Saturday, May 24, 2008

Sekhmet, you fucker.

Last night, I awoke at four AM. I was laying on my right side, and Sekhmet was sitting directly in my line of sight, right next to my head. Eyes bright, ears perked, whiskers on red alert. I suspect she had patted my face to wake me up. I stared at her for a moment, and shut my eyes again.

So she smacked me in the cheek.

Then I threw her off the bed.

(I would like to add, the cat's got all her claws and could have ripped my face off if she'd wanted. Near as I can tell, this is playing, to judge from the look on her face.)



Anyway, I'm tinkering with the blog, which should be pretty obvious. Knitting half a dozen gauge swatches, I hope. (I'm afraid it'll wind up being a dozen.) Am cooking up my new semi-zen project (lots of stockinette, but with some funky decreasing in certain obvious places); I'm dyeing pre-spun yarn for part of it, and spinning some self-striping yarn for the rest. Should keep me busy a while. Plus I'm dyeing silk and wool for this Knitty article. Yay?

Go, Penguins!

(Shut up, Ang. Redwings suck.)

7 comments:

  1. My cats tend to leave the knitting alone. Maybe they're afraid of me....or maybe they're not smart enough to realize that the yarn is soft. You sound like a whirlwind over there!

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  2. Have you seen "Cat Man Do" -- ?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q

    We've got 4 cats; fortunately for when my mom comes over, only one of them likes to climb into her knitting bag.

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  3. I just lost my knitting time to three kids and a cat, all of whom confused me for a barcalounger... It must be the wrinkles and gray in the hair... fuckers.

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  4. I hate the Red Wings.

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  5. Yes, but Ulf Samuelsson? (I know that dates me). Can I just say that I'm holding up garlic next time I come to read your blog because I have a terrible feeling I'm going to be knitting doilies before I know what hit me ....

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  6. "Simon's Cat" was exactly the YouTube video I thought of when I read that!

    There's also "Let Me In":
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rb8aOzy9t4

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  7. i'm glad that was your cat and not mine...

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