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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005Crafts and cats
Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... or rather, they like to altogether too much. I tried making christmas decorations, and they jumped on the wet glitterglue and got it all over their fur. I tried sewing cross-stitch, and they pounced the thread and tried to eat it until I gave up and put it away... I did get to make my christmas cards, by using all dry non-thready, non-glittery materials that they couldn't hurt when they sat on them (ie pens and textas and rubber stamps and stickers)... but it was almost more trouble than it was worth. Now Christmas is over I've put all that stuff away and I haven't tried to get it out again. I hate to think what they 'll do if I get my scrapbooking stuff organised and start trying to scrap. I even tried doing it in ten minute bursts while they were fast asleep, but they'd invariably wake up and come and investigate... So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? > Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the > house? I knit and do counted-cross stitch with a cat in my lap. I'll admit it's a bit uncomfortable but there's no real problem until the cat can't resist the yarn or floss any more and takes a swipe; all of my creations end up with plenty of kitty slobber and fur worked into them! I keep all of my craft supplies safely locked up in the "forbidden" closet when I'm not around. I love my cats and I love my knitting; I have no problem co-existing with both obsessions! McZ19, owned by Bonnie and Cindy (two Russian Blue wannabes) > Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the > house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? I do cross stitching - a LOT. When any cat gets near the thread(s), they get yelled at and/or pushed away. When they finally realize that they are not to bother Mommy when Mommy is playing with strings, they go and play elsewhere. I learned to put all things away when I'm done, or else they will be found on the floor, all cat-drool covered, not to mention tangled. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep Karen AKA KajiKit <kanospamjikit@gmail.com> had some very interesting things to say about Crafts and cats: >Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the >house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >asleep, but they'd invariably wake up and come and investigate... >So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? Felix has learned that interfering with Mom's craft/needlework stuff tends to get him plopped onto the floor or hissed at, so he behaves. Helps that he's middle-aged [about 11] and sedentary. :-)  Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL One of the reasons I trained Mandy to wear a harness was to stop her from hunting the wild pattern mice while I was trying to cut out something! They can learn to resist the temptation most, but probably not all the time. I'm trying to get back into some of the crafts I used to do, and only last night Betsy was tempted beyond endurance by some yard I was crocheting. I can second the suggestion to keep all supplies secured when not in use. I vividly remember the time Mandy discovered my skeins of tapestry yarn, the really expensive, 100% wool, ordered in specially, tapestry yarn. The skeins were exactly the right size for cat toys! Cheryl > Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the > house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? It just takes patience :) I've done cross stitch, crochet and sewing with various levels of "assistance". Cross stitch and crochet tend to have damp spots when the temptation becomes too great for Gossamer and I can't fend her off in time. Jeeves likes to jump up on the table and watch while I sew, which isn't a problem unless he actually sits on whatever I'm trying to feed through the machine at the time :) SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > It just takes patience :) I've done cross stitch, crochet and sewing > with various levels of "assistance". Cross stitch and crochet tend to > have damp spots when the temptation becomes too great for Gossamer and I > can't fend her off in time. Jeeves likes to jump up on the table and > watch while I sew, which isn't a problem unless he actually sits on > whatever I'm trying to feed through the machine at the time :) Ah, this thread brings back a lot of memories of when I was still able to do crafts, mostly knitting and crocheting. Also my more active drawing and painting days. There were always cats around, working the yarn or the paints or walking on the charcoal drawing before it had been fixed. Ah, happy times. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Karen, figure out when kitty naptime occurs and plan your crafts then...you could help the snooze session along by playing with them till they're worn out and help snooze time come a little faster ;o) Christine (who does rubberstamping stuff in spite of 5 cats --oh, and one thing I did do was to make a cat nesting place on the art table where I work and they keep me company or snooze next to me.) > Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the > house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? >Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the >house? ---------------------<snip>---------------------- My oldest boy, Smokey (the giant Russian Blue) likes to watch DH sew. (She is the hottest designer for fashions for large women!) He can't resist reaching out to touch the thread as it unwinds from the spool and moves to the thread tensioning assembly. She has to keep an eye out for him as he will sit motionless on the back of the machine till he can't help but reach out to the thread. Regards and Purrs, O J > Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the > house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? Mine seem to be to cool to chase sewing stuff these days, but you brought back a fun memory of my Boris (RB) from back when I used to be a clothing pattern maker. The patterns they use in factories aren't made of the flimsy tissue paper used for home sewing patterns; instead they're usually made of a lightweight cardboard that stands up to being used over and over. The cardboard came on heavy rolls with a hollow core about 12-15cm (5-6") in diameter. Anyway, when I was making patterns I'd lift the roll of card up on end of the table and trundle the roll down to the other end, leaving couple of metres of card on the table; once I'd used that up I'd slide the roll back to the first end and trundle out out a couple more metres. Boris discovered he could crawl into the hollow core of the roll, and that it was REALLY FUN to stay in there while I trundled the roll of card along the table, rolling him over and over inside it. Yes, really. He loved it. Weird cat, but a very sweet one. > Do you do any kind of crafts? How do you manage it with cats in the > house? Scout and Silver don't like me doing anything crafty at all... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > So, does anyone manage it? Or do I just give up and stop trying? Brenna loves it when I do nalbinding (fiddly craft with long bits of yarn that ends up looking like crochet or knitting) or cross-stitch. That means that I'm "planted" for a while, and there will be a lap to snuggle into. I have to reinforce this each time, but I've taught her that she can snuggle on my lap like a good kitty, or she can get down and play. Playing on my lap with my yarn/threads gets her dumped on the floor. As long as I'm consistent with it, she remembers fairly quickly. But she has to test the limits each time. When I sew, I cut things out on the kitchen table, and the only real rules are: no playing with the pins (which are kept "out of kitty reach" (yeah, right)), no getting on the table when meowmy is looking (let's be realistic), and no playing near the sewing machine while it's being used. If I'm on a deadline, sometimes I have my mom come over to help me by playing with/distracting the cat and/or pinning one part while I sew another. -Denise Brennasmeowmy |
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