This is sort of cool...

And has nothing to do with knitting or cats or music or dance. Weird huh? And what is this sort of cool thing you're asking? Let me explain.
I was checking the stats for my photos on Flickr and there was this blog listed as referring one of my pics. Cool, I think. I click on the link. It's all in Spanish or Italian or some language other than English that I can't read. But I get the gist of it: it's a walking path along a river and they're trying to raise funds for continued improvements. Now just take a wild guess at the name of the river... C'mon, I know you're smart... It appears in the title of this blog... The river is called Sile. Ain't that a kick in head, as Dino would say. And that's an appropriate person to think of since the river is in fact in Italy. The things you learn on the internet. I wonder if it's pronounced the same? (My name is "She-la" for those who don't know)
Now I need to find a map and see where it is. Maybe someday I'll visit it.
TTFN

It Was Time For a Change...

I used the same template for this blog as I did for my original blog; definitely time for an update!! So, here it is the new and improved blog :) Well, it looks better; I'm not guaranteeing better posts since I am still the one writing them lol But hopefully this will be more easily read. And I've added a link to my Flickr photos and you can even see some of them there at the top of the page. That's all the news that's fit to print.
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Fur-Gang News: Kitten has a name!

It's true :) The little girl has a name: Ziva. And before anyone asks, yes she was named for the character on NCIS. They're both dark haired beauties with slightly mercenary tendencies. It works. And the Fur-Gang now covers A to Z; that is Annie to Ziva
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Fall is here!!

Autumn is here and the knitting is easy...
Ok, maybe not easy lol But progress of all kinds can be reported on most projects.
First up "Sweet Little Cat's Paw": I finished the back and the right sleeve :) Working like  a dervish on the left sleeve; I really wanna wear it!!

Back, just before Seed edging was added

Right sleeve in progress

 "Galaxy 660": restarted on 3.25mm bamboo needles last Sunday. Going awesome :) Am already onto a circ and rnd 38 :)

After Rnd 31

Rnd 36 in progress

Present #1 ie Shimmering is going well. Currently working on it. Started a new section today.
Present #2 ie Sparkle, Sparkle I haven't worked on for a bit. I admit to being distracted by SLCP for nearly a month.
As you can see, cooler weather has inspired me a bit. And the recent magazines I've picked up have had some really beautiful patterns too. Today, I bought The Knitter issue 35; have queued 4 patterns and favorited 2 others. All the fall magazines have been like that. Also worth mentioning in my queue: "Quercus" from Knitty First Fall 2011. I'll buy extra wool and lengthen the sleeves. Thinking of a nice blue or purple in Plymouth Galway... But that will be for later.
Hope you're enjoying your Fall knitting.
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New Member of the Fur-Gang!!

You're hearing it here first, unless of course you saw it on Facebook lol. The Fur-Gang is back to 9 members. A new little girl has been added to the household. She arrived on Monday (Sept 5); followed dad right into the house, bold as brass. So far a name has not been settled on. She is mostly black but has a small white patch on her chest and 2 on her tummy. Also some white between her toes. And a single white whisker. Very cute. She is livening up the rest of the Gang as she loves to chase and jump them. Maureen's nose is seriously out of joint, as is Buddy's. I need to get the picture of her uploaded to the computer so I can put it here. That's all for now. I'll update when she has her name. Hopefully this won't be like poor James; he was nameless for 3 months!!
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Edit: Here's some pics of the new little girl

Hi!

 

I Got a Little Distracted...

So here I am, a month or so later. The birthday pressies are all well under way. Sparkle, Sparkle is a touch over half done & Shimmering is a little less than halfways. Of course, knitting presents for people you see on a regular basis leads to a problem: on the days I will see them, do I forgo knitting or have another project? I opt for the latter. My lovely decoy projects are almost always for me & sometimes take on a life of their own.
Which is the situation I find myself in now. I decided Kay Meador's "Sweet Little Nothing" (free pattern on Rav; it's really cute!) would be a perfect thing to wear when mornings are cooler & I wait for the bus. And I have some Bernat Satin in "foliage" (a bright green) that will knit up nice & be washable should some fruit get spilt on it at work. Of course, being a sweet & simple pattern, I immediately had to modify it: I added Cat's Paw motifs to it, willy-nilly. You can see the results on my project page; it's listed as "Sweet Little Cat's Paw". Here's a pic:

It needs a bit more length which I'll be using the small lace from Cherl Oberle's "Irish Diamond Shawl" to achieve. It's one of my favorite lace patterns, ever.
So my little jacket is nearly done & I've still got quite a bit of work to do on the girls' presents. And I haven't done anything overly crazy lately, so....
Go do a Rav search for "In The Pink" by Izzy ?; It's a lace shawl. It's a wow pattern. I have 2 lovely balls of Marks & Katten Fame Trend that are dying to be knit up. I started it once & then frogged it as the needle size wasn't right for the yarn. I did take a pic of that first try though. I need to get some bamboo dpns in 3.75 or 3.5; my nickel plated ones are too slippery to get it started again.

I've dubbed this one "Galaxy 660" as the colorway is 660 & the finished piece resembles a galaxy or nebula or some-such. A quick peek at the project gallery for the pattern will give you all sorts of astronomical names :)
That's all the news that's fit to print! TTFN

Fur-Gang Update!!!!

And now for the latest on the fine & funny felines that run my life:
1)July 30th saw the celebration of 6 years of Buddy living with us :)

2)As if that weren't exciting enough, August 4th we celebrated 13 years of my own messy girl, Maureen

3)But the cake was really & truly iced on August 6th. I still can't believe this. Eddie, aka King Edward the Furred, aka Shreddy-Eddie, & the rest of the family celebrated 21 years!!!!! Crazy, right? 21 years of Eddo :)

 The King in his chair :)
That's all the fur-gang news that's fit to print.
TTYL