It's Not Lace!!!! It's Not Lace!!!!

OK, normally I love lace. I adore lace. Lace is wonderful.

But lace is really, really s l o w. . . .

Meet the August Project of the Month:
a WORSTED weight scarf made with tiny 116-yard skeins that might finally move that darn stash tally AND from a pattern that does not require the continual consultation of charts. It even fit easily in my purse when I went out to run errands today. I think I'm in love......

But lest you think I've been spending all my time with the new scarf, Theo and I played a rousing game of sheets today:So what is it like to have sheets that aren't covered in cat hair?

Comments

tinebeest said…
Hm, sheets without cat hair still need to be washed every now and then!

Happy to hear you are thrilled about the new project, it looks like an easy one to nail down but let's not sell the bearskin before we shot the bear ;-) Good luck!
August 4, 2009 at 2:12 AM
toni in florida said…
Theo still looks like he wants you to go sew something! Love the scarf, btw.
August 4, 2009 at 5:46 AM
RobinH said…
Sheets without cat hair? Is that allowed? Love the scarf- Extremely manly!
August 4, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Mandy said…
At home we know that game as "Monsters in the bed". Such fun! (For the cats involved. It can be rather painful for the humans!)
August 4, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Daniele said…
What is it with cats and sheets anyway??? :)

Nice scarf! Step away from the lace...... step away from the lace....
August 4, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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