I hope those divorce papers don't free-load off of you too long and can get mailed out soon.
And what would the People for Eating Tasty Animals [PETA - their headquarters is just a few blocks from where I live] care if you mistreated you cats - even with the mystery cat thing-a-ma-jig? ;)

omg I heart that sofa - it's beautiful! I would have done the same thing with the foil and tape! it's gorgeous. the divorce papers do not deserve their time on it!

My cats are wily. They lie in wait until the tin foil or plastic tape is removed, or until the plastic runners (like the ones your grandma used to save the carpet) move aside just a little bit, and then they streettttccchhhh out theit front legs and make that cute little face and just knead a little, and before I know it they've thrown their whole bodies into it and my chairs, rugs, etc. are in tatters. Good for you for persevering.

By the way, what yarn did you use for the pink hat? It's very nice.

I love that sofa! You have good taste. I'm sure the cats will adore the Awful Ugly Mystery Knitted Cat Thingamajig!

I don't think you become a 'real' knitter until you knit something that either turns out completly wrong or ugly...lol. But I'm sure your mystery cat thingy is not that bad. And if the cats don't like it, you could just put your favourite shirt in it (preferably black). If they are like mine, they will immediately sleep with it. (mine are snobs too)

I am so curious about this cat thing.

Soon now we shall become privy to its shape and intended purpose.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE CAT THINGY!!! HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE TO WAIT??? Jane

You aren't the only one that talks to your knitting. I have to be really careful when I knit in public because I start talking to mine and people thing I am crazy. I am just waiting for some "helpful" stranger to try and have me carted off to the looney-bin. I can just hear it now, "Oh officer, it was terrible. She was just sitting there knitting and out of no where, she started yelling non-sense. She kept saying 'Pass the slipped stitch over, damn you.' No, sir, I don't know what it means either."

hee heee - you said big clear and sticky!

Consider yourself lucky that your cats at least use the first fuzzy work of hand-crafted love you made for them. My 3 1/2-year-old daughter compliments me non-stop throughout each project I knit, begging me to make something for her too, only to refuse to wear anything I knit her (actually, the same seems to go for sewing). So, if the cats won't sit in the thingamajig, at least they sit in their Kitty Pi, right?

Hey, Laurie, is the AUMKCT done out of natural fiber? Wool perhaps? If it's too big, you can always FELT it....I'm just saying

Oh, but the patterns? They also make you do math (which for me includes counting), plus if you make a mistake you can't pretend that you did it on purpose as a design feature. (She said bitterly, after ripping her stupid Via Diagonale for the third time.)

Bet it isn't that bad. You should definitely finish it. Let that knitting know who's boss!!!

what do your four cats think about the cat thing? do they fight over the kitty pi?

Don't worry. Moneypenny will sleep on anything soft and fluffy. She is far from picky about kibble (any flavor and lots of it, please) or bedding (your nicely pressed outfit for work, dirty laundry, badly knitted disasters -- she doesn't care) If your mystery cat thingamagig doesn't turn out -- she'll be happy to take it off your hands!

Dude, peta wouldn't let you have cats-animals aren't your slaves, ok??? And if those cats don't piss on your divorce papers they aren't worth the newspaper, uh...cat food you feed them.

Oh and I wanted to offer up La's services. She's really good at the math-I make her do ALL of mine. And she's my slave. Don't tell peta.

I still want to know if there are knitted mystery dog thingamabobs?

why dontcha make a dart board outta those papers? better yet,use his picture.
btw after my divorce I framed my papers.

I think you should get those divorce papers good and drunk at a sleazy bar and then abandon them to their miserable fate.

Or, sign those SOB's and make sure Mr. X. PAYS THROUGH THE ASS (er, I mean nose) for his new life and his unfettered "creativity."

V. nice sofa. Worth all the foil and tape, I think.

I'm sure the thingymagig is just lovely and I assure you if you KEEP it from the cats (IE make it a "forbidden object") they will take to it like flies on sh*t! :)

Yeah, reverse psychology, or something.

And, yeah... Why HAVEN'T they "accidently" used those divorce papers as litter? At least the copy you have to send back to Mr. X (because I also like the idea of you framing your copy).
:)