The Analyzing Knitter

New Kitties, New Recently Finished Projects

Over the past several months many events have taken place in the life of the Analyzing Knitter.

• Right Shoulder surgery June 26, 2008 -- Rehab for 6 months
• Married off Son 1 on August 30, 2009
• Lost Shoulie our cat of almost 16 years on April 14, 2009
• Left Shoulder surgery April 22, 2009 -- Rehab for 4 months and counting
• Both sons were accepted into doctoral programs . . . on opposite coasts!
• Purchased two new kittens on June 26, 2009  I needed compensation for having to cancel a trip to see my friends Becky in Lyon and Louise in Montpelier! Ok, it was not enough compensation but it helped a great deal! Maybe I should have named them Becky and Louise but instead I named them after their personalities: Nahla, The Princess Warrior and Kima, The Scout. Photos to follow.
• Finished two knitting projects along with knitting a few other items. (See photos that follow)

Now you are caught up with the Analyzing Knitter's life. Now about the kitties. Nahla, The Princess Warrior, is a silver fawn ocicat born on February 21, 2009. She is a sweet, pretty kitty who is also a warrior, looking for prey, pouncing, and thunderpawing through the house. She looks like a white tiger and she thinks she is s a white tiger, but she is a little sweetie pie. Here is are some photos of her.

Here are photos of her sister, Kima, The Scout, who is always on the hunt for prey. She looks like a little cougar and climbs like one, too.
  

Now for the finished projects, Ok, well they are missing the buttons . . . I just looked back at my blog trying to find other photos of Natural Silky Sweater photos--Whoa! I began this sweater in 2007!! How is that possible? Well, I guess it is--I am a slow knitter these days.

At least I began the Everyday Cardigan in October of 2008, and finished it recently with the help of Vannie.  Once I block them and have buttons, I will model them for you. They look way better than they do in these photos, and they both fit me perfectly. So those are the big projects I finished. I knit a couple more Trellis baby sweaters, a couple of pairs of socks, and began a surprise knitting project, which I cannot mention. There may be others but, at least you know that I am still knitting! Have a great weekend. We are off to the camp with the kitties in tow.

"What???????????" asks my mom

I have been outed by my mother. She wrote, "I know you have been doing something since October 17th!!!!!!  Keep us informed." I think she thinks I am a lazy blogger, or maybe that I am keeping something from her, or maybe that I died. Well, two out of the three accusations are true. I have been lazy in posting my new soft-as-silk natural sweater. Soon I will knit the collar and then the button band . . .button, button, who's got the button? I am hoping they will arrive soon so I can wear this sweater over the holidays. Well not in the Caribbean, but when I come home. 

I have little time to knit lately, but I did start the Drops Apricot cardigan that gave some people some confusion--hoping to avoid too much confusion. Then I started swatching for a pair of socks to knit on my trip. Knitting socks on the beach while I listen to "I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" by Nora Ephron and then Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up." Good times. Love those audiobooks for knitting and reading. Well, Mom I hope that satisfies your curiosity. No posting in a month. Woo, pretty sorry shape, I am in.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone and yes, Eilene I know I owe a picture of the brown cardi, soon I promise. I just need one good hair day.