Quickie!

Everyone, thanks for your kind words about our Catty. It's strange: now that she's gone, it's almost easier for me to remember the times when she was healthy than it was when she was ill. We loved her a lot, still do, and are missing her - but we both feel a little better now.

This week has been nutso. I'm being packed off to Basel yet again, and missing Art Basel by only a week! Grrr. Also, I made an impulse decision to buy a Gocco and make our wedding invitations, so I've been designing away and waiting for Gocco to arrive. At this point it doesn't look like it will arrive before I leave, so I'll have to attack Project Magenta or Apricot Bicycle, as I'm calling it, once back in the States.

Before I leave I wanted to check in for a couple of sneak peeks.

First, I bought yarn for the Viennese Shrug, which I'm planning to wear at the wedding if it's chilly.

I couldn't think of a more perfect excuse to splurge on some Road to China (Ravelry link), but I finally couldn't decide on color or neutral (silvery grey, rather than the light beige they make) and bought both. Still, I am finally convinced of the wisdom of apricot, I think. If you've never felt Road to China, you are MISSING OUT. Whoa. It's soft.

With a little luck, there will actually be a finished project up here soon! I am working on subliminalrabbit's adaptation of Bella's mittens from the Twilight movie as a gift for a friend. This is actually shaping up as one of my favorite mitten patterns - so long and lush. Here they are, thumbless, in School Products cashmere:

As embarassed as I am to confess falling victim to the Twilight saga, well, there it is. Stephenie Meyer's politics are troglodytic and her writing is just awful. And Breaking Dawn almost ruined it for me. And yet, and yet . . .

And now: Guacamole!

Catty

2000(?) - 2009

We'll miss you, Catty Bird. You came as far with us as you could go.

Thank you to everyone who kept Catty in their thoughts when she first became ill. We are sure your support and good wishes had something to do with our being given three more wonderful years together.