Crafters for Critters: 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

Christmas Crafts and more

Our crafts will be for sale at the Christmas Craft Fair at the Kingston Military Community Sports Centre (off hwy 2, beside LaSalle Causeway and Fort Henry) November 27th (10am - 4pm) and 28th (11am-3pm).

Here's a sneak preview of just some of the items we've been making:

Deluxe quilted gift bags - perfect size for a bottle of wine!

Wine glass slippers. Dress up your stemware. Felted bottom acts as a coaster and with a variety of colours and designs your guests will always know which glass is theirs!

For your pets, we've got stockings big and small, with dimensional embellishments.

Tug toys for Puppy

Funny feathered birds for Kitty (each one unique!)

Catnip toys that jingle.

Beds and tents for our furry friends!

Put your pet's photo on display this Christmas with one of our beautiful embellish fabric photo frames.

Pretty pet coats in several sizes and colours.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Dogwear, Kitty Tents, and Dog toys

Amber's puppy is modeling dogwear made by Mary and Brenda. He won the cutest pet contest at the recent Pumpkinfest and it's easy to see why...he's adorable! We've got many styles and colours of dog coats.

Amber's cat is enjoying her new kitty tent. The tents come in many colours and patterns.

Here are some fun stuffed dog toys made by Amber. The crafters make a variety of cat and dog toys.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

My cats

I thought I'd share a couple photos of my cats:

This is Angus. He can twist himself into some crazy positions.

Sweet Sisi is trying out a kitty cuddler that Elaine knitted.

Crafts for sale at the Kingston Humane Society

A large selection of our creations, from dog and cat items to things for people and the home are now on display and for sale at the Kingston Humane Society. In addition to the displays in the photo below, we have several items on the counter - mainly autumn and halloween themed greeting cards and cat toys.

Photos from the Battersea Pumpkinfest

We earned over $400 at the Battersea Pumpkinfest. The funds will help spay and neuter animals at the shelter.


Looking in to the KHS/Crafters tent


Kitty tents on display


Cat enjoying a newly sponsored bed while waiting for a new home.


Our shelves full of crafts

Side view of table, bandanas on display

Dogwear on display

Dogwear and fancy scarves

Mary and Monika and more of our crafts

Third table full of crafts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Getting ready for the Battersea Pumpkinfest Oct16th 2010

We'll be selling our crafts at the Battersea Pumpkin fest in the Kingston Humane Society tent.

Here are a few of the little halloween knits I've been working on.

There's no catnip in these little felted pumpkins, they are just ornamental. However, cats love little rolly things and the smell of natural fibers so they could be used as cat toys.

Made from 100% real wool these are about 1" tall.

A gaggle of little ghosties. These are catnip filled and on "fishing rods". The eyes are firmly attached.

This little black felted kitty has glow in the dark whiskers. As you can see she's very friendly, always offering a paw.

Jack is catnip filled


Felted witches hat is a about 2" tall and filled with catnip


Miniature traffic cone is about 2" tall and catnip filled.

All of these little things are fun to make, but often time consuming and labour intensive. I only wish I had time to produce more! I'd be happy to share the patterns for these with any knitters willing to make more for our craft table.