Mental Health morning

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Mar 292007
 

I decided to sleep in and not go into work until around 1 today.  Ah the beauty of being a graduate student assistant.  Anyway, in the midst of doing laundry and re-potting plants, I decided to take those pictures that I promised Fluxx to show and example of the knitting styles. So here we are. The first two pictures are continental style, where the yarn is carried on the left hand, which really reminds me of how I carried the yarn for crocheting.

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Next, is one picture of english style knitting, which is hard to take a picture of when you are right handed!  The yarn is "thrown" around the needles with the right hand instead of "picked" off the yarn held in the left as in the continental style.

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I'm really liking the continental for knitting stitch, but having a hard time with the purl stitch still.  I need to practice more.  Finding the time is the hard part. 

I'm going to try to get some WIP pics up later on tonight.

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The cat post?

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Jan 242007
 

Okay, I'm going to, I guess, make a monthly post, when I can, about my cats.  This month, there is a guest star, Purl from Sophie's Yarns.

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Okay, my two maniacs here, Sophie (white paws) and Haley (FAT CAT) constantly fight over spots infront of the fire place.  Sophie got a scolding the one night when she BIT Haley because Haley wouldn't move.  It's quite funny if you were to witness it.

Next:

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Here is my fat cat in all of her glory.  She looks a little possessed in that last shot.

Sophie's turn:

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She tends to drape herself over the back of chairs a lot.  We were playing with a toy with Haley and she decided that she also needed attention.  She usually always looks pissed off too.

And Finally, Purl's turn!

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I was standing by a display table (I think it was a dresser?) and the cat decided that she needed to be on my shoulders, so we walked around the store for a little bit while castingon, New Age Amazon, and my mother spoke with the owner (Jen?).  It was the strangest but best thing ever!

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