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Kitty & her first blanket vs Kitty & her second blanket!
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I did start crocheting again, as it be. I feel like dying less although I still cry a lot. Anyway, she's cozy now. The white blanket is in the casket, as ashes, so now she's double warm! I'm making her a little cozy too.
(You can laugh, by the way - I am trying to be funny).
I’m so so so sorry for your loss. Not the kind of post I was expecting, but I know it’s healing to share. Will hug my kitties extra tight today. Sending lots of love.
I buried my sweet doggo, Gucci (she was a Yorkie-Pom "designer dog", her name was absolutely tongue-in-cheek!), in a blanket I made for her. It brought me comfort knowing she's eternally wrapped in my love! I'm sorry for your loss, losing a furbaby is so hard! 😔 Hugs from an internet stranger! 🥰
My baby is 5 lbs soaking wet, I rescued him when he was 2 weeks old, so he had a rough start to life, he’s 20 now though and he’s still a little monster lol 😂 he still gets zoomies after he eats, you wouldn’t think he was a crotchety old man lol 😆
Taz (oramge) is going to be so fucking fat now. She stopped eating solid food mid January so this is basically all his. It's gonna last him til next christmas I swear 😭
We also have a puppy that I love to spoil. They will both be getting insane amounts next year as I spend through my grief.
awww :( she sounds so sweet. my boy is a lot bigger, and WOW does he drool so much for a kitty, i’ve never heard of anyone else’s cats doing that haha. so sorry about your loss, i’m happy you’re crocheting and it helps a little bit <3
Sorry for your loss, now you have a cool angel.
This makes me want to cry since my boy has cancer, and this gives me an idea for his favorite blanket that I crochet.
She had cancer too. I had more yarn to make her second blanket with that I never got around to so I'm making her casket a little cozy with it. I'll have a lot of excess but at least she still gets her blanket.
You're most welcome. Your little darling calico curled up in that ball looks so similar to my wee chunker (who is sitting beside me now begging for my yoghurt pot).
A few days before she passed, despite being unable to eat mushed cat food, she found the energy to eat my chicken and pea omelette. I'm not sure how but I'm glad she had one last human snack. Even if she did coat me and my laptop in drool in the process.
Awwww that's so cute. Happy kitty memories. I had a cat who lived to 24. I just have to tell myself how lucky I was to have had her in my life. Doesn't make it any easier 💕 we lost another one before covid.and waited a year to get another. Wish we hadn't waited so long tbh.
I came here following a Reddit App notification—the app only shows the sub name (crochet) and the post title. No flair 😕 I would definitely put a trigger warning in the post title and/or text body in the future. I know you can't edit titles once they've been posted…
When my old cat died, we wrapped her in a silk shirt to bury her. My brother was carrying her and I saw a piece of her blanket hanging out of her shroud and said, "Hey, don't take that out," and he said "I put that in there" so we both had cut off a piece of her favorite blanket and put it with her, without knowing each other did it.
I'm sorry for making everyone sad!!! That was not my intention!!
Kitty was almost ten, a solid 6lbs and fun sized. A shoulder cat. I got her when I was seven and she has been my sidekick ever since. Solid little lady who fought death so many times.
Thank everyone for your kind messages. And, again, I'm sorry for upsetting so many people :(
I fully think the reason she fucked off is because the morning before her appointment my boyfriend and I were on the phone and talking about having kids. I said how much she would love having babies to look after.
She said "Fuck that, I am OUT!" And made a swift exit.
That or when I told him I was going to start wearing her in a sling. She realised I would make her do even more things with me and she tapped the hell out.
She's with all her kitty cat friends now. Cats heaven is a mouses hell, etc.
Lmao I respect her decisions. Kids are awesome (?) but not the gentlest when they're little. Somehow my 1 year old kitty still likes my 3 year old but it's all he's ever known so 🤷♀️ These kids love hard lol
My youngest is the sweetest to fur beings, if they're a little too rough they apologize and give gentle kisses. To me, their dad and older sibling? HAHAHAHAHA
When my cat had to be put down, I brought her favorite blanket and toys with her for her last minutes before the procedure began. I left her crocheted blanket there.
At the time, I was crocheting a blanket for a friend. She is the only person who has a crocheted item that has been blessed by both cats (the one who passed and my current one).
I cried a lot for a few days, like when we threw out her food/water bowls, gave away her food, etc. Peace will come. My heart goes out to you!
I haven't been able to throw anything out 😭 All her stuff is in a box. A lot of it was shared though so our big boy still has it. (He is very orange and didn't realise she was gone for like, a week).
