A little knitting and a lot of kitten!

I'd better start with the progress on a different sock as this is meant to be a knitting blog! I've finished the cuff and started the leg, slow progress I know but it wil get even slower now. I emailed the designer of the Bagpuss pattern I was struggling with and he has very kindly emailed me the correct pattern so I'll be going back to the head of Bagpuss after tea!
A mug I bought from eBay in the US ages ago turned up today - I've 3 in various patterns and colours now, I'm not sure how many variants there are, I know I missed one last night as I was outbid, I set myself strict limits for any item and bid once at the last minute so that I can't get carried away!.
A variation on the many shamrock designs the factory made, I'm still trying to find a catalogue of some sort so I can see how much of their souvenir ware I've managed to collect!
I couldn't resist this fabric, I'm thinking maybe 2 quilted placemats to use on my breakfast bar, I can back them with the other brown/cream fabric I just got that is in the next picture, or possibly just use plain cream.
This is fun, very 1960's/7o's, it was very cheap and cheerful and I fell in love with it.
More pink patchwork to come at some point! I just need to cut myself some more paper pieces and I can start again and add to my collection of quilt pieces.I only have plastic templates in hexagon shapes, one day I'd like to learn more complicated quilting patterns, but I haven't found a good basic to intermediate quilting book that I like yet.
Knowing that cats like to sleep in high places that offer a good view of what is going on I bought this for her and hung it from the frame of my four poster - it's meant as storage and sold by Ikea. Up until Friday Hecate had climbed all over it but never got into it. Friday she climbed into the top section briefly but I didn't have my camera ready.




Last night she climbed into the next to the bottom section and slept there happily all night,it's a good plan for both of us, she gets to sleep near me and I don't get pounced on every time I turn over when I'm sleeping!










I maanaged to get my camera before she climbed out and caught her, This picture is slightly blurred but catches the glow of her eyes - I was using flash and it was just before 5am when I get up to get ready for work
What I don't have for you are pictures from Sunday when she decided to climb into my bath water - I could see she was determined to get in, so I let her then fished her out, dried her and cuddled her til she was happy again, I'm hoping that will discourage her from diving in too often - she clearly doesn't actually like contact with water however much it fascinates her!