Oh, yes, he did.
The little monster tipped over a plant the night before, so I brought the pot, with dirt still in it, down to the kitchen the next morning. My husband called me from another room to catch the beast in action. The litterbox is apparently too clean.
Milo's response: "Is there a problem?"
(Although I did not respond to almost any of the comments left from my last post, I appreciate everyone's enjoyment of the kitten pics, which is why you are seeing still more.)
But there's been a lot going on her In Terms of Actual Knitting. Thanks to a brief cold spell, I got the needles out. First, I finished the Lucky baby sweater (Kim Hargreaves, Pipsqueaks), which had been waiting for a button since early July:
The child for whom it was made (my niece) was born this very morning at 5:30 a.m. Good timing. It's not my favorite FO, since I disregarded instructions not to join new yarn anywhere but at the side seams. It's a little lumpy and my seed stitch is a bit uneven, but I think with time and wear it will even out. The yarn is KnitPicks Shine Worsted in Wisteria, gifted to me by Lynne last year. Good stuff, nice sheen and drape and very nice to the touch in seed stitch.
I have also been plugging away on the Ribby Cardi fronts. I am alternating between left and right fronts, which I have on separate sets of needles. That's working, and it's coming right along. The other day a friend took my daughter and me out into the country. While my daughter poled a raft around a small pond...
...I worked on the sweater:
After, we went blueberry picking.
The berries weren't quite ready for the most part, so our haul was small, but we had fun. The picking was done at Blueberry Hill Inn, in Goshen, Vermont,
which is truly in the middle of nowhere (in terms of civilization) but in the middle of paradise in terms of wildlife and spectacular views. You pick all the berries you want from their bushes, and then donate half to the kitchen. It works for me.
The Ribby Cardi would be done by now if I hadn't gotten distracted by the Snow Country Mitten pattern from Fiber Trends. Knowing how cold barn chores are going to be this winter, I knew I wanted something really windproof for my hands. Two people have told me to go with felted mittens.
B-b-b-big mitten!
Instead of holding two strands of worsted together, I'm using one continuous strand of Lamb's Pride worsted (Tahiti Teal?) and alternating various strands of Lamb's Pride bulky from my stash. I'm on the second mitten already but I find I have two more rows at the beginning of the thumb stitches than in the first mitten, which only goes to prove once again that knitting with a child talking to you non-stop for two hours does not help you keep track of your rows even if you think you are noting each one in pen on the pattern. Close enough.
I think I could finish the second mitten tonight and I'd love to felt them tomorrow, but the cold snap has been replaced by a heat wave and with temps expected to hit 89 with high humidity tomorrow, I'll probably wait. Have a good weekend.
"I don't see any problem."
Kittens are so cute
and
do such silly things!
Posted by: Lindy | August 24, 2007 at 07:07 PM
If you have indoor potted plants you might want to try either spraying something around them that he won't like, or topping them with rocks so he doesn't start doing this sort of thing everywhere!
He looks so cute with the dirt on his little nose!
Posted by: Elisabeth | August 24, 2007 at 08:30 PM
ok, I'll give you this much -- a second kitten would NOT help in these matters. Not. Help. At all. lol
Love the mittens! I was just thinking I have to get started on some for the kiddos.
Posted by: Heather | August 24, 2007 at 08:33 PM
OMG and I thought you were growing kitteh plants! Love your new mittin(s):) and baby sweater! Freakish weather you guys are having these days!
Posted by: Carol | August 24, 2007 at 09:29 PM
He's kind of got that "can I have a little privacy???" look on his face in the top picture. And he's so cute with the dirt on his little face.... no.... I DO NOT need a kitten!
Posted by: janna | August 24, 2007 at 10:29 PM
Oh, now that's funny!
Posted by: Carole | August 24, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Hehehehehe.......
Posted by: Paul | August 25, 2007 at 01:56 AM
How funny! You should buy one of those "train your cat to use the toilet kits" but use dirt for the training! He'll be potty trained in no time :)
Posted by: Debi | August 25, 2007 at 05:39 AM
I had a kitten who did that too, but she got over it eventually. After a lot of arm-waving on my part. And probably a little screeching. And she never needed therapy because of it, either!
Posted by: Jane | August 25, 2007 at 06:15 AM
truly hilarious!.... and I bet he thought he was being so good.
Love the mittens too - looking forward to seeing how they look all felted
Posted by: Teyani | August 25, 2007 at 10:41 AM
Milo does that because he was a barn cat. Spray the indoor plants with cat- be- gone or some such, and hope he gets the idea with kitty litter.
Posted by: Ruth | August 25, 2007 at 04:35 PM
Oh, he has such a forlorn look on his face in the last picture. I think he's embarrassed to find that this wasn't the correct place and not only that, but you're blogging him!
I can't wait to see your felted mittens. They look lovely just as they are.
Posted by: Heide | August 25, 2007 at 11:36 PM
Holy Crap! Literally (sp?)
I've been way behind on my blog reading. Trying to catch up. That kitty is really growing and Turkey!
Posted by: Beth | August 26, 2007 at 08:39 AM
See this goes in the con pile of reasons to have a kitten, although seeing as I have real trouble keeping plants alive, its probably not a problem.
I like your mittens, cool colours.
Posted by: yvette | August 26, 2007 at 09:51 AM
It looks like a mini kitty toilet.. that way he is squatting!
Too funny.
Posted by: michelle | August 26, 2007 at 11:06 AM
Cute kitten, and really cute baby sweater!
Posted by: Jenny Raye | August 26, 2007 at 11:55 PM
Milo you are ssooooooo funny!
Posted by: kitkatknit | August 27, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Bad Milo!!! And to be caught in the act too. Mimi recommends that he get his own bathroom. She has her own bathroom. Yes, a separate bathroom for the kitty cat. Hopefully, he will grow out of this wild behavior.
And cool weather will be here soon. Time for for knitting.
Posted by: Mia | August 27, 2007 at 04:27 PM
Oh that last pic is just hysterically cute! Makes me wish I could somehow make my guys babies again. Litter is so handy, but I can remember putting dirt in my kitty's box when I was young.
Posted by: Susan | August 27, 2007 at 11:08 PM
Oh Lord, Milo is funny!
Your daughter looks like she is having a ball doing the Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer thing.
Love the mitten. Those will be some darn warm mitts.
Posted by: Dorothy B | August 28, 2007 at 09:25 AM
I had to de-lurk to say that I feel your pain with Milo - my (now 9yr old) cat was so BAD when he was a kitten that I would often be in tears when I came home and saw what he'd been up to while I was at work. Now he's fat and so incredibly lazy that I'm not sure an earthquake would really stir him (though thunderstorms can get a bit of a rise!) Good luck!
Posted by: Jen | August 29, 2007 at 02:04 PM
Oh my... so cute. I always say as long at G-d makes kittens I will always have a cat. Right now I have 10, but that's another story for another day. (lol)
Posted by: Madame Purl | August 30, 2007 at 12:46 AM
The felted mittens really do work here in VT. I find that they actually make my hands sweat sometimes! You might want a few pairs!!!
Posted by: heather | August 30, 2007 at 08:21 AM
I love Milo and all but I'm missing the peacocks, the guinea hens, goat, chickens and whatnot at your farm.....
Posted by: alotta.knittin | August 30, 2007 at 02:47 PM
That photo of Milo is just scandalous!LOL. It never ceases to amaze me, how cats can be caught in the act and still look at you like "what's wrong? I'm a cat, this is what I'm supposed to do." Wait until he starts hiding one of your mittens…
Posted by: sahara | August 31, 2007 at 12:09 PM