Okay, I lied.

When I went into the stash to see if I had a good fabric for the Busy Bee sampler, I found sitting there, all lonely and neglected, three patterns I'd kitted up last year. They made puppy-dog eyes at me. "You loved me last year! Enough to stick floss and fabric in a bag for me! Why don't you love me anymore?"

So, umm, I'm actually stitching Little House Needlework's "Kitty Cottage Sampler" (scroll all the way to the bottom). I love the style of LHN's samplers, and I love how frakking FAST they stitch up - about five hours in, I've got the archway, a good chunk of cat, and a bunch of the lettering done. This one might only take me a couple weeks.

And, umm, that "Curly Q Ewe" on the same page is calling me. Sheepies!

Speaking of calling me, I should not ever randomly surf the Victoria Sampler catalog ever again. In my brain, I think I spent about $1000 on leaflets and embellishment packs - their whole alphabet sampler series, plus a few more. Their embellishment packs really kind of freak me out - the alphabet sampler series are not big (3"x12") but the packs run about $35. Lots of silks. I love silk, but not $35 worth for something that small.

In an entirely unrelated note, it warms my heart to know that Barack Obama is willing to hold some crazy woman's knitting for a photo apparently without a second thought. I thought about making an attempt at such a thing, if I were ever in sock-holding range, but I suspect the Secret Service would frown upon it, all things considered.