Day 4.....

Gramma is still alive and kicking, and so are Miss "P" and Robo baby.

Unfortunately, all I seem to be doing is laundry and emptying the potty.  At least there has been no wet floors or underpants, so that's a good thing.

Miss "P"s first attempt at dyeing yarn. We got some chunky yarn from Knitpicks and when Robo baby went down for a nap we slipped downstairs to the studio.


Gramma's proud. Tired but proud.


We also went to visit Julie's House (as Miss "P" calls it) to drop off the longest ever knitting assignment I think I have ever done. Not because it was hard, but I was just having trouble getting into it.

Update

I can't find the "Boss Cat"  so I'm going to make an executive decision and update everything we have dyed in the past couple of weeks.  We have a couple of dozen skeins of sock yarn, and if I don't put it in the shop now, I'm just going to keep it all for myself.

I've also put all of our Fat Cat DK, Stray Cat Sport and Big Cat Worsted on sale at 10% off.  And don't forget about the free shipping on orders of $100 or more.
I'm off next week, but I have 2 young house guests coming to stay with Gramma so the only dyeing going on will be Miss "P" trying out her skills on some Chunky Monkey yarn, that she'll be knitting up herself.  There will be photos, I'm sure.

Old but new...........

We have another yarn added to our clan.  Introducing Fluffy Cat in Lace weight.  This is the same lovely make up as our Fluffy Cat fingering, 70/20/10 Alpaca/Silk/Cashmere but in a 2 ply lace weight.

The only thing is, this will be a limited edition yarn for a short time and when it's gone, it's gone.  There will be a new base replacing this at a later date, but we'll talk about that another time.
We're hoping to get in the studio this week-end to dye up some more, but in the meantime in honor of our Civic Holiday this week-end we're giving free shipping on all orders over $50.
Boss Cat and I would like to clear out the old stock and we'll be putting in new stock very soon.

Ding, Dong...............

Well we arrived back home safe from the "Sound".   It's the first time I actually took some photos that weren't yarn.  I really enjoyed this new experience.
Congratulations to Ron & Jenn, and my 2 lovely girls.

What a perfect spot for a wedding.  You can see more photos on Boss Cats blog. 
There's nothing quite like our "robobaby" to provide the entertainment.

And during our drive home today, I got to knit for hours.........................pictures later.

Busy, busy, busy........

Today is for catching up. Mr. "D" has gone fishing for the day, and I did all my housework yesterday, so I could spend the day in the studio dyeing.
I finished up some custom orders (mostly Slinky Cat) and I did up a couple of skeins of House Cat just to use up the leftover dyes. I'll have pics of them when they're dry.

I finally have all the pieces of Julie's pullover done and ready to put the collar on this week, and I actually found a zipper yesterday that will work nicely.

So on to my knitting, Robo baby's Helena is moving right along. The body is done and I've started the sleeves. I'm into the second skein now, and I'm so pleased with the way they matched up, I can't even tell the difference.

And just when I thought I would get back to monogamous knitting, I started a shawl/scarf with our Slinky Cat in Peacock.  We've had so many requests for this colourway, I though I better knit it up so everyone could see what it actually looks like. 
Personally, I just love looking at in the skein.

Weekend update.....

No, not a shop update, just life update.  I'm almost done the second sleeve of Julie's sweater, the back is blocking, the front will be blocked tomorrow.

I took a few minutes to start a new sock with our mcn Top Cat, I've had this skein in my stash for a long while.  It was a good excuse to try out my new Blackthorn needles.  Very sharp and pointy, and they feel pretty sturdy.

And yes, I did dye up a few skeins of Slinky Cat for our next update.

Canada Day weekend update....

Looks like Boss Cat and I have enough yarn dyed up to have an update tomorrow Sunday July 4th at 2 pm.  And in honor of our holiday and our neighbours across the border, we're offering free shipping on all orders over $75.  We have Top Cat, Alley Cat, Fluffy Cat, and some House Cat.  Here's a little sampling.....

Time goes too fast...

This weekend just flew by. Between getting orders ready to go out tomorrow and laundry and house cleaning, I did manage to get a little knitting done.
Boss Cat came by on Saturday with several quarts of strawberries, so the jammin' was on.

We made 3 batches of strawberry jam and still have several quarts left to freeze down for over the winter.

So it's back to work tomorrow with the holiday on Thursday, so that seems to be a good day to dye up some more yarn (Mr "D" is planning on going fishing). We have an order of Slinky Cat and Fluffy Cat coming, and we'll have some more lace back in the shop very soon.

Update....

Well, it looks like it's time for an update. We'll be introducing a new member to the WCY family....."Barn Cat".  This base is similar to our House Cat 100% SW fingering, except there's nylon added. It's an 80/20% Merino/Nylon SW fingering weight with the same 2 ply twist as the House Cat.

Why "Barn Cat", because it's a little tougher than our House Cat, and more twisted than our "Alley Cat".

Here's a preview of some of the colours that will be going up on Friday, sometime in the afternoon.

Winner...........

We have a winner... Splinderella (rav name) is the winner of our anniversary contest. Congratulations, we hope you enjoy the pattern and yarn. 

Today was just one of those days, when I just wanted to sit and knit, but everything else caught up to me. Laundry, vacuuming, dusting, sweeping and mopping.  But it's done now.

Boss Cat did little bit of dyeing while I did mostly administrative work (and a little guidance and motherly opinions thrown in).  We'll have some more stock going up in the shop over the next couple of days so keep checking in.
And in WCY news, we'll be introducing "Barn Cat", it a 80/20 SW merino/nylon blend. It's tougher than our "House Cat", and a little more twisted than our "Alley Cat".

