In the comments Anne asked if I had made anything with Bosco's fur. His fur was really slippery and hard to spin but I did make a little bell with just his fur. It is packed away with the Christmas ornaments. I did once blend his fur with my former Persian cat Pumpkin's fur to make a combo yarn. I just brushed their fur, carded it together randomly, and spun it on a spindle. I liked how it turned out and made myself a simple stockinette cat fur scarf. Pumpkin hated our other cats so this scarf was about as close as they ever got.



And here are the donors - a young photo of Bosco (sniff).




And the diva of all cats, Pumpkin. I made some fun fold-over cuffed mittens with just her fur.

I am working on the thick green ribbed socks for DH. Pair #2 will be the Ukrainian socks from Folk Socks. I haven't made anything from this book in a while but I remember how important this book was to me when it first came out. Until then I had no idea there were so many different toes and heels for socks and I immediately wanted to make every pair of socks in the book.

These cuties are featured on our Four Corners Bunnies rescue web site. These adorable baby bunnies (along with 2 others) are available for adoption in the Los Alamos area.

Thank you all for your kind words and quotes and poems. I greatly appreciate it and I printed them all out to include in a memory box I made. Peaches and Jack the cat seem fine and are enjoying the extra attention. This is the first time I've only had 2 pets in about 20 years. We do plan to adopt a dog in the next 6 months though if I can find one that likes large spoiled house rabbits .

I am surprised at all the extra time I have now that I'm not caring for a sick pet so I've decided to institute a May knitting challenge. I plan to see how many pairs of socks I can knit in one month. I did this before in September of 2004 and managed 11 pairs although I don't think I'll do that well. I started a thick pair for DH last night during the very exciting Red Sox game. I also plan to knit a lace edging for some pillowcases out of this bridal satin I found on sale.