Hi. I’m Hannah.
So, yesterday the Mother of Cats started knitting away on the Emotional Support Chicken. I don’t know why she needs it, because she has me, right? Anyway, she got going on the knitting and Mateo and I were forced to entertain ourselves FOR HOURS while the Mother of Cats knitted the feathers for the tail of the chicken. Today she attached the two tail pieces together with a crochet hook and then started knitting the back of the chicken. This is what it all looked like.
Look at how big this chicken is going to be! I can wear it for a blanket on really cold days. Maybe it can be made into a little snowsuit for me so I can go outside with Mateo on cold days. I bet that there will be enough extra yarn to make me little snow booties to wear.
The rest of the stuff that happened this week was playing with the loom. For some reason, the Mother of Cats wouldn’t let me near the yarns while she fixed up the loom for weaving; she was sneaky about when she did her work. The Mother of Cats did most of her stuff with the loom during the afternoons while I was taking a nap. When I got up from my nap all the loose ends of yarn were stuffed into bags attached to the loom so the CoalBear couldn’t get touch them. Here’s what happened while I was snoozing…
The part of the loom with the little slots comes out of the loom, so she sat on the loveseat while she threaded all the little yarns through the reed using a special little hook called a sley hook. Later Mateo dragged it off to play with it downstairs, but she was calm about it because she has two of these hooks. I’m pretty sure that she will find the hook that Mateo took eventually. Then she had to thread all the yarns through the little metal holders in the loom (the heddles) and finally she got everything wound up and started weaving. She made a few different starts with the weaving while she was working out the tension on the threads, but now she thinks that she is good to go. It is going to look kind of cool when she makes better progress because the yarn will keep changing colors while she works back and forth. Next up it starts to turn to grey.
So that’s it. The whole week. Tomorow we’re going to get more of the chicken done. I can’t wait!!
This is Mateo the CoalBear, signing off for Hannah who is asleep again.
Note from the Mother of Cats: March is the month that Hannah was born in 2020. This is what she looked like the first time I saw her in the animal shelter.
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Pretty lucky for Hannah, too. Mateo looks scary.
He slashes at her heels to make her run so he can chase her!
I remember Hannah as a kitty. She was very cute indeed; but now she is bee-yoo-ti-ful !
Mateo is looking rather basilisk-like. [grin]
The ESC is looking impressive already; but I know it will be a knockout, later ! :D
I’ve been hunting for yarn for more chickens in the stash because it is looking pretty good!
Gonna provide yourself with several ESCs for safety ? – or give some away ?
I’m thinking of donating them to the community knitting group that I knit for. They send stuff to homeless shelters and to the Ronald McDonald House in our city that houses families who have a child undergoing medical treatment at nearby hospitals.
Just THINK how much joy an emotional support chicken would provide a kid in hospital, Marilyn !! You go, girl. XO
That’s what I was thinking. I wonder if they would be welcomed at the infusion/cancer center that we donate to also. Not practical, but maybe what someone needs…
Never mind being practical: just be a supplier of sheer joy !!
Oh now I wonder where he has taken the slaying hook…hmmm naughty boy, not as well behaved as you Hannah 😉. MoC I love that your socks and sleepers match your weaving, you are really rocking those colours I love.
I still haven’t found it! I’m vacuuming tomorrow and I bet I locate it under some piece of furniture. If not, the refrigerator! Pink/Greys/Purples are the best colors, right?!
Absolutely 👍🏻
Sweet baby kitty Hannah!
She was the most adorable kitten ever! She is still really cute/sweet, but there is nothing like a kitten!
The emotional support chicken has been in my knitting queue for about a year now while I try to finish some other knitting projects. Yours is looking good; interested to see how it comes together. Hannah found the right home—looks like she knows it.
This chicken is going to bigger than I expected and it is so cute I’ve already gone stash shopping for more chicken yarn ideas. Luckily I have a lot of homespun…
Happy Birthday Hannah! So glad you have each other and Mateo, too! Love the colors on the loom!
Thanks. Hannah is helping with the weaving.
Happy birthday to Hannah! So lucky you two found each other 🙂 Your weaving is beautiful!
I was really lucky, especially since it was 2020 and the lockdown had already started. The weaving is starting to become more consistent. I can’t wait for the next change in the yarn color because I can see some purple in the ball now.
Self-striping and gradient yarns are so mesmerizing to work with!
Happy Birthday to Hannah! She and Mateo are both gorgeous! Your knitting and weaving work is gorgeous!
Thanks. Gorgeous kitties demand gorgeous knittng!
What beautiful cats. Agree, who needs a chicken when you have cats. Can’t wait to get back home to my tuxedo cat.
Tuxedo cats are the best, right?
Happy birthday, Hannah. And Mateo, you certainly know a lot about looms. I’m impressed. Good thing you are there to supervise.
Hannah: Thank you! I got birthday salmon!!
Mateo: she wouldn’t be able to weave without me! Wait until the floor loom comes out… Maybe I’ll let her have the sley hook by then.
You’ve jumped right in to that chicken pattern, eh? I’m so impressed. Our kitties take long naps in the afternoon and early evening so I can also plan around the potential mayhem like you. Your loom remains a mystery to me, but the colors and the results are stunning. I love purple and I’m absolutely smitten with your charming kitties. Enjoy your week.
Hannah sleeps in the closet every afternoon, so it really is a good time to work on the loom. The weaving is kind of an experiment as I want to work with the fabric after it is woven to see if it will soften up after washing. I have several more skeins of this stuff lurking in the stash. Purple rocks, right?
Purple rocks!
Our cats nap throughout the day, but in the afternoon it’s like a deep-sleep, don’t bother me kind of rest. I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of the woven fabric.
Yep, afternoon is the safe time for winding yarn and weaving. I’m thinking that if the woven fabric doesn’t make a nice scarf it will be sewn into a teddy bear.
I wasn’t sure I needed an emotional support chicken but I might need one after seeing yours/Hannah’s! Looking forward to more loom adventures too!
The chicken is gone, and way cuter than I anticipated. It really is great for showcasing small amounts of handspun yarn and I’m thinking of making several more and then donating them.
Hannah! You were a sweet little kitten. Your mama has very good taste! Will you help her name the chicken?
Hannah: the chicken is done and I beat it up last night! It is Hannah-pecked!
…and there it is. The chicken should be named HenPeck.
Can’t wait to see it!
or maybe HanPeck
I love cats, but kittens are just so adorable. (Which is good. They need to be sweet to make up for all the mischief they can get into.)
I love the weaving-in-progress! And the chicken is looking good too!
It is so much fun raising a kitten! I have to admit that I look at the kittens available a couple of times every month because… so cute!!! Hannah isn’t a fan, so I haven’t gotten another one.
Happy Birthday, Hannah! Your weaving is beautiful.
Hannah: Thank you! Now I am 4. I’m such a big girl I’m helping with the weaving between naps.