amimono note

Opal sock

I just don't feel knitting my pink cardigan and now I have a few knitting work-in-progress.

The first one is another sock. The yarn is Opal Crocodile. I'm not sure I like the pattern... I hope my friend likes it...

The second one is a cardigan for my husband, knitting with Rowan Calm. Back in December I asked him to choose yarn for spring clothing. He picked black. I made sure that he really wanted this jet black color for spring, and now he says, "Black?"
... I think black will work anyway, because by the time the cardigan is done spring will have already gone, so he can wear it next fall.

Non-knitting content

I had been fighting with birds for the past few weeks over my kitchen ventilator and I'm glad finally it’s over.

One morning I was washing dishes and I heard a strange sound from the kitchen fan. At first I was not sure what it was, but it seemed like a bird had entered into the vent. Of course the lid of the vent closed itself and the bird sounded panicked, and I was in a panic too. I only heard the birds screaming and scratching, I had no idea what to do. After a horrible few minutes, the bird found its way out and everything was O.K. or so I thought. Then the bird and another bird returned, somehow figured out how to open the lid and came into the vent again. So when I heard their scratchy footsteps I turned on the light and fan. Then they flew away. I did that for a while.

They didn't come everyday and I thought they were playing, because why would they want to make their nest where wind go through? I cook everyday and use the kitchen vent a few times a day regularly. The fan is noisy too. I WAS WRONG!! The other day something was stuck in the fan...it was a twig..........

The apartment maintenance men were very quick and the nest is now gone. They said it wasn't finished, so that was good (I don't want to imagine removing eggs!). They put a net in the vent and the battle is over, although the birds still come and try to enter the vent. I hope the net is set firmly enough to withstand the birds attack.