With two vaccines, that is. He spent the entire day sleeping. He had a busy morning, though–we were an hour early for the vet so I let him explore the car. He had a blast. Then the vet wiped gunk out of his eyes and stuffed some toothpastey hairball remover into his mouth, and then gave him two shots. So he had reason to be tired, poor baby. By the next day he was his normal clingey, whiney, post-vacation (not post-vaccination) traumatized kitty self. Hope this phase ends soon. This picture was taken while he was still drugged out on vaccines.

Here’s my second evening purse. This one is made with a ball of Ella Rae classic worsted weight wool, felted. I used the Suzzanne’s Purse pattern, with about 20 extra stitches. I had to change all the rest of the numbers used in the pattern as well, but I winged it and didn’t write the changes down. I also used an icord strap with 5 stitches. It all worked out just great. I like it plain just the way it is. It’s plenty stiff enough to hold its shape. I would like to use a magnetic snap for the flap but haven’t found any yet. Finished size: 8 * 2 * 2.

Here’s another shot of the evening bag, and also the alpine lace scarf, being modeled by my mother.

Finally, here is the 8 * 10 nativity icon I found at a Russian store in Alaska. Love it. Not sure it looks as… authentic as some of the other images, the style of the figures is different, but I still love it.
