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Don't Tell Mike

You know where this is going, right?
Ok, I have the day off and I'm busy looking at all the sites that come to me about knitting and this image shows up.  It is just great.  Should you have spent any time with a cat you know this boy (he has only two colours so he is the appropriate gender) is being tolerant, but clearly not all that enthralled with his "mane."  It is this photo that really says it all:

I win!
He finally got the thing off his head and he's contemplating where to hide it so he doesn't have to go through that whole ordeal again.  Am I right or not, I think in this case I am a cat whisperer.

Unfortunately or is it luckily for Mike, my cat, there's a free pattern to make this on Ravelry.  The designer Mer Almagro lives in Belgium, just began knitting in 2009 and is already designing some mighty fine items (our furry friends might disagree with the mighty fine attributes for the mane, but her human stuff is mighty fine indeed).  Just check out her blog to see shawls, cowls, gloves and most interesting the enamel work she does for jewelry.  (Yup, some people are truly creative and then there are those of us who do need a pattern to make just about anything.  Maybe someday when I have time on my hands I'll take up designing, but it isn't in the cards for me now.)

So I've downloaded Mer's cat mane pattern and who knows, perhaps in the not-too-distant future, Mike will be the lucky owner of his own mane. (He may not consider it lucky, but that's his problem.) Just don't spoil the secret for me by telling him about it.  I'd like to make it is surprise for him.  Somehow I think he'll react to it in much the same way Mer's cat did.  Is it disdain, disgust, or something stronger?

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  1. Mer Almagro3 July 2012 at 02:50

    Your post made my day!! :)

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  2. JFlag3 July 2012 at 08:47

    Mer:

    Thank you for finding my little blog. Your work is inspiring for this human. Mike, my cat, hasn't weighed in yet with his opinion!

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