Sad day for me

My pretty orange kitty that loved my current Grannies and Ripples afghan that I was making died yesterday. He had kidney failure and we were expecting him to pass, just not this soon.



We had another kitty before we rescued him that died of kidney failure. She showed many advanced signs of the disease for a few weeks. Ted, our orange kitty, didn't. Just the day before he was his normal self, running and playing, and yelling at me. :) But when I woke up yesterday morning, he couldn't move. So I just held him until he passed away in my arms.



We are a heartbroken family right now. Our pets are our family members, and we just said goodbye to a very handsome boy.

My kitty again!

More evidence that my kitty just loves the Granny squares and ripples afghan!

WIPW: Grannies and Ripples {Take 2}

I love the part of an afghan where you can really see it, finally, coming together! Well, ladies and gents, this is that moment.



Taking a picture of it was hard. I had to stretch it out to show all of its glory, and finding a good spot to lay it all out straight like that was hard. So even though it fits the width of my chair right now... that is only how long it is. :) I still have a lot more to crochet, but i'm finally starting to picture what it'll look like when it is finished!

I cannot wait!

Oh, and my kitty says hello!



I am linking this bad boy up over at Tami's WIP, Ambassador Crochet, Yarn Along and The Crochet Way.

But, I want to crochet!

As I was working on my current afghan tonight, someone decided to lay right down on my strand of string!

Look at him! How could I disturb his sweet comfy spot? I guess someone was telling me to stop crocheting and go to bed early tonight. Silly kitty!

WIPW: Work-In-Progress Wednesday - Grannies and Ripples + Knitting

First thing is first... the Grannies and Ripples afghan!

BTW - My kitty says "hello"!!

I'm getting there, I swear!! This week I worked on 3 rows of grannies, 2 that I attached and one that will be attached shortly. I just need to add 6 more rows {3 verigated and 3 green} up at the top, then i'll add the last row of grannies {which are identical to the grannies at the bottom}.

I'm not sure how much longer I'll have to go after those grannies. Right now i'm anticipating 3 rows of green and 3 of the verigated on each end, and i'll stop it there. I'll border it with the verigated after. I'm wondering if I buckle down and stop starting other projects, if I can complete this afghan by next week!

I am also working on my knitting, by making more dish cloths!

I am such a slow knitter I could never imagine working on something larger than this! However, I do need to purchase some longer needles. When I reach the max of 42 sts on the needle, it's really pressing the luck to get them all to stay on.

But at least i'm getting better than I was in late December when I got the needles!



I am linking this bad boy up over at Tami's WIP, Ambassador Crochet, and Yarn Along.

I love the idea of having a link up of my own, because I love looking at others projects. So please feel free to link up with me too! No need to grab a button or say you did.