If your cat or kitten is your best friend, you want to make something for her/him for Christmas, right? Fortunately, you can whip up a crochet gift rather quickly. Here are some ideas for the furry feline in your life — and all of these patterns are free: 

Crochet chicken (or other bird) – Perfect for stuffing with catnip

Kitty sweater – Because what cat doesn’t just love to wear clothes?

Catnip mouse – More catnip

Snuggle tubbie – Although meant to provide a safe and comfortable place for shelter animals, this is great for any pet  

Octo-puss toy – Great for using up scraps

Want more kitty? Be sure to hop over to The Kitty Blog, where feline fun happens all the time. 

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We live in the country on a small farm. We have 2 dogs that we walk twice a day.

This morning, when we were walking our boys, a huge fox came up out of our neighbour’s ditch and shot across the road into our grove. Not an unusual event, but we were glad our cats were safe in the house.

After lunch, we hopped on our bikes and road the mile or so to the mailbox to pick up the mail. We noticed that the neighbour’s RV door was open, which seemed weird. Then we heard a kitten bellowing, and I stopped.

A tiny kitten shot out of the woods, and ran straight up my leg and wrapped itself around my neck!

Jim hopped off his bike and we thought for a minute what to do…. he walked back to the neighbour’s to close the door of the RV, while I cuddled the kitten.

The silly little thing was all over me like a dirty shirt! We figured that it would be a quick meal for the fox, so decided to take it home with us and leave a message for the neigbours.

What a scallywag! He’s a total sweetheart. He stole my heart, but I was really relieved when our neighbour’s daughter phoned and said she was coming for her kitten.

We are a full house, and can’t take on a kitten right now…. but, oh, even so…. he is sooooooooooo adorable!

I really hope that she keeps him in the house. He’s such a sweet little guy that I would hate for him to meet an untimely end!

He sure played havoc with my work schedule, though – yikes!

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Can I spin my cat’s fur?

And the answer is: That all depends….

If your cat has fur that is long and silky, and he or she

lives, L O V E S, pleads to be groomed daily….

and you get a handful of soft fine fluff each time you groom him or her…..

Note: This is what our big boy is depositing in the grooming brush…. lovely when gathered in the brush,

but truly horrible if fished out of your teacup…..

Then, the answer to the ‘Can I spin my kitty’s fur’ is:

Y E S !

This is one large cat. That’s a 6 inch long spindle.

What will I do with his yarn? Spool knit, weave, crochet or knit with it. Yarn is yarn, no matter where it came from!

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