I'm not completely useless.

I apparently make quite a convenient cat bed, as well as being a source of considerable amusement when she is awake. It's not just my cat either - I was at a friend's house on Thursday, where two kittens reside, and those kittens slept on me too, and had just as much fun chasing my knitting and other crafts in progress. Tying macrame hemp jewelry seems to be perfect - the ends of the hemp are so fun to chase. Susie also likes to sit in my lap and chase my yarn and needles as I attempt to knit. So much for speed.



It may be a little difficult to tell here, but this is Susie sleeping on my legs. It's a little more difficult to grab the camera and get a picture of her helping me knit and make jewelry, for reasons you can probably imagine. She sure is fun to watch, but she can be a little terror. She likes roving and spinning wheels too.



I did take a picture of one of the washcloths made with leftover yarn from the apron. Decided to try taking a picture before it was finished, because they don't always stay around long after being done.



I have yet to get new knitting projects of any size started up again. Since it has started to feel like summer, at least some of the time, it seemed to be hemp season. I could have bought enough yarn for a project, but I got beads and beading stuff instead, which is fun too.



Some of these are kits, but after making a kit once I take ideas from that and incorporate them into my own designs. If I buy a kit it is usually because it uses some element that I think it would be fun to learn.

My beading supplies were not all that portable, but they are much so now, thanks to organizer boxes & stuff. I wonder if I can do that on the plane when I go to Norway? I am going in 10 days! Wow! Since I have not flown in over 4 years, I'm not sure what it will be like now. Have they relaxed about knitting needles on planes yet? If any of you have advice about what can and cannot be taken onto airplanes, I'd love to hear it. I like to read also, but in that much time, my hands are going to need something to do. The main problem I can see with macrame is cutting the hemp. My thread cutter pendant has a difficult time with it. Maybe I could pre-cut, but that would limit what I can do. Still better than nothing though, isn't it? I'm really looking forward to the trip! I will finally get to meet some of my relatives whom I have been corresponding with for a few years.

Back to talking about the season, I will leave you with this picture Mark took of some Western King Birds just leaving the nest. Just in time for the end of Spring and the beginning of Summer.