Wednesday 30 October 2013

Kittensssss .... or how to avoid doing something else


Displacement activity can take many forms ,. Ideally it involves doing something non-essential that still leaves you feeling that you've been mildly virtuous ;  throwing out old bus tickets is good . Making somethig small , knitted and for charity is better . May I present the perfect example ?

 
At the moment the Dutch Animal Protection website has the pattern for a kitten :   "Knitten een kitten". The plan is to collect as many as possible to raise cash to get all the litters of  kittens  that are abandoned each year at their door ,   socialised and vaccinated ready for adoption .
So here's Hoskins  (   spending extra time to think of a  name wastes even more time. A definite plus-point )   . Heather followed and now I seem inadvertently to have cast on the as yet unamed third ...
I'm now at risk of being locked up with a couple of other volunteers .
 
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5 comments:

love those cupcakes said...

Love that kitten you've knitten. I've designated today Displacement Thursday. Just found 26 Indisputably Brilliant Words That Are Lovely To Say Out Loud.
(http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomphillips/26-indisputably-brilliant-words-that-youll-want-to-say-out-l)

rachel said...

Engaging in Displacement Activity Blog reading here... Lovely kittens; good for you. But I'd rather have a brace of the real thing, myself.....

Friko said...

that’s not a displacement activity, on the contrary, you are very gainfully employed.

industrious, is what you are.

Now, where are those old bus tickets?

Lucille said...

We are being urged to knit little wooly hats for Innocent drinks. I'd rather have some of your kittens. Is that the cat that walked by himself in the background?

Marcheline said...

OMG... that is the cutest thing EVERRRRRR!