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Giveaway: Knits for Kitties

November 7, 2016 by Sarah White

Knits for Kitties review

Congratulations, Teresa W.

Last week I told you about the fun cat-toy-knitting book, Knits for Kitties. My cat is old (almost 15!) and not all that playful anymore, so I don’t think I need this one and wanted to pass it on to another cat loving knitter who might want to make some toys for their furry friends!

If you’d like a chance to win this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, November 13. I’d love to hear about the special cat or cats in your life. Did you know it was recently National Cat Day? I thought that was every day!

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  1. spierssusan says

    November 7, 2016 at 10:13 am

    My daughter has three cats-each of them with individual personalities-one’s playful. one has an I could care less attitude and one is so loving! I always enjoy my visit with them-and my daughter, too!

  2. terribetz says

    November 7, 2016 at 10:31 am

    My Granddaughters cats are pretty spoiled, but we haven’t knitted them anything! Sweet of you to pass it on! We are new to knitting!

  3. lelia says

    November 7, 2016 at 10:36 am

    Yes, every day is Cat Day! One of our cats lived 20+ years. We have two cats, both were ‘driveway drop offs’. Life would not be the same without them ! I have been knitting a couple of years and this would be super fun – knit for our pets ; ) Thanks for the opportunity to participate.

  4. Karen J says

    November 7, 2016 at 10:40 am

    I have two cats of my own, 12 and 15 years old, and they still play a little. I volunteer for a local shelter 3-4 days a week and also make cat toys for the cats and kittens in the shelter. Many times I will include a cat toy in the adoption bag so my fur babies will have something familiar to play with when they get home. During Spring, Summer, and Fall I foster kittens in my home, crocheting and knitting toys for them also. I would love to have new ideas for cat toys to knit and crochet for all my fur babies!

  5. Nola Harlan says

    November 7, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Ei have four beautiful babies and while getting up in age (the oldest is 13) they all love to play. But I am not finding anything they like. I would love to be able to make them something to play with

  6. Joanne says

    November 7, 2016 at 11:53 am

    I love my 3 cats and would love to make them lots of toys!

  7. Emily says

    November 7, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    I have four cats and I love the idea of making them all toys.

  8. Ashley says

    November 7, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    I have two kitties who would appreciate this book! One climbed into the engine of my car in a parking lot last year. The vet aged her at just five weeks old when she found me! The other was about four months old, born in a feral colony but was sick and decided he didn’t want to be a feral and stayed on my porch shivering until I let him in. He’s the biggest mamas boy there is!

  9. Barbara says

    November 7, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    It would be so cool to win this!

  10. joyce hancock says

    November 7, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    I have a cat who is also getting older, although she still loves lots of attention. She thinks every day should be cat day.

  11. Jaime says

    November 7, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    Perhaps a few new toys would stop my cats from chasing each other across the furniture. LOL

  12. jo says

    November 7, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    my grown cat thinks like a kitty & loves to play!!!

  13. Helen King says

    November 7, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    I just recently adopted 2 kittens and I know they would love to have some new toys! This would be a fantastic book!

  14. Nancy says

    November 7, 2016 at 6:53 pm

    Our cat love to get video calls. Our 4 year old granddaughter always asks to talk to him & he watches her on the video call & sometimes will talk back to her. Our granddaughter lives in Washington state & we live in Michigan.

  15. Cathy Burgett says

    November 7, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    I love my cat! I was the midwife at her birth and she had me the very first second of her life. I swear in the evenings while I crochet I can see into her soul through her eyes.

  16. Karey says

    November 7, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    My cat thinks everyday is National Cat Day! She’s a big princess!

  17. Judith (from Israel) says

    November 8, 2016 at 12:54 am

    A dozen driveway drop-off cats live in our garden. We feed them secretly at night because feeding stray cats is considered littering in our area and a $100.00 fine is levied.

  18. Teresa w. says

    November 8, 2016 at 8:30 am

    As far as cats are concerned it really (inter)national cat day everyday and to be worshipped accordingly. Our guy is 12 but still loves to chase things on a string though for much shorter bursts really need anything new to keep him interested he’s getting a tad “fluffy ” in his old age plus we’ve got some friends that I think could benefit from some knit gifts for their kitties

  19. Joanne D. says

    November 8, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Charlie and Turbo are brother and sister from the same litter and just had their 12th birthday. Turbo loves to play fetch (I think she must have been a Lab in a previous life). Although she doesn’t chase after the Mouse as quickly as she did as a young kitty, she still brings it to me and drops it at my feet many times throughout the day, demanding that I throw it for her (in fact, here she comes now, with her “I’m a great hunter” yowl, around the knitted mouse in her mouth LOL). Her favourite mouse right now is one I knitted and felted for her. Charlie also fetches, but his toy of choice is a plastic zap strap. >^..^<

  20. Mary Helene says

    November 8, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    I have one very special kitty named Matsu who is a beautiful tuxedo and now 8 years old. Slightly on the spoiled side I say but he disagrees. Loves sleeping next to the wood stove during the winter and spends the summer watching the Koi in the pond. Loves to play with pipe cleaners that we call “snakey”

  21. Denyalle says

    November 9, 2016 at 7:16 am

    I would love to knit some new toys for my two cats. They love their little fabric mice (my dog does too!) and they’d be perfect projects to use up the little odds and ends in my stash.

  22. Mary Kern says

    November 9, 2016 at 10:00 am

    I am new to having kitties. We now have two brothers. They are lots of fun and very different in temperament.

  23. Debbie Price says

    November 13, 2016 at 5:47 pm

    I have 3 cats, all fight over toys just like children would! This would be a lovely book to win. Thank you.

  24. Kim says

    November 14, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    This would be great, it’s usually all about the dogs:)

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