Last night I got the last ball of yarn I needed for the Hoover Blanket, knit through the beginning of my comp sci class (and still managed to take notes, so obviously I might want to do this more often) and got home and wove in the ends. I wasn't sure I had woven them in enough so I tossed the blanket in a mesh bag and into the washing machine on gentle cycle. Followed by the dryer on the same cycle.
Encore is good! I spent the entire time the knitting was in the wash kind of nervous (it was keeping company with my socks). When everything was done I came upstairs and put all of the knitting on a clean sheet on the floor, spreading it out like pseudo blocking. Then I closed the door to the condo (maybe not quite in that order).
Apparently Saru-chan went adventuring. She's not quite as skittish as when we first tried to take her out on a leash, but only recently has she decided that the entire condo building is her domain. This morning I got up and realized that she wasn't in any of the normal places she likes to sleep (for a small condo there are still a lot of places), so I checked the basement and each floor of the building.
Eventually she woke up and realized that my hubby was near her (in the basement where I first looked). Apparently she was quite vocal, probably annoyed that she didn't have any food in the basement.
Whew.
But the blanket is finished, adventure kitty has returned, and I washed and blocked a few other things as well. (Pictures up later today or tomorrow.)
