What is it, I wonder, about knitters and cats? It seems that every knitter I meet has a cat or two or four. There are a couple dog people, but they are certainly outnumbered. I, myself, am a big cat person, so I would personally say the connection is the above average intelligence that knitters and cats share that draws us together. Makes perfect sense.
Check out the straw, or cat rather, that broke the camels back. (what the hell does that mean?) Maddy, from Amy’s indigirl site, is gorgeous - and Amy’s site is pretty groovy, too!
November 9th, 2002 at 11:09 pm
I’m a Dog Person. I love to knit, but I hate cats. I think there are lots of us out there, we just aren’t as vocal about our pets as Cat People, perhaps because puppies don’t play with yarn ; )
November 11th, 2002 at 6:42 am
i get enough bits of sheep hair all over me from knitting that i really don’t need a cat
November 11th, 2002 at 7:36 pm
My kitty plays with yarn! http://www.nolke.com/laststitch.jpg
hehe — Jamie knows I’m a cat person — and Jamie, you may or may not have heard of http://kittydream.org/ - a local no-kill cat shelter. Chris and I are thinking of making some scratching posts for them to donate. Kristin Spurkland is very active at this shelter, which is how I found out about it.
November 11th, 2002 at 11:43 pm
Shetha, your kitty is a knitter herself! On the House of Dreams (kittydream.org) - what a fantastic organization. I would love to get involved - let’s chat at the next SnB. Also, I noticed yesterday that Kristin has a design in the Fall 2002 Interweave Knits. I haven’t met Kristin yet - does she ever go to the SnB meetings?
November 11th, 2002 at 11:44 pm
Hey thanks! Maddy is a sweetheart! BTW, the link is: http://www.indigirl.com/gallery.html?name=maddy.
PS - I agree - cats and knitters do go well together!