Comments on: Chip and Charlie, Gracie and Zoe

By: Nancy Miller

Nancy Miller — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:43:38 +0000

Hi Sheri, Ok, The order sort of through me for a loop–lets just go with the 6. thanks, Nancy

By: sherry

sherry — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:55:44 +0000

Oh, I want a lapcat.
LUcky you !!

By: Theresa in Italy

Theresa in Italy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:54:41 +0000

I think it’s a sign of creativity to want to name your wild animal guests—and you might as well, since they’re eating all your bird food! Our dog is way too big to be a lap dog (not that he doesn’t try sometimes) but he tends to position himself so he’s resting on one of my feet. That way I know he’s there, and some of his fur is bound to waft up and get worked into the knitting.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:31 +0000

We have Freddie and Clara, they are vultures and some times bring friends with them. Our chipmunk is named Chippy. We have 2 plastic flamingos named Flo & Eddie. I have also named my purse, her name is Ramona.

By: Sarah (potterknitter)

Sarah (potterknitter) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:09:23 +0000

Black Snakes are named Ralph. All of them. We have a large family in our attic and crawl space and generally around our house. The largest at any one time is Ralph and all others are ralph. Even our dog knows it, that’s exactly the sound of her bark when she is surprised by one of them. I love having them around (since they are always outside) and miss them in the winter. We haven’t had too many sightings so far this year, but by midsummer I usually see one almost every day. So yeah I name the wildlife and most people think I’m really weird about my snakes.

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:53:19 +0000

I don’t tend to name the wildlife, but my hubby and I do take little videos. A couple of weeks ago we took one of a little bunny eating falling leaves on the ground outside our windows. Totally too cute for words!

By: rani

rani — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:45:14 +0000

I’m not a huge rodent fan, but chipmunks are an exception. They are welcome in our yard!

By: April

April — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:18:42 +0000

My cat, Buddy, looooooves to sit in my lap while I knit. Fortunately, he doesn’t attack the yarn, he just likes to sniff it. In fact, he’s currently in my lap right now, watching me type.

I’m glad someone else (actually, a lot of “someone else”s according to the comments!) names the animals that live nearby. We have Magda the rabbit, Stanley and Roberta (beavers), and Jamie the squirrel- just to name a few . My husband thought I was a little nuts for naming them…at least I’m not the only one!

By: Nadine B

Nadine B — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:53:08 +0000

I don’t knit with a lap full of cat. Sitting on someones’ lap might make us think Ashes (the cat) likes and/or needs us. Instead I end up with 30 some pounds of dog in my lap. And I agree with others who said everything they make ends up with cat fur in it. Mine also includes dog fur. I’m pretty sure if I ever sell my handspun I would have to include them in the fiber content. 1-2% each of dog and cat fur. At least the cat is soft.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:56:55 +0000

no knitted object is complete without some cat fur! My big cat Max prefers that I knit around him, and since he weighs 18 lbs, that’s some reaching around, but the new young one Starli enjoys darting around and hiding yarn, socks-in-progress and tape measures. I have repeatedly said I may never finish another project until she grows up.