Lazy day

In the aftermath of Christmas 2013, I drew inspiration from my cat, Stripes.

While she loves pretty much everything I make (as long as it was not made specifically for her), one of her favorite pieces is this fat bag I made in November of 2012:

a crochet purse made with granny squares and crochet stripes
Granny sampler fat bag made from granny squares with crochet stripes to fill in

Inspired by the Better Homes & Gardens Granny Sampler Afghan (the first rendition of which took me 12 years to figure out and complete)

a granny square blanket with crochet stripes to fill in gaps
My first granny square sampler afghan

This fat bag is my (and as it turns out, my cat’s) go-to bag, and today, Stripes beat me to it, spending most of the daylight hours safely ensconced in the bag:

Stripes the cat napping on my crochet purse made of granny squares
My cat Stripes settled in for a long winter’s nap

While Stripes enjoyed a completely lazy day, sometime after lunch, I finally routed myself from the post-holiday haze and did some work on my as yet-to-be completed holiday gift, the curry-colored Victorian texting gloves:

Two curry-colored Victorian texting gloves to be on a lazy day in December
Two curry-colored Victorian texting gloves to be on a lazy day in December

While I had hoped to give them as a Christmas gift, have clearly missed that deadline and can hope that the fingerless texting gloves will serve equally well as a gift to mark the New Year.

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