Socks and kittens

[selenay]

Last night I toddled along to the meeting of fellow Ravelry knitters and had a great time. It's good to meet some people of my age around the place and they've all got such varied interests. Plus I get to oggle their projects and see what kinds of things other people get up to. One of the girls had a lovely sock that she was finishing...

I took along a half-finished blanket patch, which is now finished, and got about 6cm of my first ever sock done. So far, it's looking pretty good. Of course, I have to turn a heel at some stage and that's going to be scary!

The SPCA called yesterday evening to say that the kittens I've had my eye on will be at the shelter tomorrow (Saturday) for me to view. They haven't been taken yet, hooray!

For the curious, there is one little girl called Jewly and her sister June.

I'm not sure that I'm going to keep those names - the entire litter was given 'J' names. I used to have a huge long list of names that I'd give to cats, but most of them were rather, ah, flowery. Mythical people, literary heroines, that sort of thing. So I might get a little stuck for names. Hmm. I'd been thinking about Kero (fellow Lackey fans will know where I got that from) but now I'm not sure.

I'll have to see what they're like tomorrow and what names might suit :-)

Comments

[paranoidangel]

Aw, they look so sweet! I'm looking forward to playing with them next month :)

[selenay]

*g* They're very sweet and playful. And cuddly and cute and...

OK, I'm in love.

[sunlightdances.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, tiny tiny kittens.

[selenay]

They are indeed tiny. Teeny, eeny adorable bundles of fur!

[sazandra.livejournal.com]

They're adorable.

[Sandra is jealous since parents said no more cats]

[selenay]

Aw, sorry about the jealousy and no more cats. But they're just wonderful little girls and I adore them. I got to take them home today!

[notsoshygirl.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo for the knitting! The kittens are adorable but they make me sad. My lovely boy - who looks like the cat in sunlightdances' icon, went missing yesterday. Somehow he got out of the house. *sigh*

I think the babies need new names. Shelters usually give them lame names. My boy was "Peter". We renamed him "Tyvek".

[selenay]

The knitting is great fun and I love seeing what everyone else is up to. I'm thinking of knitting a blanket for my kittens :-)

I'd like to give them new names so that they're properly 'mine'. I'm just a little stuck for good names. They are really adorable.

Have you found your guy? {{{hugs}}}

[notsoshygirl.livejournal.com]

Yes! He managed to find his way back home late Friday afternoon. We live across the street from a very large undeveloped "green belt", with lots of hiking paths, as well as coyotes, foxes and the occasional owl. I was fairly certain that he had become part of "the circle of life".

He's been avoiding the doors to the outside since he's gotten home. *g*

[selenay]

I'm so glad that he's back! Losing a cat is the worst feeling and I'm even more worried now that I'm here in a country with predatory wildlife.

I hope you've been making a nice fuss of him and showing him how much you missed him :-)