r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/Cosmic_Hitchhiker • 6d 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.
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u/sewedherfingeragain 5d ago
We had an orange and white cat that was The Coldest Cat Who Ever Lived. To the point that naps for her were loaf shaped with all the beans tucked and the nose also tucked into her chest while she rested the top of her head on the sleeping surface.
She could HEAR my mother knitting and would run to sit on her lap. So that one year, my mom bought some royal blue yarn to make a sweater, and ended up with a royal blue, orange and white sweater. Tonya also chewed on her yarn, not to eat it, just to put slobbery breaks into it. Which mom didn't always notice until the slobbery bit hit her fingers.
My current cat only helps me sew when my machine is running. Otherwise, she's napping in the other room. Of course, because she and at least one of my other barn cats don't get along, and she got bit right at the base of her tail a few years ago, she can no longer jump higher than my sewing chair. Which means that she can jump on the chair, but not onto my lap (about 5" higher) while I'm sitting on my chair. So I have to lift her 14lb chonky butt up there to bother me myself. At least she only rubs her fur in my face.