Hi. I’m MacKenzie.
First it was the quilt. She completely ignored our needs and sewed and sewed for days. Then she laid everything out on the floor to make a sandwich of some type with this fluffy stuff called batting (That she would not let me roll in! Hello! Cat bait!!) that involved a lot of pinning and muttering. I even got stuck with a pin. NOT nice, Mother of Cats…
Then the sewing started. It went on, and on, and on…
Then she went shopping for some new toys for us and came back with a big heavy box. Boxes! Yellow Boy and I love boxes! We helped her unpack the whole thing and then she laid out all of these strange wooden pieces. Huh? Strange cat toys…
She got out tools including the POWER DRILL and that was that for me and Yellow Boy. We evacuated to the outside while she spent the afternoon and early evening putting her new mouse trap together. She says it is to hold her working stash and projects in the television room… whatever. We went out to chase squirrels and hunt bugs after dark. Ha! She totally forgot about us until an hour after our usually coming-in time.
Thank heavens there is still yarn out because she is knitting a sweater. She has been knitting this sweater forever. The yarn she is using is the absolute best for chomping, and I love squishing it with my paws. Imagine how I felt when she dumped all the pieces into the sink and then got them WET.
And just like that, after weeks of work, three big projects got done this week. OK, the cabinet was only a day, but it was part of the “get ready for the holidays” effort. For some reason she thinks that the holidays are a big deal. Really, it is a lot of commotion. Cats don’t like commotion.
Still, the Mother of Cats cast on several new projects last night to start on the Christmas knitted-presents drive. Lots of bits of yarn. Beads! Loose knitting needles and crochet hooks. Hey, I can help! I’m such a good boy. I love to help with all the Christmas fuss.
Notes from the Mother of Cats:
- The Grand Stand quilt (pattern 328 by Mountainpeek Creations) was bought as a kit from Holly’s Quilt Cabin. While the original fabrics are long gone it is still a cute design.
- The sweater is the Guernsey Pullover by Norah Gaughan. This sweater has been going on and on for weeks with lots of help from MacKenzie. The yarn that he loves (as do I) is Malabrigo Rios. You can find my Ravelry notes here.
- That cabinet was on sale at Target. Having cut my teeth on IKEA furniture I felt empowered to buy it, have them load it into my car and the rest is history. Take that loose knitting projects!
Yarn, Books & Roses 
You’ve certainly been busy! Love your sweater! The Malabrigo is really pretty and a great choice for your sweater.
Wasn’t the new season of Longmire great? I binge watched it, too.
It was great! It is a little special too because it involves locations near where I live. I was thinking that it was filmed in Wyoming and then suddenly recognized a building (in Las Vegas, NM) and realized that it was filmed in New Mexico. Either way, these are places where I have been and that makes it even more fun. It’s killing me to see how things end up. Evidently next season will be the last and all the story lines will be wrapped up.
I am sad to hear next season will be the last. I love that it is filmed in NM. Makes me want to spend more time there. My time out west was mostly spent in Telluride, Cortez and Montrose.
Well, those are beautiful destinations!
What terrific meticulous work you did on that good-sized quilt. And I love how you treated yourself to Rios for that lovely jumper!
Thanks! I alas wonder why I take on so much, but when I’m done I’m happy I did it. My cousin would have quilted all the background too, but I’m lazy. 🙂
MacKenzie! I’ve missed you AND your mom!! You two did a fabulous job on that sweater! I think that’s going to have to go straight into my Ravelry queue. Don’t tell Augie, though. Somehow, I don’t think he’d be as helpful as you were. 😉
MacKenzie: Thank you. Now that we are out of the big project pit I think that we will be posting more. Tonight I helped her knit a beautiful beaded mitt. I think we should make me a cat bed… this is why I’m forced to sleep on her sweaters and socks.
Marilyn: The sweater is awsome! The pattern was in the Fall Vogue Knitting magazine.
I took out a new quilt kit this afternoon. Wait until Mac sees that!
Great speaking cat!
But he is a handful!
Poor MacKenzie! You’ll have to find another spot to snuggle because that sweater looks great and I don’t think it’ll be lying around anymore. Good new is that it will soon be getting cold which means more blankets to choose from.
You’re right about the blankets. Both cats were thrilled when they started emerging from summer storage.
Hehe, brilliant post! Hope the cat forgives you soon. 😊
He’s forgiven me. Yesterday he helped me warp my loom. Great fun!
It sounds fun!