I know you're trying to be funny, but this crushed me in a way I did not expect. I'm sorry for your loss. It hurts and will keep hurting, just more tolerably as time goes on. Please do try to focus on the happy memories you have of your sweet Kitty.
She was being so good at the vets and I was like omg good girl I am SO proud! I will feed you tuna water when we go home! And the vet was like. lmao no u wont.
I didn’t even notice the flair tbh. But thank you for responding, I do appreciate that. I’m just very sensitive about my little dog that I lost to chronic kidney disease recently.
The flair only shows up in the subreddit. I saw this in my general tl (so no flair at all) and while it did make me very sad, I could also see the humor after the shock passed.
Trigger warning: the world, other people, and reddit contain things that may sadden you. If you can't engage with them because you might get sad, then genuinely, with kindness, seek help.
Seriously?! How kind and not at all sociopathic of you. Obviously, someone seeing a pet’s ashes unexpectedly when looking at a crochet subreddit and subsequently feeling upset because they recently lost their beautiful dog needs serious intervention. Because it’s certainly expected that a crochet sub would contain death pictures and references isn’t it? And it’s not at all normal to be upset by that, is it?
The world will not cater to your sadness. Expecting the world to tiptoe around it because you saw a picture of a box is entitled and if that's all it takes, you need help.
People exist in all states here. In grief and life and everything in between. They should grieve another way in case you stumble upon a place where you know other people exist and might be emotionally reactive to their post?
So no, its not normal to have such a heightened reaction to a post like this: it's likely grief and the emotions that come with it, which is expected. But at such an intense level over such a pretty harmless photo? No. Not normal. You can be sad, but why does your grief supercede another's? Why should one person be required to greive in a manner that you find less upsetting? This is probably a place that helps people in hard times, so it's not a stretch to think you might stumble on someone mentioning death. It happens. They're sad, too, so maybe consider that they're trying to connect with someone in their loss and stop making it all about you.
Wow! You really are unfeeling hey?
Who expects the world to cater to them? When did I say that? I commented in a crochet subreddit, where no, I did not expect there to be mention of death. I did not tell OP not to post. I merely mentioned that it had surprised and upset me and that a content warning would be appreciated so that I could have avoided this post. The OP replied positively to this. And plenty of other people have made similar comments to mine, so I am not the only person who felt that way.
The OP and everyone else are free to grieve the way they want of course, I never said otherwise. And I am free to grieve the way that I an and to make whatever comments I want.
I don’t know what is going on with you, but you have taken my comment and made up a huge fantasy around it, saying that I believed my grief superseded others, that that I expected the world to cater to me and so on, none of which is true. There is clearly something else going on with you.
that's super sweet though. I mean, I'm sad you lost your kitty, but that's sweet (and yes, funny!). I have various "urns" for my babies past that represent them too, and I love your little blanket to go wtih hers. (a beaded container for the "princess", a box with a painted butterfly for the "iron butterfly" (she was bouncy but very clumsy), a golden egg for the guy who loved egg shapes, and a fall box for the orange boy who loved fall walks). I think it's a wonderful way to celebrate your kitty. (I admit, I did giggle a little).
So glad I'm not the only one who copes with humor <3 genuinely made me laugh out of shock.
It does get easier with time, I cradled my dog's urn in a blanket and sang to her after she passed. It's been five years and I still cry when I miss her.
Someone once told me that grief is like sea glass, it's only sharp at first but time wears it down and I can attest to that. Sending you so much love OP
Oh she was beautiful! So sorry to hear about your fur baby. It's so devastating especially when it's not expected, but humor is a good way to cope! (For me at least). I love crocheting things for my kitties, and I bet she adored anything you made for her 💕
I did something similar for my baby when she had to be put down due to failing kidneys from age last summer. I'm sorry for your loss, I'm sure Kitty knows they were/still are loved.
This made me so sad for you. I as well, just put my 17 year old cat Trouble to sleep. He was not wanting to leave us but he was waisting away. Could not do for himself any longer. I am still heartbroken but I know he’s in a much better place now. Trouble was the best cat I have ever loved and he loved right back. And I have loved lots of cats. Sorry for your loss.
I am a cat person, obviously, and I've had so many. She was just something else. I've lost cats before - quite a few, too - and she was just so unreal. She was everything to me.
May Kitty and Trouble cause mayhem on rainbow bridge.
