Spinalcat's Crafty Adventures

Well, lots of work. Yay for working in a yarn shop! Other than that, mostly watching House and No Reservations marathons, Dr. Strangelove for the umpteenth time, and Tom Lehrer videos on YouTube. I gave in and baked cookies, but not rocket-shaped. The observance of Saturn, Hell Yeah! will have to wait till next year. I did celebrate Festivus by airing some grievances with my mother. We've been feeding Shyam's cats, as evidenced by the video a couple of posts below. The cat grooming my head is the one that's *not* friendly! The other one loves to nuzzle armpits and purr. Actual fun took place a couple of weeks ago, but I don't have any photos. We went to Berkeley to see Bruce Campbell at a screening of My Name is Bruce. Always a good time. We saw him in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago when he was screening The Man With the Screaming Brain .When we got back to the parking garage after the movie, it was shut down! Apparently it closed at midnight, and it ...

This is Jayne , aka Bertie . He'd do this all day if I let him.

The song from this video has been stuck in my head since Saturday. Apparently field mice like to play on the northbound Caltrain platform in Mountain View at about 7pm. I saw one run onto a guy's shoe and start sniffing up his pants before the guy noticed! I'm guessing there's no feral cat problem in Mountain View! Bryan and I decided that what they really need up there is a trained falcon that'll come back when it's called. That would be so awesome.

Paw Prints and Rock , originally uploaded by Buxtrosion . Did you know that the pet rock fad was created by a guy from Los Gatos? This is another kind of pet rock. We had Yum Yum cremated by Caring Pet Service , run by Trent of Trent Pottery in Los Gatos. Her ashes are in this handmade "river rock."

WIP: Mermaid , originally uploaded by Buxtrosion . I'm shocked at how fast this is going, considering the size 2 1/2 needles. I'm almost to the center back.

WIP: Mermaid by Hanne Falkenberg , originally uploaded by Buxtrosion . I'm using colorway #10. I'm skipping past the i-cord and collar flap part, and starting with a provisional cast on where the body starts. I'll do the collar and i-cord in one piece later. This project makes for pretty good sitting-around-the-house-sick knitting, as long as you take good notes on the "at the same time" parts before you lose the ability to think.

Lizard Ridge Preview , originally uploaded by Buxtrosion . Here's all the pieces so far, plus the yarn I've bought to finish it . 3 strips down, 1 to go! I'm doing strips of 5 skeins, with 6 repeats from each skein. It's going to be quite long. Bryan told me that all our blankets are too short.