HPKCHC - Cat Hats

A friend of mine requested some hats for her cats.  I couldn't find a pattern, however, by using several pictures I was able to come up with these.

You can see that Peaches does not really care for hats.  Thank goodness they are not for her. :)

Birthdays

Hi all,

My son had a birthday this week, and we've been having a good time with grandparents visiting as well.  But what I want to show you today is that our cat's birthday month is July :).  So ... Here are a few pictures of how she celebrated her birthday ....  with wrapping paper from Seth's present! :)

Looks like fun doesn't it? :)

Crochet Hats & Peaches

Okay, so I'm trying to catch up, and you get 3 new posts in one day! :) lol.

Here are a couple of hats I knit with this pattern and some small balls of yarn that I got from freecycle.

Have you ever seen Peaches in a Box? :)

 I also found this really neat crochet stitch called the Crocodile Stitch in one of the emails I get every day.  It's really neat.  Ravelry has several patterns for using this stitch, both free and for purchase.  I started with this hat pattern and using more of the yarn I got from freecycle.  It's Red Heart yarn this time.  I used up almost 100 grams of the tan,and then I used some turquise that was in the bag.  Still looks like a strawberry or pineapple! :) 

Neither Seth nor Joel would try any of these hats on.  Rob was a good sport and tried them on, but I didn't get a picture of him wearing them.  I do like the style of the top two hats for Rob.  It fits him much better than the standard style.  The extra bit at the sides and back will cover his ears and neck nicely without falling over his eyes. The pink one will probably be mine for shoveling snow, and the blue one for Rob. The crocodile stitch hat may be given to charity or sold.  If you'd like it, make me an offer! :)

Do you see Peaches in the background ? :)

What's Up ? meow !

I haven't been updating my blog again :( .. bad me .. bad me .. lol ..

We've been busy I guess... doing different things .. I haven't been working on the Special Olympics Scarf much, but Joel did this free-form piece ...

We've had a few bird visiters as well ..

 Also a gopher .. thing he's going into the sump pump pipe .. Not the safest of homes for him .. but he doesn't listen to me!

The boys started homeschooling... Seth is taking Latin in addition to his 5 basic courses and Joel is doing homeschool on the computer for the first year.  Seth enjoyes it, and Joel .. well, he's doing better now then he did the first few days .. it's an adjustment. He'd rather be on his bike or out exploring.

 

My sister and her family came to visit for a weekend ... and we did some things with them .. including going to Harrington Beach State Park.  The kids enjoyed seeing the lake and getting sandy and wet ... they didn't bring their swim suits, but had fun staying at the edge of the lake.

(my sister took this one)

Joel went diving up to his armpit and found two bricks  ..

After they left, we went to church, and then to the Wisconsin Humane Society: Ozaukee Campus in Saukville, WI, and got a cat!  She is 8 years old and her name is Peaches.  She's really sweet and she likes being around us, although she doesn't like being picked up much.  She does love laying on laps and plays with a few of her toys occasionally.  The vet gave us a couple of toys, and one of which was a little fabric knot with catnip in it.  She didn't pay any attention to it at all .. so I guess she isn't susceptible to catnip!

Well, dont' know what else to say for now .. Leave a comment! :)