On year giveaway........

On June 19 Wandering Cat Yarns celebrates one whole year of throwing dye at yarn and feeding your (and mostly our) fibre habit!To celebrate (and thank you all for helping us reach this milestone) we are holding a contest!

First the good stuff - the prize:
A copy of Boss Cat's newly released Daenerys pattern
....and two lovely soft skeins of Top Cat (80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon) in Vampire's Kiss to make it!

To enter:

Leave a comment here, or on Boss Cat's blog - it's as easy as that!

Extra entries:

Buy yarn - Each skein of Wandering Cat Yarns purchased (within contest timeline) will earn you an entry.

Tell others(and let us know you did) - Post about it on your blog! That earns you an entry too!

Join in - Join our new Ravelry group for another entry (current members will automatically get one entry)

Rules:
The contest is open now until Midnight on June 19th. Drawing will take place on June 20th through the magic of the random number generator!

Good luck!

One year already....

Boss Cat and I realized we are coming up on our 1 year WCY anniversary.  Boy has it gone by too fast.  Right now we're in negotiations for a celebratory giveaway contest, and we'll let you all in on the details very soon.

In the meantime, I'm on my last couple of days of vacation and it back to work.  I have managed to do a lot of what I planned and absolutely no housework (except maybe the laundry).  Yesterday Mr. "D" and I went to the Bay of Quinte fishing, which meant lots of knitting time in the truck. I managed to get half a sleeve done on Julie's project, but unfortunately I got nothing knit in the boat because we had a very successful fishing day.

Perfect weather, picnic lunch, and a very well behaved dog.

I love fishing.

And to finish off my vacation week I have my Cascading Leaves Socks (rav link) done with our House Cat Superwash.  I love this yarn, and we're going to try some with nylon in it.

I'm hoping to finish up the rest of the knitting for Julie's sweater too, but I must re-skein some Fluffy Cat for the shop first.

Ravelry......

Boss Cat and I just wanted to let everyone know that we finally got around to starting our own group on Ravelry.  We would love all Wandering Cat fans to pop on over and visit us once in awhile.  We'll post all of our news, updates, new colours and such and we'd love to see all your projects pics too.

The Cats are back............

Top Cat and Slinky Cat are back.  We were temporarily out of stock, but we are back in business.  We are trying to do more than one skein of each colour in these bases because they are so nice for shawls. Several shades were added today and we'll have some more over the summer.  Hopefully "Boss Cat" will find some time in her busy schedule to come over and play.

My first week of vacation is over but have I got a lot done.  I have one sleeve and the top of the front left to do on Julie's project. I had 2 days of straight knitting time in the car while Mr "D" did the driving, and I'm pleased with my progress.
I had plans to start a new cardigan for Robo, but unfortunately the yarn I planned to use (Rowanberry Stray Cat) sold this weekend so it will have to wait till I dye some more.  The little monkey turned 2 yesterday and I better get to it before she grows anymore.  I don't know where the last 2 years went.

 I have one more week off work, so I'm hoping to finish Julie's sweater by then.  I have so many things on my list I want to do and not enough hours in the day to do them.  Wish me luck.

Shades of Summer............

Well, after our dud of a day at the festival, we've put everything up in the shop.  This is just a small sample of what we updated today.   House Cat Superwash merino.

We've also added some Big Cat Worsted and Fat Cat DK.
The one good thing that did come out of our day on Saturday was uninterrupted knitting time.  I thought it was high time I knit with some House Cat. I've had a skein squirreled away for myself for awhile.
One sock down and one more to go......this yarn is so squishy, and I love the twist too.

Details are on my rav project page.
Now I'm off work for 2 weeks and my main goal is to finish Julie's project.........until our new supply comes in, of course. (insert evil laugh here)

Going to the show.......

Good News:  Boss Cat and I were a little busy in the studio this weekend.
Bad News:  You'll have to wait to see if any of these go up in the shop after we take them to the Festival this week-end.  With any luck we'll come home with none and we'll have to try to dye them again.

Happy Victoria Day........

It's the first long week-end to kick of summer so in celebration, Wandering Cat Yarns is offering free shipping (refunded after purchase) on all orders over $50 until Monday May 24th at midnight.

New Cat in town..............

Boss Cat and I finally got around to dyeing up some Big Cat. It's our Superwash worsted weight and it big and squishy and we will definitely be doing some more of this.  For now there are just a few skeins in the shop.  Port, Aegean, Strawberry Swirl, and Forget-me-Not

 We also snuck in some Stray Cat just for good measure.   Lil' Boy Blue, Kaia, and a yet to be named colour.

Saturday is dye day...........

Well, this week was the longest ever. But Saturday finally came and Boss Cat and I got busy.  We have a new batch of Alley Cat dyed, dried, skeined up and ready to put in the shop.  Most likely tomorrow.

 I did manage to buy myself a little present with my destash money, one hot sexy new camera. Not that there was anything wrong with my old camera, but I got tired of Boss Cat taking crappy pictures and she got the old one.  So here's hoping she put up some better shots of those naughty cats.

Everyone's a winner....................

Congratulations Minding My Own Stitches! She gets a sock blocker key chain and gets to choose a skein of yarn from the shop!

And, since there were only a few entrants, but they were so generous, we've decided to give the others a skein of yarn too! So congrats to Smoking Hot Needles and Restless Needles!

With your help Miss Pee was able to raise $110 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Thank you so much!