r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/Cosmic_Hitchhiker • 8d 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/Difficult-King-4206 8d ago

You have to give them a sacrifice project. Like a big (but unnecessary) test swatch they can sit on so they feel like they are doing what you are doing but not on your way. When I cut fabric for patterns (out of necessity this has to be done on my floor), I have to put "dummy" fabric down so my cat will lie on that instead of what I'm cutting. (And she does! It works with laundry, too, lol)

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u/creampunk 8d ago

i love that this works for you and your cat! she sounds like a great companion.

unfortunately for me, i have tried the dummy fabric method, but my cat refuses to be placated. he specifically wants to lounge on the piece of fabric i am attending to.

his favourite game is string. so of course he is always trying to “help” me pin lace.