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Ungrateful Furballs

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After spending hours of my vacation knitting a gift for my cats, it was finished. I staged a picture of the finished Mouse Mat by putting Sasha on it. She obliged and lay down. For two seconds. Long enough to snap a picture. I've put it various places around the house to no effect. Except for Knucklehead, who did lay on it once, they've ignored it. I want to make several of the mats and replace the crappy Petsmart cat beds, which, once imbedded with fur, do not ever get clean again no matter how many times you toss them in the washer and dryer. So...I put the mouse mat on the table in front of the window where they all hang out, removing one of the three crappy beds. Later, I walked into the room to see three cats in two beds and the mouse mat forlornly empty. Sasha and Lenny were squished into one bed. Which is weird, because Lenny doesn't usually tolerate Sasha being that close to him. Got a picture of that, too. I think Sasha must have sensed that my feelings were hurt, ...

Mouse Mat and Vacation Finis

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Finished first mouse mat. I'll have to make it bigger next time.  Many more to go. With 4 cats here, dear Mom-in-Law with 20 or so, friends Jimi & Leon with 6, gonna need a lot more chunky wool yarn. I've been off work most of this week, sleeping in til 10 AM, reading and knitting. Talked to DSS David in Las Vegas a couple of times and he sent another fabulous self-portrait via email. Here's Dave's extremely handsome mug, along with pics of Sasha enjoying her mat.