It has been a busy couple of weeks! When I last left you my mother was coming for a visit—we had a very fun weekend together, checking out the farmers' market and thrift stores, and we also went to the train museum for a ride in their antique passenger cars. After our weekend visit, she went out to visit my sister, and I watched her cat at my place, and then she came back to hang out with me for another week.
Coleslaw was obsessed with my mum's cat and wanted to be her best friend, but AggieCat wasn't as interested. Our biggest conflict was that every time Aggie slapped Coleslaw, Coleslaw thought they were playing, so she would become even more exuberant and bouncy! We did finally manage several periods of peaceful cohabitation, but sometimes Coleslaw would really get on Aggie's nerves. It was so nice to see them when they were getting along, though. I did end up getting Coleslaw a new Lamb Chop as a bribe to leave Aggie alone, and it was, shall we say, moderately effective.
I wanted a new knitting project while my mother was here, so I finally pulled out my bag of worsted scraps (technically they range from DK to bulky) and started a new blanket. I've really been enjoying working on it the past couple weeks, and it's knitting up so much more quickly than my sock blankie! It's so cool that I can take what is literally a bag of scraps and turn it into a functional object. I don't know how many squares I can get out of my current scrap stash, but the great thing about these modular mitered square blankets is that I can always go back and add more squares when I have the yarn to do so.