Secondly, as you know I make a lot of crochet rugs for Vinnys so there are always completed rugs waiting to go there and others in various stages of completion.
For some weeks now Candy, of an evening, has been sleeping on a small armchair near the window in the living room. Last night I suddenly realised she was not on the chair and nor was she on one of the beds which are her other favourite places.
I then remembered her going into the 'other' half of the living room so I got up to check. Behind the sofa is a desk on which I had placed some of my crochet, both completed (you can see those on the left of the picture), and in the process of being made. Who should I find making herself comfortable in a box containing pieces of work but Candy:
The expression on her face said "OK so you found me and yes, thank you, I'm very comfortable." Now this box would be the size of perhaps two shoe boxes placed together but she managed to look so cosy and in fact went back to the same box three times during the evening.
This is a cat that won't sit on my knee if I have a cocheted rug over me and yet here she is cuddling up to crocheted pieces. If she persists in doing this I'll have to make some bits for her as I don't think she should be sleeping on work that is intended to go to an op shop to be sold.
Honestly though, have you ever seen a cat look so contented as Candy does here? Right now she has taken possession of my armchair which I will reclaim when I go to watch TV. I am wondering if it will be back to the usual armchair or into the box. I'll let you know later what happens.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteheheheh Proving her feline pedigree!!! Guaranteed that the ones you actually make for her will be ignored. It's the ones you don't want her on that she desires.... and what cat could ever resist a box of any dimension??? Lovely post to read before bed. Night night Mimsie and Candy (and Phil!) YAM xx
Certainly true to her feline pedigree!! She has now taken possession of that box each evening so will have to carefully remove pieces now there and replace them with some that don't matter and hope she doesn't realise the difference. xx
DeleteLittle dickens. They do love to make a nest for themselves don't the?
ReplyDeleteShe has done just that and looks so comfy too.
DeleteI suspect she thinks that she has prior claim on your crochet, and comes well before Vinnies.
ReplyDeleteAnd most cats do adore boxes. Boxes with soft lining are even better.
Seems Candy knows what is comfy and that's that.
DeleteI think if you make new pieces with the same type of wool, Candy may not notice the difference; on the other hand, the ones in the box now, will have her scent on them. Perhaps you could make new ones exactly like the ones candy has claimed, and use them instead for a rug?
ReplyDeleteI have a crocheted rug that Angel loves and when it is on the couch, he will sleep there all day, but it must be on the couch, if I put it on the floor or in a box he won't go near it. At night he still sleeps on my bed, I was hoping he would choose the rug on the couch instead.
I found a piece partly made of short scraps of yarn and put that on top and Candy seems quite content.
ReplyDeleteCats are strange how they will find a favourite spot for weeks and then suddenly change to another spot. She always sleep on one of our beds although usually Phil's. She will sleep on my lap if I sit in my armchair in the afternoon and also at night when I am watching TV. We should never try to understood how a cat's mind works.