The monster blanket is finished; it's made of 3-ply Misti Alpaca bulky on size 35 needles, and is so soft that it's hard to fold (it doesn't stay square).
And yes, your eyes aren't decieving you -- those are 
colors. You can call me a dork if you like. :-)
It's roughly Queen-sized, somewhere in the ball-park of 5'x7'Most importantly, though, it's kitty approved!
A right-wing news outlet is reporting, with the usual hyperbolic language associated with Democrats or those who hate them (note the Venn diagram so implied), that the Army Corps of Engineers tried to build floodgates in the '70s that would have protected New Orleans from a cat-5 hurricane, but was prevented from doing so by environmental groups.If this's true, let's all whip out our Alanis Morissette song books to page 13 and start singing "Isn't it Ironic, don't you think?"
The monster blanket is finished; it's made of 3-ply Misti Alpaca bulky on size 35 needles, and is so soft that it's hard to fold (it doesn't stay square).