If It's Not One Thing...

Mr. Tap just had a bath, and he is pressed against me on the couch, snoring and showing off his very-curly-when-wet coat.  He fights like the devil against being in the tub, but then conks all the way out when it's done.

I've spent time today trying to find a knitting project, but there was either not enough yarn for what interested me, or I didn't have the right size needles.  How can someone have knitted this long and still be short a pair of needles?