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Abused,
abandonded and sick cats and kittens need your help!
We are seeking donations of:
- handmade cat blankets, beds and mats made from washable materials of all sizes to
fit small kittens to extra, extra large cats
- handmade, sturdy cat toys, made of any fiber (they do seem to like the wool though)
filled with catnip, please!
- Donations of washable yarn (worsted and bulky weight, any color) and sturdy fabrics,
please! Yarn must be sturdy and clean.
- Donations of time to attend or organize craft events, making and hanging flyers, or
attend the Cambridge-based SnBs for Saint Meows are held the first and third Saturday at 11am at the Borders Bookstore
Cafe in the Cambridgeside
Galleria
- and other things we haven't thought of yet! Or could your local stitch and bitch
have one or two meetings dedicated to
Saint Meows? You can make a cat toy (or two) from left over yarn in a couple of hours!
In a recent Saturday Knittin' for Kittens one knitter made three cat toys between 11:00 and 2:30!
Mail donations to Knittin' for Kittens (MA), 71 Joy Street, Boston,
MA 02114!
Link to Sites for Free Patterns for Cats*
*
is multiple patterns on a link all patterns knit unless otherwise marked
{C} is a crochet pattern
{S} is a sewing pattern
^..^ is patterns I (Kate) have knitted
*Hugs for Homeless Animal Pattern Library
*Critter Knitters Pattern Library
*{C}Crochet for Pets
*Knits for Pets (and those who love them) Scroll down past the dog stuff for cat toys and a felted
cat basket.
Kitty Dreams Blanket (27 inches square - perfect size, but so cute be careful you don't keep it!)
Easy Aran Kitten Blanket
Cushy Kitten Blanket
Frosted Kitten Blanket
Molly the Mouse Toy
Rockin' Rodent Knit Toy
Nose Down Mouse Pattern
Knit Catnip Mouse (with Mouse-Along)Pattern
{C} archived curly Q cat toy
^..^ Oliver's Green Mouse Knit Toy
If you stuff it with catnip it could be a cat toy pattern for a Skele-Fish that glows in the dark!
Knitted Kitty Ball
*Knitted Feline Dim Sum Toys (^..^ for the wonton)
{S}Sewn Kitty Basket (Super Deluxe!)
Fun Fur Knitted Catnip Mouse
Very Simple Felted Toy (Scroll Down to Oct 3rd)
Kitty Pi Felted Basket
*Sandy and Arlene's Cat Baskets (Knitted) Scroll Down for Pictures!
Shelby Kitty Throne, Knit in the Round
{C} Jennifer's 20 Minute Pet Rug
{C} Pet Rug snuggly
{C} kitty cat ball (super cute)
{C} spider cat toy
{C} Kitty Weed Toy (Off Color some may find offensive, but the cats will not mind!)
*{S}Quilting Patterns for Cats
"Mindless" Knitted Blanket
Felted Kitty Basket/Bed (very fancy)
Knit-in-the-round Blankie
{C}Fast Crochet Kitty Blankie (okay, okay it's a baby blanket, whatever!)
{C}Crochet Preemie or Kitty Blanket
{C}Mile-a-Minute Crochet Blankie (size small)
^..^ Silken Braid Catnip Mouse
Pumpkin Cat Toy
Heart Sachet/cat toy - (if you fill it with cat nip and skip the lace)
swirl ball
fishy (no picture)
{C} Pocket Animals (mouse, owl, raccon, rabbit)
knit a square, turn it into a bunny
knit a cat for cats
Finger Puppets (make one, fill with stuffing and catnip, sew it shut)
Felted Mousie (I think pattern is very similar to SnB Nation, but felted.)
{C}Catnip Tassel Sachets(so what if it says lavendar?)
{C} Make a cat tunnel!
{C} Pet Rug
{C} Pet Blanket
Chicken Toy
{C} Easter Egg
Pebble Baby
Kitty Fruit
Knit Baskets
Yarn Ball
Woolly Ball
{C} Catnip Bird
NEW!!! Catnip Fun Fur Mouse
Click here to order an inexpensive book of Braille patterns.
There
are also patterns for cat toys in the (^..^) SnB Nation Book and in the new "Handknits for Kids" book by Lucinda Guy (okay
these aren't designed to be cat toys by they are mousies and birdies that are stuffed), or knit any small 2-5 inch child's
toy, ornament or sachet and when you stuff it add some catnip! Even finger puppets can be made, stuffed with catnip and sewn
shut. And for heaven sake don't bother sewing any sort of case to put the catnip in before you stuff the toy, just put it
in and sew it shut.
The first cat toy I made was originally going to be a scarf! When it
was ten inches long (4 inches wide)
I got bored. I folded it in half the long way, sewed the two long seams, turned it right
side out, stuffed it with a matchless,cut up old sock and cat nip, sewed the final seam closed with an invisble stitch and
watched Roxie the Cat go to town!
For cat blankets/mats you can use any infant or preemie blanket pattern, just use
washable yarn.(Super Bulky yarn makes it go fast!!!)
Also, please, weave in your ends and do not leave any yarn or thread hanging.
Cats and kittens love to eat yarn and thread and it is very dangerous for them! Prevention is the best medicine!
Please
make any financial donations directly to Saint Meows.
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