once again..

to add to my collection of mating creatures...

Sucker

Before we left Trondheim for Alex's parents' place, Alex called up the pet shelter regarding Sucker.
They were very friendly, and asked us to send a picture of it, which we conveniently had a few of XD

They replied very quickly to the pictures, saying she was a special looking cat and they will look into picking it up as soon as possible.

One day later, they emailed us saying that Sucker was actually a missing pet! The owner recognized her from the pictures we had sent and was very happy to find her again. Sucker's real name is actually Silke( sil-ke). The owner had posted poorly taken and blurry pics of her, so she wasnt very recognizable i guess. Plus she had been missing for a month now (since 15th may according to the owner) and dirtied up alot.

I'm so glad that they're reunited :) although the neighbour upstairs said she was tempted to keep Silke ( before we found out it had an owner XD) despite being allergic.

One more day later, the owner emailed us to thank us for helping to look after her cat. So i guess thats one indication she does care for her cat. me and alex were wondering if it was abandoned... so guess not!

yay for efficient pet shelters!

new miniatures!

been making new types of miniatures! XD the rightmost mitten in the first pic is the mitten on my thumb in the later pic.

also made a miniature knitting bag i'll stuff with details later when i get back to sg. next to it is an xmas sock XD as you can see i'm obviously using the same wool for all... leftovers from my Aeolian Shawl.

lastly its a miniature bear rug! with a skinned featureless rare purple polar bear!

we're leaving for Hustad today, just when it was getting warm here. looking forward to the fishing :D

Sucker

meet Sucker, the stray cat. for a few days in a row, it had been meowing daily for 4 hours straight. it would meow itself to sleep on the garage roof. and it was VERY attention hungry, walking in between human legs if people went to pet it and tried to leave after. the neighbour upstairs fell victim to that. so did I. but at least it didnt follow anyone up the stairs to the apartments.

so thats her on the roof near our window on the 2nd floor, meowing from there.
we tried ways to get rid of her.. waving a mop didnt help (she just stared, knowing it wouldnt reach her. and when it did, she just moved 5cm out of reach). neither did the cat-repellent spray thing (it just smells strongly of chemicals, and cats dont like it. for humans, it smells like cheap air freshener.)

so we decided to feed her. that didnt work, she still meowed.

then we decided to wash her. alex and i both had the idea in our heads, and i voiced it out.

i brought some wet tissue towels down.

he brought a bucket of water.

to summarize, alex dumped two buckets of water on it in stages. and it came back as long as Alex goes 'psssspsssspsssspsssss' to it. i handled the drying off, and even removed petrified shit from its ass... as well as other random icky stuff that clung to its long ass-fur.

we then decided we could sacrifice a small towel and give it a proper rub off... and it handled it all very well. so it cant be stray at all. i imagine a stray would freak out totally and leave battle scars on our hands.

today, Sucker still hangs around though she no longer tries to set a world record on Longest Meowing Session. her pretty long fur was much MUCH softer and nicer to touch after the wash.

bonus that it doesnt sink badly now either.
this is the most recent pic, taken today after i fed it some cat food. looking all contented XD

hope someone will adopt it though. it seemed like a nice enough cat.

sushi party!

there were 6 of us... paul, minchele,simen and joco were invited over...

aaaand we made sushi!

and i made some onigiri too XD XD XD

Finished aeolian shawl!

THE AEOLIAN SHAWL IS FINALLY FINISHED!!!

i'm absolutely loving it, i was so worried it wouldnt turn out as nice, but as i blocked it out... my heart just bursts with joy.

blocking: wet the shawl, then pin it out.
MY PRIDE AND JOY!

short walk

short walk in the a different park where they are rebuilding some stuff... dropped by on the way to buy me some yarn for my Aeolian shawl! gonna make the lace edge dark solid blue , if not it'll look too messy