Hankering for Yarn

August 13th, 2008

Ah, the dog days of summer

 My constant companion in the studio is one very mischevious little guy…….

photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
It isn’t just cats that get into the yarn…. arghhhhhhhhh………. our little guy is a dyed in the wool, card carrying yarn trasher!
AND! he constantly cruises the studio, snarffling up anything that might work for extortion purposes…. he grabs […]

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May 26th, 2008

Unexpected visitor

We live in the country on a small farm. We have 2 dogs that we walk twice a day.
This morning, when we were walking our boys, a huge fox came up out of our neighbour’s ditch and shot across the road into our grove. Not an unusual event, but we were glad our cats were […]

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March 24th, 2008

Spinning cat fur

People often ask me:
Can I spin my cat’s fur?
And the answer is: That all depends….

If your cat has fur that is long and silky, and he or she
lives, L O V E S, pleads to be groomed daily….
and you get a handful of soft fine fluff each time you groom him or her…..

Note: […]

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January 24th, 2008

Carved kitty crochet hook

I got all inspired about carving cat crochet hooks.  When I get inspired, I can never stop at just one…..
Especially since it was a fairly arduous journey to get to the shape that I loved for the hooks!
I had a happy old time out in the workshop:

and eventually, another fine and fancy feline was beaming […]

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January 17th, 2008

Valentine- Love of cats

I’ve been thinking about carving some heart shape crochet hooks to celebrate Valentine’s day.
A couple of days ago, I carved a crochet hook that is a puppy. It only seemed right to carve a hook that would be a love song to all the cats who have brought joy into my life.
So, I got out […]

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