The nicest kitty

Alvar is a dear. 99 percent of the time. A friendly cuddly furball.

And, he's pretty choleric. He's able to switch from purring plushie to a ball of fury and sharp bits in no time - and when he is not happy with something, he doesn't bother with hissing or growling, he goes for blood.

The time of the year has come - Alvar's vaccination. He hates the carrier and he hates the vet. Cat bites are nästi. I bled all over the place because the damn fucker hit a vein but I had a vet appointment so I just bandaged it and off I went. Ines didn't cooperate at all, she's cuddly only on her own terms  so she added a few minor scratches.

At the vet, there was the usual scene involving screaming, thick gloves and a blanket and when I took the gloves off thinking it was over, the sucker jumped and bit my left hand.

Obviously, the wounds started to fester overnight. I got antibiotics and more band aids and off I went to a three-day botanical event with quite some hand shaking.

Well, some people get tattoos, I get cat-inflicted wounds

Fermenting

Im sitting at a railway station, knitting. 

And I'm slightly bored. So I pondered about my knitting notes backlog on Ravelry and it occurred to me that, well, I'm using Noro Maiko, introduced in around 2008 and long discontinued, and Ganpi Tape, which may or may not be in production and certainly not available outside Japan since a long time ago.

And then I tried to remember the last te when I used yarn that was actually in production.

I get most of my yarns on sale, on fleabay  and otherwise second hand so it may be discontinued when it reaches me.

But, most importantly, I design stuff based on yarn which I actually have. Which may lead to frantic search for one more ball of something that has already disappeared which would be somewhat easier if my preferred colour was orange, not the blue-green-black-white area.

I got the cyan Maiko at Webs or at Little Knits about a decade ago. The Ganpi Tape has been living in my stash for years as well until it clicked in my head. 

The other stuff in the making is in Taiyo Sock (hunt for more of that colourway included) and King, another in Tennen, discontinued but still available here and there, Ginga, discontinued about two years ago and not seen often, and Tabi (sold as Hakama in Japan in smaller balls for some reason) in col. 6, which got discontinued and I had hard time getting more - this could be counted as current yarn because it was when I started it.

Apparently, I need yarn that has been sitting around gathering dust and cat hair and maturing to its proper state to be used.