Category Archives: Those Cats

Chaos and the snack sheep

August 7, 2008 Chris 32 Comments

Wow – I ordered my water bottle from JamTots in Vancouver, BC, last Friday and it arrived Monday! Kudos to JamTots for that and for their great communication – I pointed them to Bethe’s post about discovering her sheepy water bottle was a bit risque; they were amused and a bit chagrined, as they hadn’t noticed that little detail.

“What’s this on the cat tree?!” -Chaos

“Yum, it’s covered with snack sheep!” -Chaos

“Although… darn it, those aren’t real snack sheep.” -Chaos

“I shall now sit here and be annoyed that there are fake snack sheep on the cat tree.” -Chaos

Those Cats

‘Nipped and curled

August 4, 2008 Chris 38 Comments

After seeing a picture of the Dream Curl scratcher on Modern Cat, I knew we needed one around here. On Friday, I found a SmartyKat ScratchScroll at Target (although neither SmartyKatWorldwise nor Target has this item on their websites). I doused it with ‘nip when I got home, and I think it was a hit. 😉

*love* -Mayhem

*love* -Chaos

*sniff sniff sniff* -Mayhem

*love* -Chaos

“Whoa! That’s some good shit!” -Mayhem

*love* -Chaos

“Whoa!” -Mayhem

*love* -Chaos

“Now I have serious munchies, big kitty dude.” -Mayhem

“Me, too, Mayhem. Some tuna pizza would really hit the spot.” -Chaos

Knitting, Those Cats

Presenting… the Clown Vomit Socks

July 31, 2008 Chris 41 Comments

Does this remind you of anyone?! How about this?

I know, I know, you’ve all been waiting patiently. The yarn is Socks That Rock colorway Fire on the Mountain, which is absolutely stunning in the skein. I’m still kicking myself that I didn’t take a picture of the yarn before I wound it into a ball. The pattern is Charade. I tried something else first, but can’t remember what it was. I’m knitting each sock from the opposite end of the ball.

“Mmmm… More Socks That Rock yarn! I really loved that tasty Lagoon yarn.” -Mayhem

“Nom nom nom nom.” -Mayhem

As you can see, I was under siege whilst trying to take these pictures, so please excuse this blurry picture of the first heel – the only place that I really like what the colors are doing. That heel redeemed these socks for me. Now I’m trying not to flinch at the unholy mixing of mango and olive that happened across the gusset of this sock and across the sole of the other.

Those Cats

Ummmm…

July 28, 2008 Chris 35 Comments

I actually have things to blog about. Really. I have a pair of socks completely knitted, with only the ends left to weave in… but since I let the socks unattended for a few minutes while I was knitting them, Mayhem helped make sure I would have many more ends to weave in. I even have a second pair of socks (we shall call them the “clown vomit socks” – you’ll see why) nearly half knitted. And I biked both Saturday (15.5 miles) and Sunday (12 miles).

But… I don’t have pictures of any of that stuff yet. So, allow me to present a cat! Sleeping in her toybox! So cute! (Are you distracted yet??)

“I was sleeping. Who can sleep with that thing flashing all the time?!” -Mayhem

“Really, Mom, my nerves can’t ta… zzzzzz….” -Mayhem

Those Cats

My dorky cat

July 24, 2008 Chris 32 Comments

“Dork? What dork? Where?” -Chaos

Those Cats

Apparently not just another pretty face…

July 16, 2008 Chris 32 Comments

“No one takes me seriously! Everyone is always cooing and saying how cute I am and rubbing my tummy and just generally dissing my inner badass! Well, *blip* all of you! I just killed and ate a boxelder bug and I am ready for more. Bring it on.” -Mayhem

Contests, Those Cats

Whew!

July 10, 2008 Chris 42 Comments

For anyone who missed the late afternoon update yesterday, all is well – just lots and lots of tiny cysts leading to something that felt very, very wrong (and very unlike the cysts Iâ€™m more used to). Thank you all so much for the well wishes and healthy thoughts! You guys are the best. 🙂

Jane’s having a contest – tell her how many pairs of socks you could knit from the sock yarn inÂ your stash and guess how many pairs she could knit from her stash. Leave her a comment with your guesses by July 11 at midnight, EDT, and you could win!

Eklectika is having a contest to celebrate her birthday – leave her a comment by 7/16, 3:22 am, and you could win a handmade spindle or lucet.

XRX, Inc., (which has a lot to answer for regarding the last several years of Knitters magazine) is having a sock design contest that runs until January 1, 2009. Grand prize is $6000.