Hi. I’m Mateo.
We have been hanging out for hours at a time with the Mother of Cats while she knits and knits and knits on her new sweater. Sigh. She isn’t very frisky at all and she should get up and play with me more… instead she just reads and knits all day. Hannah is cool with that because she like to snuggle with the Mother of Cats, but I am still a kitten and I need to play!!!
You can see that she has made some good progress with our help. Yesterday she knitted all day trying to get to the end of the body of the sweater, and around midnight she finally cast off the sweater.
Overnight Hannah and I knocked over a container of kitty treats, got the lid off and polished off all of the cookies. I thought that the Mother of Cats would be grumpy with us, but since we let her sleep in until late in the morning she kind of forgave us. Kind of. I did notice that she put all the rest of the kitty treats into a cupboard. Hannah knows how to open cupboards…
This morning she tried on the sweater, and it fit perfect! Well, of course it did. We aren’t exactly amateurs in knit support, after all. This afternoon she headed outside to take pictures of her sweater and I gave Hannah’s ears a washing.
Now it is almost night again and I’m pretty sure that the Mother of cats is going to make some supper and we will get some more kitty cookies. Yay!!
Notes from the Mother of Cats: The sweater is Goldenfern by Jennifer Steingass. My Ravelry notes are here.
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Mein gott ! – that is WONDERFUL !! You are an exemplary knitter, Marilyn – comlplimenti bella !
It is all about the excellent cat support!
I must agree about that: nothing quite like having a mog (or two) around for inspiration.
Mogs are the best!
I adore your kitties, even when getting into mischief.
Your knitting continues to astound me.
Thank you. The kitties continue to astound me. 🙂
Could you let mother of cats know that her readers would love to see those outside finished jumper photos too? Well done on your assistance…a bit naughty cat burglaring all those cookies though!
You can’t see the knitting pictures? I put them into a tiled collage but if you can’t see them I will repost them individually.
Ah is it the ones with the sleeves still to do? But the body is finished on the decking. My mistake.
Whew. I was worried there. WordPress has all these new options and I’m checking on my phone and computer to make sure things present the way I want them to, but you never know. I took a break from the sweater yesterday to work on a PICC line cover and a hat, but I can feel it calling to me now so I’m going to get started on a sleeve. I should have the sweater done just in time for the blazing heat of summer. (HA!)
Be gentle with her Mateo and appreciate he magnificent work in recovery
Mateo: She’d recover faster if she played with me more…
That is a beautiful sweater! I know what you mean about timing, though… I just finished a sweater in time for the heat to start up where I am. Oh well, at least we can wear our new sweaters as soon as it turns cold again!
Mateo, MoC is so lucky to have you and Hannah as her knit support team! Hopefully she will be much better soon and will be able to play with you to your heart’s content 🙂
MoC, that is a gorgeous sweater! Hope you are on the mend. Glad that you have such a fantastic knit and cuddle support team 🙂
I am lucky with the support team. They do let me knit; quilt, not so much. I am stranded on sleeve island right now with the sweater, but I am really cranking out hats and PICC line covers. 🙂