This is a project for making crocheted scrap yarn mats for your furrever friend. I am now making these to donate to our local no-kill shelter. Their thrift store is selling them to buy food and such, so I thought I would share this and a challenge.
Total Time: 1.5 - 2.0 hours
Yield: 1
Source: I have been making circles for years, just thought of my Cornelius and how much he loved his.
Supplies:
Be careful not to use wool as the first time you wash it, it will felt and be ruined. Also don't use good yarn. This will be like the "velveteen rabbit"...only real once it's very used.
Steps:
Here's the challenge: Make one for a friend, relative, or even better, your local shelter. Share this on pinterest and facebook so others can do the same. The local shelters need help more now than in any time in history. Funds are low, needs are high and resources are stretched to the limit. We may not be able to do much, but in memory of my Cornelius and all the cats you may have loved and lost...we can all do something.
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That is so pretty.
Thanks so much. And they are so easy, too!
I have been crocheting around fleece blanket for the kitties and also have done square ones with my leftover yarn too... LOVE THOSE animals !!!!
That is great keep up the good work!
Good job. Keep up the great work. Post one or two sometime? PBP
My friend Dianne did the same until she died a couple of years ago. I cropped and sized and uploaded pictures of her "cat afghans" to funk.fire-cat.com/
This is so nice of you and a wonderful way to remember your friend. Winston Churchill said "We make a living by what we get. We make a life from what we give". I will check it out. Thanks!!
I clicked on that link and got an error. Is it perhaps not there anymore? If you have a way to list some patterns Thrifty Fun will help you do that. I would love to see them!
UPDATE!! I have now been asked to make these for two shelters. But, today I hot glue "spotted" 12 of them and it took too long and I don't like to take too long. Esp' since they have asked for 1 layer ones, where the ugly side will now show.
When you get to the two joining ends overlap by about 6". Then, cross them over and and work in the tails as you go.
Say you have red and white, working with the red and adding the white. Now, you are working in the tail for the white end before you work in the tail of the red, on the other side of the joining spot.
In other words, do not tie them in knots. Simply cross them and work in the other color as you go. I know that is going to save me time, glue and I hope it helps you, too.
PBP
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