With 3 You Get Wonton
I never thought I’d be knitting cat toys, but how can you resist? I had a ton of leftover Woolease yarn from Alex’s dog sweater two years ago and now it’s finally going to good use.
I made a wonton using the Knitty.com dim sum patterns and a mouse using the … pattern from somewhere I can’t remember right now. The mouse is not making an appearance because within two days it had been played with and drowned in a water bowl so many times that it wasn’t quite up to being camera-ready. The cats, particularly Einstein, love that blasted thing.
Einstein obviously loves the wonton, too. In fact, he’s the most excited of the three cats about these wool-blend catnip-flavored toys. He loves hunting them, tossing them around, and chasing them when we throw them. The cat might actually burn some calories this way!!
Clive thought they were interesting too, but I think Einy has threatened Clive and Buster if they come too close. I might try making another mouse with smaller needles and hope that it doesn’t suffer as much as the first; after one day with Einstein it was snagged and awful-looking. I knit the wonton with smaller needles (size 5) and it’s held up much better.
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