This year I thought I'd throw caution to the wind and take part in the Secret Santa among Finnish Ravelry users. After all, the worst that could come out of it is acrylic, right?
I received my Christmas parcel today and (me being me) I opened it right away. I was thrilled!
I got a yummy skein of Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend (70% extrafine merino / 30% silk) in a gorgeous blended earthtone colourway (9254). I also got stitch markers for bigger needles, as per my letter to Santa, and not one but two pairs of earrings, which were also on my wish list! In addition to these, I received hazelnut chocolate (yumm-o!) and a lovely pattern for a ruffled scarf.
As a surprise, Kerri and Miina received a present too; the parcel had one special gift tagged with an image of a cat, with instructions that the one tagged gift was to be opened by the pictured recipient. Inside was a fascinating woollen mouse toy that rattles (!), instantly grabbing their attention.(Miina was slightly intimidated by the size of the mouse - nearly as big as her head - but she appeared to feel courageous enough to swat at it from the safety of under the chair.)
What an awesome headstart to Christmas!
Writing this, I realised that I don't think I have introduced little Miina to you at all! We got her a few weeks back, a bit of a roundabout way: the queen of a friend of my sister's friend (are you following this?) was producing a litter with the tom of said sister's friend. One of the kittens needed a home and we had kitten fever, so we went to see her and came home having decided to adopt her!She's a gray-ish brown tabby girl who looks a lot like a Norwegian Forest Cat although as far as we know she has no such blood in her. She's a sweetheart and will start purring if you just look at her. She also loves to shred paper (all kinds, from tissues to newspaper); fortunately she has shown no interest in wool as of now.
We named her Minerva because she looks like an owl with her big fuzzy face! For short, we call her Miina or Mini.
Initially, Kerri was deeply hurt that we should bring such a creature into her universe (of which she was the centre, of course), and for the first two days of hissing and fighting we weren't sure if they were ever going to make friends. Since then, things have luckily improved greatly and the girls are now like Batman and Robin. They still wrestle sometimes, but it's for fun now. And I think Kerri is starting to appreciate the amusement that the kitten provides on days that we're not home.
