Finished!
I present to you:
One finished Baby Bog Jacket.
Just in time for The Merry Grandbaby to try before spring’s warmth (who am I kidding, spring + warmth do not exist together here!) or before she outgrows it.
Whew.
I could have adjusted the frog a little better before taking pictures.
Whoops.
Knitting
It’s been a very long time since I posted anything at all about knitting. So, here are some bits I’ve been working on.
EZ’s Baby Bog Jacket, from Knitting Around. 
I had a poo-load of Patons Classic Wool Merino from a failed attempt to knit up a half-dozen pairs of fulled mittens as Christmas gifts a few years ago. I couldn’t find a way to full the damn things in such a way as to not full front forever inseparable to back. So here the eye-searing colours sat in the back of the linen cabinet until I decided it was high time to knit a little quickie thing for the baby. I began Hallowe’en weekend and only just got it off the needles last week. I’ll have the ends woven in and the jacket washed and neatly blocked and on my Grandbaby before this weekend is out. I’d read of someone’s Baby Bog jacket project that lasted one Sunday start to finish. One.Single.Sunday. Whoa, stud.
Here is my wonderful Entrelac Purse, an Oat Couture Pattern, made up of Noro Silk Garden. I love the colours but despise having paid so much for such a poorly-spun yarn. Since Silk Garden is so full of colours I skipped the second yarn altogether, relying on this to make its own look. It’s an excellent yarn for entrelac, no matter how wretched its manufacture. Once the Baby Bog Jacket is finished, blocked and dispatched to my granddaughter, I’ll finish the strap and assemble the purse. I plan to full it a bit before use.
Here’s a little something that I actually finished. It only took a year:
It’s the Marsan Watchcap and a coordinating neckwarmer.
Their story is on this page.
Working Through Break-Time
Someone has to do it. That truck might be hauling contraband.
MARBLE, Lollypop Farm Cat of the Week
# 7089668 
Marble is a beautiful 13-year-old female cat who was brought to Lollypop Farm because her family moved and did not take her with them. Marble is a very sweet cat and a staff favorite. She is front declawed, and she has lived with kids and dogs before. This pretty girl really enjoys attention! She loves being petted and given chin rubs, and she has a very cute meow. Marble is eligible for our Seniors-for-Seniors program, so approved adopters age 60 and over can take her home her free of charge!
This is Jack
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, that is.
Born a feral-Phoebe’s boy. The Husband went head over heels and took The Boy at about 11 weeks age. Now Jack rules the roost at The Husband’s shop. None are immune to his charms.
Including me.
Winter Isn’t Forever
When you feel like this: 
and this:
are forever,
think of this:
and this
and this too.
Hello Singe! Lollypop Cat of the Week
#7036139 
Singe is a 9-year-old male cat who was brought to Lollypop Farm because his family was moving and didn’t take him with them. Singe is a very friendly, easygoing cat. He loves being petted and getting chin scratches, and he is a lap cat! He even gives hugs! This handsome guy has lived with dogs and other cats before and did well. He likes children, too! Singe is eligible for our Seniors-for-Seniors program, so approved adopters age 60 and over can take him home free of charge.
Four Eyes
Recently I noticed that my tabbies’ markings look like eyes-directly above their real eyes. Can you see them too?
They’re especially noticeable on Tuie. See?
And Aslan:
And Splash:
It’s kind of visible on Fionn, too:
Need a closer view? Maybe a greyscale would be clear:
It looks spooky with hairs coming right out of them!
I wonder what they can see with those eyes?
