It snowed 7 inches between 4:00 p.m. and midnight last night and hubby got stuck in traffic for 4 hours on his way home from work. We lost power, no more than 10 minutes after I pulled dinner out of the oven, but it was restored somewhere around 1 a.m. (the heat kicking back on woke me up). 

So, since we got a snow day from work, I have some unexpected free time! And while the hubby is being so sweet and shoveling all the snow off the driveway, I get to show you some of my latest creations! By the way, Molly, the 5 month old kitten makes crocheting a bit difficult, but extremely interesting. She loves to tug on that dangling yarn! Never a dull moment around here.

Molly and Rug
Molly likes the rug, but she likes the pink scrap of yarn even more. I don't have a picture of the rug without a kitty, but you can get the gist of it. I made the rug with Lion Brand WoolEase, so it's very soft and fluffy!
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Here's the rug again, this time Oliver wanted to be the model.
One of my co-workers just had her birthday and she really likes pigs. So I made her a little piggy. I am actually quite impressed with myself, this is the first amigurumi project I have made where I created my own pattern for it. And I think it turned out quite nicely! I think my favorite part is the tail, you can't see it very well in the pictures, but it twists just enough to look like a real piglet's tail. The ears were the hardest to figure out, and I made a lot before I settled on the final design. 
I'll leave you with some kitty pictures. I've been organizing my office and put an empty basket on my desk. I will probably eventually use it for my yarn stash, but Oliver is loving it being empty for now. Also, Molly really enjoys the camera. As I was taking pictures, she kept wanting to know what that light was and kept trying to attack it.