Saturday, February 25, 2012

Something Silly for Saturday


We have been taking care of a very cute cat while our oldest son and his new wife are in Spain this year.  Jelly has become a member of the family.  We had dogs when I was young and lots of cats that stayed in the barn (I lived on a dairy farm).  I always thought we'd have a pet while our children were young.  However, we were living overseas for eight years and this made it too difficult to keep a pet with the quarantine rules and travels between countries.


Jelly has been the subject of close to half of the photos I take on my iPhone these days.  She is always doing something amusing and it has been great to have a little companion in the house. 


Despite our new status as besotted pet lovers, when I saw this book at Barnes and Noble I had a little trouble believing it was real.  But it is in fact a book that explains how to make crafts using cat hair that accumulates in your house.  As one of the reviews pointed out - it's not any weirder than sheep hair...or is it?

I hope you are having a nice weekend.  We'll have another busy day at the conference and I am sure I'll have lots of stories to tell when I get home.  Sunday will be a full day of travel - it isn't convenient to fly between Boston and Nashville and I have a longish layover in New York.

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13 comments:

  1. Just wondering...is there a book for dog hair? I could use that one! lol

    http://iwycd.blogspot.com/

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  2. Have a wonderful time at your conference. Are there lots of cute shoes running around. I bet you are a lot more comfortable than the "cutsies".

    Dianne Bell - Sewpro02@Aol.com

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  3. Oh boy I REALLY need that book. Max has enough hair around the house that I could weave a big rug. LOL
    Love the pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. What a hoot! Every time I clean out the lint screen on the dryer I wonder if there is possibly a market for laundered cat hair. I should have known!
    .d

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  5. I have a Terrier that sheds worse than any cat. I really could use that book! Love it. :)

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  6. There use to be a woman at one of the zoos in Chicago (I can't remember now if it was Brookfield Zoo or Lincoln Park, but I think it was Brookfield, anyway) she use to spin dog hair into yarn. I have always thought that was weird, though with a Norwegian Elkhound I have plenty of hair to spare, LOL ;- ) Hope you are having a fun and safe trip, Diane.

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  7. Diane:

    can you share any crafts that can be made with cat hair? I have 2

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  8. I visited an artsy craftsy place once and there was a woman there weaving on a fairly large loom. She said she used cat hair, dog hair, llama hair,rabbit hair, anything she had on their farm place. Interesting but odd :)

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  9. Jelly is a sweetheart! At times I've been known as "the crazy cat lady," but crafting with their hair is a little too much for even me! lol. Our little fur babies are wonderful companions.
    Kathryn

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  10. I had to laugh at the book. I have 3 indoor cats so cat hair is what I clean up daily but they are my babies. Hope you learn lots at your confernce. Too bad this was my weekend to work. I would have been interested in this conference. I am slowly learning my way around the computer and need all the help I can get. I only live about 2 hours from Nashville.

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  11. oh boy..really??? I thought you were trying to get rid of it....LOL

    how you holding up with all the "cute shoes"

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  12. Yes, it is weirder than sheep hair. Why? Er...hey, look over there! [runs away]

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  13. Wow, who could have tought of crafting with cat hair! I am glad you share this with us, Jelly is too cute, I am a cat person myself, but have not have a furry friend for over 13 yrs, my hubby is kind of allergic to them :(, but I sure enjoy looking at pics that remind me of my beloved "creamy shadow" my first pet a beautiful siamese cat when I was 12yo, my uncle had rescued her from a shelter and we cat sitted for him a wknd and that was enough to make me begged my mother will let us keep her... I wish I had pictures of her she was so spoiled it was cute, if it makes any sense :)
    Have a great day!
    Liz

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