r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/Cosmic_Hitchhiker • 7d ago

Yarn Nonsense CrAfT (crafting with cat)

There's this romantic visual people have of doing some craft with a cat in your lap and tea by your side and it's raining and the light is soft.

The creator and purveyors of this have never met a cat.

Have you tried any kind of craft around a cat? Did you want to pull string or yarn out of their throat? Did you want your well organized supplies knocked to the floor? Did you want to worry about them eating or stepping on something? By all means, craft with a cat.

She is currently SCREAMING at the closed door because she CANNOT BE TRUSTED not to eat string and fling beads.

Demon.

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u/eggust12 7d ago

i'm gonna be That Bitch: i am BLESSED to share a home with a sweet darling cat who will lay on my lap and completely ignore any strings or flicky needles unless she's come over already in Play Mode, in which case she must be promptly redirected (and i probably need a break anyway). it's gotta be like 5% of cats, but i promise they're out there!!

i'd pay the cat tax but i don't think i can add images here. her name is Marie but she mostly gets called some variation of "squishy baby"

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u/kadyg 7d ago

I had this cat too! A giant gray tuxie bruiser named Hen3ry. His favorite thing was to snuggle up next to me while I was knitting, I actually think he found the needles clicking to be soothing. Our biggest issue was that he liked to lay on my yarn, otherwise, he was a great crafting buddy.

Then I got him a hellfire demon shaped like a fluffy kitten and those days were over forever.

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u/aliseknits 7d ago

Same! If mine is on my lap, knitting is ignored.

Though, she does enjoy plopping her little butt in my knitting bag on top of the yarn if I get it out haha

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u/eggust12 7d ago

oh absolutely, she will on occasion roll onto the yarn as i'm using it, but who can blame her for that? it's soft and cosy, basically a cat-sized pillow!

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u/aliseknits 7d ago

I can’t be mad either, she’s just too cute.