How to keep the cat out of your yarn

[CrochetKitty]

I found this tip on cleanhomejournal.com:

 

"When I'm knitting, I put my ball of yarn inside a Ziploc® Easy Zipper Storage Bag, cut a small slash in the plastic, and thread the yarn through. It never tangles up and the cat can't get it!"

 

Meowy Christmas and Happy Mew Year from CrochetKitty!

[RebeccaVelasquez]

also:

 

 

keeps it from rolling all over your house and keeps it free of dog/cat hair

[Rosemary]

One of my cats (Buddy) is always nipping at the yarn as I am using it. I have found myelf holding many an end of wet, soggy yarn. I wind up with more ends to weave in then I had planned. I will try the zip lock bag trick.

[crochetlady100]

That is a good tip, but my cat love plastic bags.

Trish

[mamaoso]

Miss Kittie would tear the bag open.....Have a bag of gummi bears for the dogs and she puts big holes in the bag. She not taking any Gummi's just likes to open plastic bags....

[Jody]

I have a method I use but it doesn't look good to others. I have a tall kitchen trash can (never used and NOT taller than the sofa) that I line with a white trash bag. I put a piece of fabric softner in next. Then I put my ball of yarn and pull a thread and work from it with the trash can sitting right next to me.

 

At night I "dump" my entire project into the "trash" and put the lid on it. No one bothers my project ever. I hide this trash can at the end of the sofa which is also where I sit so truthfully no one really ever sees it either. Since people don't normally keep a kitchen trash can in their living room it could seem weird I suppose. Anyway this is what I do and it works...the yarn stays clean, it doesn't roll around ever and no pets bother it.

[threeolivemartini]

jody.. that sounds like a GREAT idea.. !

thanks for sharing it !

[Empress Busy Bee]

Over Thanksgiving when everything was on sale, I got a Wheeled Tote at Jo-Ann's. A lot like this one on made for crochet/knitting:

 

http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=89302&PRODID=10358

 

They had choice of pink or black. I got pink.

It has tons of pockets and enough room to keep a project or two that you're working on in it.

Before that, I used different tote bags or other bags.

Of course I don't have any pets. Just a two year old little girl.

[grrlsmom]

Jody, cool idea! I keep my stuff in a big tote bag and hang it when I'm not working on it. So far, so good!

My main pet problem is the 'flossers' - the cats want to sit in my lap as I work, and then I realize the yarn is going in one side of their mouth and coming out the other! Just gently going through! So as I work, I swat and say, "No flossing! No flossing!" LOL

[Kiki]

That's a fabulous idea!

[Jody]

Oh my goodness!! The flossers just cracked me up!! How funny. I have the same problem about the lap lovers though. They do act like they are hurt by my constant busyness and lack of lap space.

 

 

Jody, cool idea! I keep my stuff in a big tote bag and hang it when I'm not working on it. So far, so good!

My main pet problem is the 'flossers' - the cats want to sit in my lap as I work, and then I realize the yarn is going in one side of their mouth and coming out the other! Just gently going through! So as I work, I swat and say, "No flossing! No flossing!" LOL

[Ambersafghans]

I don't have pets in the house, so my main problem is skeins rolling over the floor. ( don't like to do that though, as there is plenty of hair for it to pick up with five long haired females in the house. )

I have a tube with an end that opens and latches shut. It has a hole though the top to feed the yarn through. Then your yarn stays in there and unwinds as you pull. Actually, I don't really use it much because I move around all the time, dentist, political meetings and plenty of other places. Hm, maybe I should put that up for trade, with yarn in it of course....

 

Amber

[Jimmie Lu]

A clean coffee can or big butter bowl work just as well!!! lid on top with a hole for the yarn My grammy use to do that!!