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A Ginger Cat Has Been Knitting in His Own Way

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The knitting basket is tipped on its side, balls of cream yarn are scattered across the floor, and an orange longhair sits in the middle with loops of yarn wound around his shoulders like a scarf. He looks directly at the camera with half-closed amber eyes and a faint smile, apparently content to stay tangled.

A pair of wooden needles lies in the basket, a rug stretches beneath him, and behind him the room is soft and cozy, with a gray sofa and a blanket. Strands of yarn run from his paws across the floor and back to the spilled balls, a perfectly traced path of his adventure.

Yarn is a classic cat toy, but it carries a real risk. If a cat swallows string, thread, or yarn, it can cause serious intestinal trouble, and it is an emergency to see a vet. For safe play, use wand toys or a ball that is too big to swallow, and keep your knitting supplies in a closed bin or a cabinet. Cats chase yarn because it moves like prey, and they love to bat, pounce, and wrestle it. Always supervise any string play, and put the toy away afterward.

Longhaired ginger cats like this one often seem to have easygoing, goofy personalities. Right now he is a fuzzy bundle of contentment, a work of art in progress.

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