I don't know if I can Bear the cat bed!

HE'S BACK!!!!


Chef Knitterie has returned and his service for today is a platter of "Orso Di Compleanno." He's back with a vengence, too...right away he's showing off his language skills. Although, I really should have expected it! He did just return from Europe ... side note, his cousin, Geoffrey may come to live with us!...more on that later.
Back to Chef K's service...with much cajoling, he translated his Italian to English for me...Chef's service is "Birthday Bear."

I still had a good deal of yarn left over after completing the Knitting World Cup, which consisted of tops for Allysa's 3rd birthday. With this extra yarn I decided to knit a birthday bear that matched some of her tops. I have never knit any type of toy, so, I guess I'm okay with the outcome.
If Allysa likes her, I will be ecstatic! I had seen this bear on Knitty Gritty last week and thought it to be a good stepping stone to toy knitting. It was a fun knit, I didn't even mind the seaming as much as I thought that I would! LOL, for a bear, she is a bit tall and thin, I will call this phenomenon the "charm of handknitting."

With the bear off the needles I now have 2 projects OTN! I can't believe that I actually had 3 projects going at once! I'm sorry, but I have no idea why you crazy seasoned knitters have so many projects going at once! I know, ya'll say it's because monogamous knitting is boring and whatnot. Well, once again, I beg to differ!!! I love monogamous knitting. I love the joy of finishing a project and beginning another. I have to tell the truth here, over the past few days when I've had the Birthday Bear, my bamboo scarf and kitty pi bed on the needles...I felt rushed to knit them all at once and not at all relaxed while knitting. I am happy that I gave this idiotic different approach to knitting a go...this is why I had 3 projects going at once..to say I'd given it a chance...As I said, glad I tried it...still don't like it....guess I'm hopeless, I will always be one of the odd knitters out...but, that's okay, the knitting gets done in the end!
Anyway, I'm down to the bamboo scarf and kitty pi bed, I'm sure that the bed will be completed first because I'm tired of seeing Moshi in a box on the bar in the kitchen!
He loves boxes! I don't have the heart to take this one away from him, he's claimed it as his own since Snuggle died. Therefore, I'm knitting a bed for him. I happened to have a shameful amount some WOTA in my stash, as I looked around I found a few of the colors that are in our rug. When I saw that I had the colors, that did it, I knew I had to begin knitting kitty pi for Mo.
Why is it that I can't capture true colors?! A price we pay for fast photos! It does actually match the rug! I do so hope that he likes it and decides that living in a box isn't the best option!