I finished the brown plarn basket for my washpins the other day.  After I added little handles like the ChickPea pattern calls for (part of the cuteness appeal if you ask me) I decided I wanted a handle going across.  I crocheted a handle and slipped it through the two little handles which worked fine.  Plarn doesn’t really do so well in a skinny long format so the handle is a bit on the sad side.  I thought about making it wider but then it wouldn’t fit into the little handles I had already made.  The plarn isn’t holding the round shape as well as I had hoped so the whole basket looks a little mushy.  It was a fun experiment in plarn and basketry though and it will certainly do for its purpose.  I have yet to really use it aside from the washpins sitting in it for the last couple days.  Hopefully we’ll have some sun and I can hang some clothes out to dry.

While I made plarn for this project I had all my brown colored bags strewn all over the floor.  This was an irresistible cat playground and Kes got right in.  I got some cute photos of her laying in the massive pile of bags and feeling like she’s in heaven.  She was laying in the pile and I tossed a couple over her which she thought was great.  She was quite surprised when I cleaned up all the bags, she couldn’t find any reason this was necessary.  She tried her best to keep them all and ended up with one for herself.  She spent the rest of the afternoon snoozing on it.

I’ve started a new cat amigurumi project and at the moment it is only a head.  The cat pattern is Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service.  I found the pattern at Ravelry.com.  I created an account for Ravelry.com and now have a virtual list of projects there to compliment my real list of projects.  I’ve thought of some little gifts to make for friends since I’m on such a crochet kick.  Those amigurumis are too cute to resist but as I said when I made my first one, how many amigurumis can I have in my house without looking silly?  I might have to find a big project like Mario or a blanket.  For now I’m off to work on Jiji.