He gave Mr Josiekitten's Christmas presents the paws up too ........
He was Mr November in the 2005 Simply Cats calendar.

Sleep well Stanley.
He was Mr November in the 2005 Simply Cats calendar.
Sleep well Stanley.
1 skein of Colinette Parisienne in the colourway Velvet Damson. It's 70% kid mohair and 30% polyamide, and is beautifully soft.
I also bought a skein of Colinette Jitterbug in the colourway October Afternoon. It's a yummy mix of reds, oranges and greens. I loved Snoopydog's yarn in this colourway, so while she has a jumper, I will have matching socks!!
After the exchange of yarns was complete, I had to pay the grand sum of 15p!! Nothing for the Yarn Police to get too worked up about I don't think!!
I've finished the first of my Lunchtime socks this week, and have cast on the 2nd one straight away - no SSS for me! It's my usual, plain sock pattern, but I don't think that the yarn needs anything else. Beautiful, rainbow colours. Look............
Besides which, I didn't want a complicated pattern to have to concentrate on at school. Here is sock number one.
I've also started work on my Salsa cardigan again. It's a free pattern on the Artesano Alpaca website. I'm using Mirasol Miski in a gorgeous shade of blue, as I didn't fancy knitting with the yarn doubled, as suggested in the pattern. I could foresee lots of dropped stitches and much cursing doing it that way! I cast on the back way back in the summer, and had got as far as the armholes. But when I picked it up, I spotted that I'd made a mistake setting up the pattern rows, and even though it wasn't particulary obvious, I knew it was wrong, so had to frog it back to the rib! But it's gone well this week, and the back is now finished, and one front just started. The yarn is absolutely lovely to work with, so soft and buttery. I'm going to try to finish it in the next 4 weeks, as Mr Josiekitten and I are off to Krakow, in Poland, for a long weekend at the start of half term, and I think it would make a very useful addition to my wardrobe, in potentially quite chilly conditions! This is how the back looks.....
I'm toying with the idea of making the sleeves three-quarter length rather than full length, as per the pattern. I'll make that decision when I get to that point. Let me know what you think!
It's a garter stitch 'Twistie' scarf, and the pattern said 'super for trendy pub knitting'!! I thought it might be something fun for my first time at knitting group this week. It was a great evening, and good to spend time with other people who share my interest in all things woolly!
I have frogged my Noro stripy scarf, with some reluctance. It was really hard to admit that I didn't like the way the colours looked against each other. In their separate balls, they were truly gorgeous. But in the alternating stripes, the scarf appeared drab and dull, and so un-Noro-like, that I knew I'd never wear it. So I am on the lookout for a new colour combination.
My stashbusting is going well so far, and I am enjoying using up some of the beautiful yarns I have in my stash. I'm putting £1 into a pot for each ball of yarn knitted, and will use that to buy yarn at I Knit and/or Ally Pally later in the year. Mr Josiekitten and I are off for a day in London at the end of the month, and I had planned a visit to I Knit, telling Mr JK that there was a licensed bar there to keep him happy while I browsed. But that's now off the agenda, as I don't want to be tempted!
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