His name is William Henry (as in William Henry Harrison).
William Henry, you are so photogenic.
After the Fourth, he is going over to our vet’s office to see if he is cut out to be a clinic cat (they were really taken with his laid-back self). I am hoping that he does well there because then we can still see him all the time (with all the cats and our aged dog, we pretty much pay their light bill). I will be terribly sad to see him go, he is one of the sweetest kitties I’ve ever met. I’ve met a LOT of kitties.
Oh yeah, I finally finished the first half of the June socks. If you pry your eyes off William Henry and look at the rest of the picture, you can see it. I’ve got one half of July’s socks finished already (the purple LL), so I can finish both pairs up this month.
But look at this cool thing! It’s a case for your Sock-In-Progress!
You just stuff in the needles and put on the top!
Like magic, it secures the sock-in-progress for transport to a new knitting venue. No more falling off of the needles in your purse! Woot. I got one for Mom and Great Gran as well. You can have one if you write to jhd at atlanticbb dot net (I am sure y’all can figure that out). They come in different sizes and cost $20 each. And when you write ask if she has plans for monograms. I figure if enough people show an interest, I will eventually have a mongrammed Sock Sealer! Many thanks to the Yarn Harlot for posting about this handy thing on her blog!
Other fun stuff:
I realized last weekend that camp was three weeks away and I hadn’t planned ANY of the Arts and Crafts Activites. There has been very little knitting because of the Frenzy of Activity.
I’m in two more sock swaps! I only have to make one sock for one of them (the hurricane one) and the other pair (the Toasty one) isn’t due until the end of October. That has not stopped me from ordering sock yarn! I was forced to order several colors and variety of brands so that I can be sure to pick the ones my pals will like best. It’s such a shame the rest of it will be left over. I am sure I can find it a nice home. Unlike kitties, sock yarn is happy in a drawer or a closet or a trunk until you are ready to use it. And I want to know: why is there never any Vesper at kpixie when a girl is ready to break her fast?!
I gotta tell you: I am so happy that the SYAC is over and done! I earned three gold stars and didn’t buy sock yarn for three solid months. Those three months sucked. They might actually be responsible for my knitting enui. I have no proof of this, but I can certainly see a correlation. I love sock yarn! And I want MORE.
AAAAWWWW! Willie! So cute!
Congrats on three months of sock yarn abstinence. You are a woman of steel. No go shop your socks off!!
Three golds and two pinks here – and I didn’t knit as many socks as I would have liked. Of course, the excursion into sock bags may have something to do with that, I suppose…
William Henry is so cute 🙂
Can you explain what a “clinic cat” is? I thought the only animals permanently at the vets office were the dead-and-preserved ones?
Nice socks. The colours really go well together 🙂
Adorable kitty. Do you have a list of sock yarn you’re itching to buy?
William Henry is precious! What a great picture!
Awwwww…really if I was close I would come get him, and if I was made of money, I’d have you fly him out!
I had a cat for 21 years. He was a great cat. I’m a little scared of them….so I am afraid to get another. You know how some cats are…..
My big sister is a Vet, and for a while I wanted to be too. I worked in a vets office for about a month before I decided that theis was NOT what I wanted to do.Cats and dos can be MEAN!
I love the colors of the June socks. Very Very pretty. How are the bedspread squares coming along 🙂
Oh my, William Henry ~ you are surely handsome! Those enormous ears are the sign of a specific breed, but I can’t recall which one… oh Emily, I don’t know how I’d let him go if I was you…
Yay, that the SYAC is fini . You came, you didn’t shop, you conquered. hah! great job Em. and I agree with Carole, what have you been wishin’ for?
I’m glad its done too! And I was the hostess.LOL
Now go buy some sock yarn. Thanks for making SYAC so fun and encouraging me when it was tough!
BTW are you going on the Sea Sock Cruise? Details are on my blog.
Congrats to you for sticking to the SYAC for the whole time! I dropped out really really early on. I think I only lasted one month and even then I was lying about it. William Henry is adorable!
Man, I think SYAC made me buy more sock yarn. What a handsome kitty, my 4-yo nephew has the same name.
I hope that William Henry works out as a clinic cat – that’s a nice life, folks around all the time, lots of love.
You haven’t yet planned any activities for camp? You’re a changed person!
Willie is so CUUUUUUTTEEEE!!!!
The sock sealer is a huge temptation (I love all things “NOTIONS”!) Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
I can’t believe the will power you’ve had! wow!
Glad the kitty found a home. That sock holder thing is AWESOME!
Aww the kitty. Such a cute name for him too. How can you possibly let him go? You always have room for one more little tiny kitty cat. 🙂
William Henry SURE DOES LOOK LIKE HE IS HOME!!!! He is sending me messages through those eyes of his asking that we beg you to keep him!! LOL!! What camp are you refering to? Maybe your loyal fans can offer up some suggestions for arts and crafts?? The sock holder….now what a GREAT idea!!!
Hi Emily! Just wanting to see who you are and what you knit…have a happy July 4th!
Love love the sock holder! I would totally get one if I did them on DPNs!
I’m so glad that your fast from sock yarn is over. Oh, and you need to try the Lucy Neatby kind (I can be such and enabler!)… Olive destroyed my yarn (she didn’t ruin it), so I have to rewind it from a tangled mess before I can use it.
Oh wow.. he IS photogenic 🙂 Just wanted to stop and say hi and thanks for the support.
Hooray for good homes for good cats!
I have to say I spent a lot of time looking at your photos of the sock sealer thinking that the doily/mat thing its placed on was somehow part of the contraption. Maybe a net? Some kind of mesh packaging? I couldn’t really see its utility. Yes, I’m a dolt.