you have no interest in knitting.