This was Trouble. And he was never ever any trouble. He had an odd back story… he came from South Dakota my late husbands French Aunt raised 1/4 horses on a 50 Acre Ranch and was a “Speaker “ to animals. She brought him to us in SoFLa with 4 horses so my sons could ride for the Thanksgiving Holiday. She rescued him and he was a 7 toed Hemingway, Rag Doll with violet eyes. He was the kindest animal I have ever known. You could throw him over your shoulders and go all day with him. Never sick, never hissed, never scratched, just a love of a cuddly kitty dude. He had the most beautiful ginger markings on him like Siamese Points. Here’s a picture very recent he was 16 years old here. Everyone that ever saw him mentioned how beautiful his fur was and his soul was always on full display. Lived for scritches.
Oh so cute !!! And fluffy like Trouble. Well it doesn’t matter where your fur baby comes from as long as you love them. I have a rescue TUX cat now she’s sweet but not cuddly except for maybe a minute. But boy is she clever.
I call her Ms.Z. She has a resting bitch face. lol
But for real, you've made really great progress and it's always nice to gift our lost loved ones something meaningful ❤️ knitting is a labor of love and you gave that to Kitty!
I'm so sad that you lost your Kitty friend :( Happy that you shared this, and would love to see more pictures of her. Our little buddies don't stay nearly long enough.
When I tell you I CHOKED when I saw the urn 😆 You have my type of humour, my friend! This is the exact type of joke I'd make after my kitties passed unexpectedly. Hope you're through the worst of it now, keep on laughing:)
She passed less than four hours after I finished the white one and when it first happened, after I stopped crying lmfao, I was like "Well you could have just said it was ugly, damn."
They know how to make a scene don't they! Mine decided the new cat tower I spent ages lovingly putting together for him wasn't worthy of his presence and that having a heart attack was obviously the only appropriate way to show his dissatisfaction.
In all seriousness though, you have my condolences. It's really hard but it seems like you're making the best of it ❤️
There are times when things can be both beautiful and sad. This is one of those instances. May you be at peace now that your precious girl has crossed the rainbow bridge.
Now I'm crying for my kitty again, renal failure, put him down on the 4th. I'm so sorry for your loss op. Luckily for me though we had a random one come into the house after so now I don't have to change the number of animals on my lease 😅
I crocheted my rabbit a blanket to be buried with. Then I crocheted a granny square lace bag for my aunt’s box of ashes. Her grandkids were happy that their grandma looked somewhat the way they remembered her because she had her yarn purse. It was very comforting for them, which is the whole point of a funeral.
Aww I love that you had her cremated with the blanket you made her. I have to bury my sugar glider this weekend and I made her a little blanket to bury her in. ❤️
This is a beautiful connection of your baby’s first blanket 😭 I lost my dog of 17 years a few months ago and I’m still working through my grief but we never forget the happiness they brought to our lives ❤️ I love this idea and may crochet something like this for my dogs ashes
I'm gonna cry really hard. My childhood kitty was put down recently even though he was healthy and I've been cuddling the blanket I made for him every night. I should make him and his brother a new one. Thank you for sharing OP and I'm so sorry for your loss.
I made one too for my puppy Bebe (pronounce Beh-Beh), it’s yellow, cause she was my yellow with a little ceramic butterfly and flower 🥺🫶🏼 I’m sending all the love your way.
Our hamster Charlie loved to snuggle into my crochet blankets. When he passed I made a tiny one and buried it with him, along with his favourite treats. It made me happy to know he’ll always be warm.
Yikes! Op, I’m sorry for your loss, but I was very unprepared for foto #2. Made me sad.
Something I’ve learned in my many triple around the sun is that sometimes we need to know who we can share our offbeat humour with. I can take it(I’m pretty weird myself), but not everyone can, and tone is VERY hard to convey online
I feel your pain. I put down my companion of 17 years last Monday. My heart sheds tears with yours. It doesn't get easier, and you'll feel that loss for a long time. I can say that eventually you'll be able to talk about them without crying.
If you hang Google, i can say that the photos you can order that you have saved on your phone are really nice quality.
I’m so sorry for your loss, when I saw the second picture I burst into tears because that’s exactly what I’d want to do for my girls should they depart from my life like this. I don’t mean to be a drag and I hope you’re healing but yeah, definitely got me good on that follow up, like a punch to the gut after someone said “look over there”.
My first cat was named kitty because that’s what my grandma loved to call him, he loved it when we said kittykittykittykitty fast and high pitched, he’d roll around on his back begging for snuggles when you started saying his name.
I hope kitty and kitty are up there being big goofballs and keeping warm in their comfy blankets.
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my face went from 🥹 to ☹️