Category Archives: Those Cats

Knitting, Those Cats

With even more knitting content, but also lots of cat pictures in case knitting’s not your thing

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“No one’s looking, right?” -Chaos

“Hey, I can see you in there, big kitty!” -Mayhem

“No you can’t, Mayhem. No one can see me.” -Chaos

“I am invisible.” -Chaos

“Wait a minute – what are you looking at?!” -Chaos

“I’m outta here! How embarrassing…” -Chaos

What? You can’t tell what my completed project is from those pictures?! 😉 It’s the Everlasting Bagstopper from Knitty, knit from 1.75 balls of Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton in Salt & Pepper.

Instead of the ribbon handles from the pattern, I knit seven stitch i-cord belt handles. (Using an odd number of stitches and two doublepointed needles, knit half the stitches plus one. With yarn in front, slip the remaining stitches as if to purl. Turn and repeat. It won’t look like anything for the first inch or two, then suddenly you’ll have a column of garter stitch with i-cord on each side of it. That Elizabeth Zimmermann – brilliant!)

“Is it my turn yet, big kitty?” -Mayhem

Those Cats

Product placement

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“What do you mean, this is going straight to the source and cutting out the middlebox?” -Mayhem

“You confuse me, Mom.” -Mayhem

“Whatever. Gotta go – for some reason after sitting in that box, I really need to pee!” -Mayhem

Knitting, Those Cats

Celestine attack!

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At long last, Celestine is complete. Whew! It’s very cute, but dang, was it ever fiddly. And I’m still traumatized from weaving 24 ends into such a small project.

*nom nom nom nom nom* -Mayhem

What the heck?! I swear I didn’t put any nip in the stuffing – this is a gift for a human, not a cat.

“Wheeeeeeeeee!” -Mayhem

“Take that! And that! And that, too!” -Mayhem

“What do you mean, this isn’t for me and I have to give it back now?! No! I won’t let go! Mine!!” -Mayhem

Contests, Those Cats

In which I reveal the Mother’s Day card I received

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Nicole’s hosting her Second Annual Bookwyrm’s Birthday Blog Bash! She’ll be offering three prizes: one each in the categories of knitting, reading, and writing. To get more details and participate, head on over by May 21.

Ok, since I decided that the bibs must go in the mail today, I stayed up way too late in order to finish knitting the second bib. As part of that, I sacrificed the time I was planning to use to write a witty, insightful post for y’all… not buying it? Darn it. (Yeah, I can wait for the snarky commentary to die down.)

Um… Look! Over there! The kitties gave me a Mother’s Day card! Wasn’t that sweet?

There were a lot of smudgy footprints on the envelope, so I’m sure it’s authentic. 😉

“Of course it is! Love you, Mom!” *purr purr purr* -Chaos

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Those Cats

“Mmmm… beer…”

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“Are you going to finish that, Mom?” -Mayhem (staring fixedly at my glass)

“No, really, I wasn’t going to sneak a sip when you weren’t looking… What makes you think that?!” -Mayhem

*snork* -Chaos

“See? I’m really not interested in your silly beer at all. So there.” -Mayhem

Have a great weekend, everyone! Even if it doesn’t include black cats or beer. 😉 Maybe I’ll even get caught up on all those unread blog posts…

Those Cats

Chaos and the collar

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Aww, how honored am I that the yarn I dyed for Imbrium is in her wedding pictures?! Very honored indeed. 🙂

Because we live on the third floor of a three-story building, it’s very unlikely that Chaos or Mayhem will run out my door and end up outside. Here’s the sequence of events that would be required:

  1. I would need to open my front door and they would have to run out into the hallway. Chaos escapes into the hallway every day when I get home from work, but all I have to do is close the door, leaving him out in the hallway alone, and he’s ready to return home.
  2. Someone would have to open a stairwell door and let the kitties into one of the stairwells.
  3. The kitties would need to run down two flights of stairs. May’s never seen stairs. Chaos hasn’t seen stairs since he was 10 weeks old.
  4. Someone would then need to open the front or back door and let the kitties outside.

True, all of this could happen, but I think it’s unlikely – so neither Chaos nor Mayhem are required to wear collars regularly. However, when either of them goes to the vet, collars are mandatory… just in case. When Chaos went to the vet in February, you might remember how deeply suspicious he was of my putting the collar on him. However, you didn’t see the following photos, taken immediately after collar application.

“Maybe I can easily scrape this thing off…” -Chaos

“Well, that didn’t work. I’ll try sulking, to see if I can guilt Mom into removing the collar.” -Chaos

“Hmm. Maybe if I pretend that I’m choking, she’ll take pity on me?! Help! Help! I’m choking!” -Chaos

“She’s a cruel one, that Mom. I wonder if I can reach it to bite it off… no.”*sigh*” -Chaos

Contests, Those Cats

“Hold me closer, tiny [Cat] Dancer…”

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String Bean’s taken some fabulous pictures of graffiti murals in Olympia, Washington.

Knitnzu has just the post for those of you who love the surreality of vintage knitting pattern booklets. I laughed, I shrieked…

Marsha not only has a great post of links to items of knitterly interest, she’s also having another contest! She’s giving away several of those ginormous IKEA blue bags for those of you who don’t have an IKEA near you (and thus have no idea how darn useful those ginormous bags can be). She’ll select a random winner on April 16.

As promised, some pictures of May meeting the Cat Dancer. No need to caption these, as May obviously has only one thing on her mind: “Must. Get. Cat. Dancer.”