A meme, apple pies and sock knitting

Sue has tagged me for this meme!
Here are the rules:
Link to the person who tagged you.
Mention the rules.
Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
Tag six other bloggers by linking to them.
Go to each person's blog and leave a comment that let's them know they've been tagged.
So what six quirky and boring things can I think off:
1. I hate to speak on the phone to people I don't know.
2. I am a vegetarian.
3. I have long hair since I am 14 years old and I don't like going to the hairdresser.
4. I hate getting dirt on my hands, hence don't really like gardening.
5. I love snow, shame we don't get much here in London.
6. I miss the mountains.
I would like to read about Johanne, Jacqueline, Allison, Sue, Heather and Dawn.
When I really miss Switzerland it is time to make Apfel Waehe (Apple pie). I made one with dairy and one without. It is something that is made for Friday lunch time. But of course it tastes good any day of the week.
Miss T and the husband have a dairy intolerance, lucky both can now have lactose free milk. It has made cooking a little easier. I tend to cook two things every day - something with meat and something without but with dairy.

Friday I had a bit of a panic, I had no knitting that I could take out with me. But I had just bought a new magazine Knit.1 winter issue. I came accross a sock pattern by Wendy from Wendy Knits. I have never knitted a toe up sock. She explains every thing well. The pattern has a faux cable, it is hard to tell in this photo. I am using Regia 4ply - from my stash. The socks are for Noor.
I have been busy with my stash, thinking of patterns I want to knit and using ravelry to keep track of everything.
We have also sorted out Miss T's clothes, she has grown and is now able to wear the things I knitted for her earlier.

My first finished project for 2009

The scarf is finished and ready for a new home.
I used up about 2 1/3 balls of Debbie Bliss Pure Silk.
The pattern was easy enough, just a two row repeat. Interesting enough to keep my mind occupied.
A little less yarn in my stash!


But my other knitting is growing very slow. 4ply yarn and 2.5mm needles will do that.
I think it is a great pattern, plenty going on without feeling bored.
The back is finished and I have started on the left front, it has a small pocket. I am using a double pointed needle as a stitch holder.
Miss T was feeling naughty this morning and unraveled a ball of the 4ply yarn.
She is asleep right now, time for me to go and knit a few row.
PS: Perry has had the stitches and the staple removed - time for him to go out again. I think he was counting the minutes to his vet appointment yesterday. It has all healed well. Now his fur has to grow back.

Five feet of knitting

After our big clean out and declutter of the middle floor I have started on a small project using the three balls of Debbie Bliss Pure Silk.
I am knitting a scarf and I am using the pattern from her Silk book but I have added two more repeats to the pattern to make the scarf wider. I also want to use more yarn, the scarf in the book uses two skeins.

The two row pattern is now flying off the needles.
Maybe even Perry is impressed.
He still has another three days of house arrest ahead of him.
The wound is healing nicely and all his other scratches are disappearing as well. I am sure he just wants to go out and show off his stitches and the staple to all his buddies. Yet he is stuck at home, we can't even open a window and have to be careful opening the front door. The trick is to get into the porch, close the door and then open the next one.

Bad Kitty

Perry the cat has been in big fight yesterday.
After three trips to the vet - this is what he looks like today.
A stitched and stapled up cat with a lampshade on.
He came home with a nasty big cut on his shoulder blade.
My friend, Miss T, the cat and I drove to the vet and he stapled the wound back together.
Back home Perry went for a nap, or at least it looked like he did, but he pulled out one or two staples.
Back to the vet again. He did not want to use staples again and send us home until the morning.
Perry was dropped of this morning and got about 7 stitches and one staple, the vet had to sedate him for that. Yesterday for the staples he did not have to.
To save us from more trips to the vet Perry was given a very stylish 'lampshade'.
He hates it, he keeps walking into walls and furniture.
Well if he did not fight he would not have these problems now.
Miss T thinks it is very funny, she has been laughing and screaming at him.
I think the next ten days are going to be hard. Not only does he have to wear the lampshade but he has to stay indoors.
I do have to take the shade off, otherwise he can't eat.
The vet has also just moved and yesterday they had no front door and workmen walking in and out, hammering and drilling.
It used to be next door from our local yarn shop but are now a little further down the road.

2009 knitting goals

My clever husband has decided that it is time to clean up the house. We started in Noor's room, not only has she got the most clutter, her room also has most of my yarn stash. On two shelves in her toy wardrobe. I am not taking over clothes space!
I have taken photos of all the yarn in there and put them back in a nice order.
Some will go to charity, other will go on to e-bay.
Husband was a bit amazed that I dared to look at a yarn sale.
What does he know?
His only comment was: Knit with the yarn you got. At that moment I had just two projects on the go, Fontaine - who has almost got a back and St. Moritz. St. Moritz has neared the steeking stage. I am hoping to have an afternoon to myself without the kids - I don't see it happening with Miss T around.
I have since started on a scarf with the three balls of Debbie Bliss silk. It is going to be a present for someone.
My goals for 2009:
Finish St. Moritz and Fontaine
Knit the Zebra Striper in Dale of Norway for Miss T (ravelry link)
Knit Twist and Shout for myself in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran
Knit Madeleine in Debbie Bliss Rialto
Knit socks for Noor using stash sock yarn.
Organize all my books and magazines, use Ravelry more to catalogue them and keep track of the stash.
Not a bad list to start with.