Category Archives: Those Cats

Those Cats

The tale of the extremely tempting stitch marker

28 Comments

Every once in a while, I take a series of pictures that don’t really require captions. You’ll have to let me know if I was right about these… The backstory – I recently purchased a skein of sock yarn from Mouse when she had a stash sale. I received the package Monday and was delighted to discover that Mouse had included one of the lovely stitchmarkers that she sells at Mousie Masala. Obviously, I wasn’t as delighted as Chaos and May!

Please note that no stitchmarker (or yarn) was harmed during this photoshoot. The photoshoot began on the floor and was moved to the coffee table in the (obviously vain) hope that it would go more smoothly. Not that you can tell, but the stitchmarker is in every picture but the last.

Contests, Those Cats

Happy birthday, big kitty!

88 Comments

*sniff* I can’t believe that Chaos turned five yesterday! As Carrie K pointed out to me recently, if he was a human kid instead of a fur kid, he’d be in preschool or possibly even kindergarten now! (She also pointed out that he would need to wear some warning labels, such as “Biter” and “Does not play well with others.”)

“What do you mean, ‘does not play well with others?!’ I’ll bite you if you don’t recant that slanderous statement, Mom!” -Chaos

Additionally, this is my 775th post. How the hell did that happen?! In honor of all this sentimentality, I must, of course, hold a contest. (Like you didn’t know that was coming.) I’ll be giving away yarn and black cat memorabilia and maybe even music or a book. (“Oh, shiny!”) Prizes can be adapted for both knitters and non-knitters.

To participate in the contest, simply leave a comment on this post by 6 pm CDT, Monday, October 6. Your comment should contain an intriguing bit of information – a favorite quote, the best book you ever read, your favorite Chaos moment, an interesting link – you get the idea. I’ll randomly select three winners.

(If you’ve never read the story of Chaos, you can find it here.)

Randonymity, Those Cats

Chaos and the snack sheep

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

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

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…

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

Contests, Those Cats

Whew!

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 I’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 in  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.

“Hmm… smells suspicious…” -Chaos

“Nuh-uh. I’m not moving off this bib because I’m sure you have ulterior motives, Mom. I saw what you did to Mayhem.” -Chaos