Yarnification

Last night I wanted a break from thread while the swatches I made to test stiffeners for the beaded shawl were drying, and I wanted something that would be done fast. I leafed through Cozy Crochet, which I still have out of the library, and came across a cute cat toy pattern. It’s a mouse made in bulky weight mohair. I have no mohair (and if I did, I would not be giving it to the cats!), but I did find some pink bulky weight yarn in my stash box, so I whipped one up. I stuffed it by sprinkling some valerian in there, stuffing some yarn scraps in, sprinkling some valerian, and so on until it was stuffed. I didn’t get a photo of it because the cats smelled the valerian and came running within seconds of my opening the tin where I store the stuff (valerian is like kitty crack—like catnip, only more so) and proceeded to stalk me until I was finished, so I had to give it to them straight away.

Cat got it first and had a grand time biting its tail and smacking it around and chasing it, and surprisingly enough he actually decided to play nice and share with Lena, but I’ll probably make a second one anyway.

I did leave out the embroidered French knot mouse eyes, though. I figured that sounded like an awful lot of work for something they’d probably lose under the bed in a week.

A quiz I found at Trish’s:

I am sweet, like Sugar. I am all sweetness and light; fluffy bunnies and dancing fairies; happiness and joy. Too much of me will make you sick. What Flavour Are You?

Though I’m entirely not sure how I turned out “all sweetness and light” when I gave such answers as “When I’m angry, I work it off by…Being a grouchy bastard.” (Not pleasant, but it’s probably true.)