I thought I was happy with my version of the Fleidermaus shawl I was knitting with yarn from the Periwinkle Sheep. However, a friend showed me this pattern recently:
This shawl, called "Color Affection" was designed by Veera Välimäki and is currently the most popular pattern on Ravelry. Knitters have designed some lovely shawls. I was inspired by the shawl below to attempt my own using 4 colors.
It is a very large and long shawl. It can be worn wrapped like a traditional Danish shawl which appeals to me.
Occupie has been a resident of Roaster’s Whim in West Stephentown, New York She was dropped off nearby in the fall of
2011 during the birth of the Occupy Movement. Fred found her on the windowsill one morning.
She quickly became a favorite and I heard a rumor that sales have gone
up since she’s been there. It says something
for the business and its clientele that she quickly became very comfortable there,
trusting and laid-back. After the first
few exposures to dogs, I haven’t witnessed her growl or hiss, even when
visiting children paid a lot of attention
to her. Visitors happily share a chair
or the sofa with her in front of the large stone fireplace.
One Friday afternoon when the Heritage Spinning group met,
the half-grown cat was without a child to play with her or a dog to tease. She decided to amuse herself. Accidentally on purpose she walked into my
yarn. It didn’t seem to be fun enough.
She walked further into the circle of crafters. Up on her
hind legs she started to explore the contents of a basket, much to the dismay
of the owner who gently removed her. She
then decided my friend’s red multi-color roving looked like fun. She grabbed ahold of it and fell over on her
back. My friend wasn’t very upset since
she started to tickle the cat’s tummy.
As she amused the cat I removed the roving from her grasp and gave it
back to her. She set the spitty fragment
aside.
Then Occupie decided to see if my yarn was
interesting yet. After pulling it away from
her again I put the balls on my lap.
However, the cat thought the bright red and green yarn another friend
was knitting with was just great. She
grabbed it with both paws and fell on the floor wrestling with it. It took both of us to untangle the yarn and
rescue it.
At one point in time Occupie wanted some petting. As my friend started petting her, the young cat started doing the funny skating on the tile floor thing with her hind legs. You can see on the left the young sheltie Gideon that Occupie likes to tease, staying just out of reach.
The Roaster’s Whim is the home of Liquid Assets Coffee, Tea & Spice Company and is a combination of coffeehouse
and community center. It’s a delightful,
comfortable, funky place with plenty of mismatched furniture, books and a pool table to help
you enjoy your carefully selected and brewed coffee or tea. There are delicious homemade desserts
available as well.
