Sweater as an FO

"Finished Object," or FO, is this sweater. Preliminary pic taken last week. I haven't yet had one taken to show the button closures. I love the lace panels front and back, and the panels in each sleeve. "Goes With Blue Jeans" is the color of the yarn-- my title, not the yarn company's.

It was a bit difficult to get into this pattern, but I persevered and the lace panels got easier as I continued on them. By the end of the sweater I was thinking "what was I so worried about?"

Open!

Finally! Yesterday brought me an open Amaryllis flower. . .

And today. . . Two!

I can hardly wait til tomorrow! Perhaps there will be three open at once.

Amaryllis 1, 2, 3, 4

Since they are usually received as gifts, you see Amaryllis most often blooming in the early spring. However, mine is a couple of years old. It didn't even bother to sprout this spring, and I assumed I had probably killed it last year with my off-and-on care.

Imagine my surprise when it presented me with a tall, budded stalk on my birthday! It looked like this on Wednesday:

 

This (below) on Thursday:

This (below) on Friday:

and THIS today (Saturday):

But it hasn't opened yet! Perhaps by the time I return from Church tomorrow . . .

I am a gardening wuss, so this is the first time I've had any success with a potted flower. I am so excited that waiting is not my favorite sport! Stay tuned . . . I'm not knitting anything to do with it, but my lately-arrived hummingbird may love it so I am watching!

Entrelac Attack

Since Cicero didn't allow a very good view of the entrelac-in-progress for my last entry, I thought I should post photos of the completed thing.

It made quite a stash buster! All the yarns are various shades of purple and lavendar. Most are some kind of alpaca or mohair blend, but there is also one diehard acrylic. The yarn I had to buy to complete the shawl and add fringe adds a little more color: it is Moonshine, by Crystal Palace, and there's green in with the lavendar. And silver sparkles. Why not!

Close up of Entrelac Scarf. It's heavy-- not great for our climate, but so pretty!

Flora is me Darlin: a Kitty Hug

Flora, my almost 14-year-old, is the most affectionate cat I know. . . but only to me. She's quite shy and hides from strangers. This photo is the only one I have of her precious kitty hugs. She places a paw on either side of my neck and stretches out, nuzzling my neck. If only the cheapie camera I had at the time did her justice!
Had I ever known when I got her what a blessing she was going to be. She was a foundling I nursed to health. Through thick and thin, she's been God's little dispensation, sharing kitty hugs where needed. And as befits a knitter's cat, she has never attacked Yarn Monsters in the Stash or even on my lap. What a girl!

Belogging about Yarnishness

While I like my other blog (Warts & All), I realized, once started, that cats and yarn belong separately from printing; and that I should pay more attention to theme. So cats and yarn is this. Make that yarn and cats. Hopefully. But the cats think _they_come first (sssshh!).
Also, I want to share things I've knit/sewn/become involved with. Just now it's a pair of socks, rather experimental in nature. I love crochet, but can't imagine walking around on it. So I knit a pair of anklets and am topping them off with crochet. No, I don't have a pattern. Just my usual Sock Recipe (cast on 64 st, needles size 1; knit [and knit. and knit. then knit some more] til done, making sure to throw in some heel stitch and a turning at the appropriate place. Decrease for toes. Done.)
I'll include a shot of one semi-finished crochet-top sock. No pattern to the pattern here, either. I'm Sperimenting as I go along. The crochet looks bigger than the knit ribbing. For now, that's OK. I need it to stretch as much as the ribbing does. I plant to top off the crochet with more ribbing. I likes my sock tops to tuck well under my pants legs.
Should you have any suggestions, please post! Hopefully I'll get around to posting some finished socks on Ravelry; and adding the ones from t'other blog in here too.

==Marjorie