The Scarf That Time Forgot is named The Scarf That Time Forgot for an obvious reason: time marches on, and on, and on, and yet the scarf remains unchanged. It is untouched by the passage of time (and, for the most part, also untouched by me). I have been “working on” said scarf for over six weeks and it is still not finished. If you want to be strictly accurate about it, it is exactly halfway finished. This is what half a scarf looks like.

Or, rather, this is what half of The Scarf That Time Forgot looks like. This is not what half of a normal scarf looks like. For example, a normal scarf made by a normal, competent person would not have that gigantic bulge at the end of it.

This is not entirely my fault. Well, the gigantic bulge is entirely my fault, but I meant that the lack of progress isn’t all my fault. It’s partly my fault, but also partly the fault of this evil creature:

Don’t let her calm demeanor fool you. She doesn’t usually look like this. She operates in two different modes: Asleep and Turbo. Turbo also doubles as Attack mode. This kitten believes that one of her missions in life is to Kill All Yarn. (Another one is to kill my oh-so-threatening ankles, but that has little to do with the subject at hand.) It is impossible to knit unless she is locked in another room. I mean, actually, literally, no-exaggerating Impossible. She’s only five months old, so I’m hoping that eventually I can either train her out of it, or she’ll just lose interest in the Kill All Yarn mission.

I’ve pretty much given up on the ankles, though. She can have them. It’s a trade-off.

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