February thoughts

1.  Why doesn’t each state have its own ground-hog?  It has been proven time and time again that when it snows in the east it is 60 in the west.  Just in Colorado it snowed five inches in Denver county but zero  inches in Morgan county…a hundred miles east. .

2.  The cats are playing tag team with me.  When they want to go outside they run to me and then run to the door.  Run to, over, under me and then run to the door.  Tripping me is also an option.  One cat will start it and pretty soon both cats are doing it.  I sit, they jump onto my chest, walk around a bit to make sure I’m paying attention and then run to the door.  Or I am walking around, George will twine himself around my legs causing me to look at him, then run to the door once he has my attention.   Dozer, on the other hand just stares at me sending mind thoughts hoping I understand.  My psychic ability is nil.

3.  There are color ways in plarn.  I like the gray and white one more than the one with orange.

Plarn

4.  There are scraps when making plastic yarn.  I found this idea on Pinterest.  You take a sweater, sew the bottom and top and stuff everything else.  It becomes an animal bed.  Then I saw another pin on Pinterest where the user used plastic to stuff things.   Combined the two ideas and I am slowly getting a stuffed cat bed.  Both cats already use it because it is warm and comfy.  The arms aren’t stuffed yet which is good because that is what is holding it onto the chair.  I wrap the arms around the back pegs.   The bed also makes this nice crinkly sound which I think they like.

Future cat bed

Bags and stuff

1.  I crochet with plastic yarn.  Plarn for the uninitiated.  Plarn is made by cutting up plastic shopping bags and looping them into a very long string.  It can be quite colorful.  White bags make white plarn with hints of other color because of the logo.  Walmart  switched to gray bags.  I have a lot of gray bags now.  So I asked three people if they shopped at a white bag store as I was running out of that color.  Two people came through and now I have plenty of white.  However, people like to be helpful so I have a few more people who are saving bags for me.  Plus the one person who I asked who hasn’t given me her bags, also has some bags for me.  Pretty soon I’m going to have more supply than I can use. I’ll have plenty of white with no time to make it, let alone crochet with it.  I am blessed.

2.  My scaredy cat is no longer scared but curious.  She is spending more time outdoors.  George is an in and out cat so he will come in first, look around, and then go back outside.  A couple of times I send him back out with the words “Go get your sister”.  He does.

3.  There is a set of stitches that make up a pineapple motif in crochet.  I recently tried to do that pattern with plarn.  One cannot see the motif with plastic yarn.  I’m thinking about doing a color coordinated motif to see if it is more visible.  I have plenty of colors to choose from.  No green bags though.

4.  Weaving takes up lots of string.