True Crime: A mystery in two parts
Part One: The evidence
Gory, I know. The astute viewer may note toothmarks along the spindle’s shaft. The manner in which the singles was torn from the spindle and killed may also provide a clue as to the culprit. (A chilling look into the criminal’s cold, cold heart.)
Uh, oh! Someone has a bad kitty!
Posted by: jenn
Uh-Oh! Have you caught the culprit yet?
Posted by: Adam
He done killed that yarn and spindle DEAD, I tell you.
Posted by: Jill Smith
Ooh, That’s just about unforgivable. No catnip for that puddy tat.
Posted by: Julia
I thought only dogs stole yarn at your house! The poor yarn and spindle…the carnage!
Posted by: Jaimi
OSCAR!
Posted by: k
Uh, oh! Someone has a bad kitty!
Posted by: jenn
Uh-Oh! Have you caught the culprit yet?
Posted by: Adam
He done killed that yarn and spindle DEAD, I tell you.
Posted by: Jill Smith
Ooh, That’s just about unforgivable. No catnip for that puddy tat.
Posted by: Julia
I thought only dogs stole yarn at your house! The poor yarn and spindle…the carnage!
Posted by: Jaimi
OSCAR!
Posted by: k
Don’t have to be a psychic detective to know that cat had a wonderful time killing that spindle.
Posted by: Lee
Awww…. I have some chewed needles from dogs and cats… I never leave anything out anymore. I’m a little scared to see what happens with the yarn and the loom as I take up weaving. I don’t know anything about spinning. I hope it’s all salvagable.
Posted by: ellie
Note to self: do not accept any packages from Cari this week, especially if the package is mewing.
Posted by: Iris
Oh.Dear.Me.
Posted by: Alison
Well. Now that shaft will have good traction for the thigh-launch.
🙂
Posted by: claudia
I had assumed a dog did it. Mostly because one of mine tried to do the same thing to mine. AS I was spinning!
Posted by: no-blog-rachel
but the wood tastes so good! how could the kitty resist?
Posted by: amy
Don’t have to be a psychic detective to know that cat had a wonderful time killing that spindle.
Posted by: Lee
Awww…. I have some chewed needles from dogs and cats… I never leave anything out anymore. I’m a little scared to see what happens with the yarn and the loom as I take up weaving. I don’t know anything about spinning. I hope it’s all salvagable.
Posted by: ellie
Note to self: do not accept any packages from Cari this week, especially if the package is mewing.
Posted by: Iris
Oh.Dear.Me.
Posted by: Alison
Well. Now that shaft will have good traction for the thigh-launch.
🙂
Posted by: claudia
I had assumed a dog did it. Mostly because one of mine tried to do the same thing to mine. AS I was spinning!
Posted by: no-blog-rachel
but the wood tastes so good! how could the kitty resist?
Posted by: amy
Oh, I thought it was the little Sadist. Cats play with yarn? DuuuUUUUUuuuude.
Posted by: Wendy
Ouch! That’s painful to view. I don’t think it’s completely dead. I believe it can be saved. Saving the singles may not be possible, but I know that with a bit of rehab, the spindle will again be well.
Posted by: Sarah
Let’s not be too hasty here. Oscar may be getting a bad rap.
Could it be that Billy snapped behind the pressure of new fatherhood?
Posted by: Catherine
Uh oh! I’m betting it was a puppy in this case. The teeth marks look to big to me. But then, it is still in one piece. Most dogs would have snaped the spindle to pieces. Interesting…
Posted by: Whitney
Check the suspects’ teeth for fiber and wood shavings!
Posted by: Frith
You kind of can’t blame a guy for mistaking something that rolls and has yarn wrapped around it for a cat toy. Cats can be so ridiculous: my friend Ann’s kitty chews big, honking holes out of woolen garments. Needless to say, Ann’s not knitting with the good stuff these days.
Posted by: regina
Oh, I thought it was the little Sadist. Cats play with yarn? DuuuUUUUUuuuude.
Posted by: Wendy
Ouch! That’s painful to view. I don’t think it’s completely dead. I believe it can be saved. Saving the singles may not be possible, but I know that with a bit of rehab, the spindle will again be well.
Posted by: Sarah
Let’s not be too hasty here. Oscar may be getting a bad rap.
Could it be that Billy snapped behind the pressure of new fatherhood?
Posted by: Catherine
Uh oh! I’m betting it was a puppy in this case. The teeth marks look to big to me. But then, it is still in one piece. Most dogs would have snaped the spindle to pieces. Interesting…
Posted by: Whitney
Check the suspects’ teeth for fiber and wood shavings!
Posted by: Frith
You kind of can’t blame a guy for mistaking something that rolls and has yarn wrapped around it for a cat toy. Cats can be so ridiculous: my friend Ann’s kitty chews big, honking holes out of woolen garments. Needless to say, Ann’s not knitting with the good stuff these days.
Posted by: regina
The really disturbing thing about this crime scene is how *little* carnage there is. The singles were neatly, almost surgically separated from the shaft. But the fiber hasn’t been pulled apart or mangled the way you’d expect someone in a rage would.
The shaft of the spindle is marked, but not seriously damaged. That spindle could have gotten away if it hadn’t been physically restrained.
This criminal wasn’t motivated by anger or desperation or even profit. The criminal did this for . . . enjoyment. *Shudder*
Posted by: David
Ooohhhh…Take it away! Take it away! Bones & guts make me queasy….I’ll send you some chalk to outline the “body” ooooooo
Posted by: Carol
OMG. I think I’m going to cry.
Posted by: sachis2112
dogs steal yarn…becomes…cat attacks spindles.
(the yarn singles are beautiful, and seem to have withstood the attack. I think that is an excellent yarn quality.)
there is more (!) evidence to this crime?
Posted by: Kristen
I have the say — the spinning looks terrific!
Posted by: Kathy
I’m starting to see the logic in my husband’s no-animals-in-the-house rule now – but, since my three-year-old can do the same amount of damage, I’m wondering if we should lump him in with the cats and dogs on this issue.
Posted by: Krista
The really disturbing thing about this crime scene is how *little* carnage there is. The singles were neatly, almost surgically separated from the shaft. But the fiber hasn’t been pulled apart or mangled the way you’d expect someone in a rage would.
The shaft of the spindle is marked, but not seriously damaged. That spindle could have gotten away if it hadn’t been physically restrained.
This criminal wasn’t motivated by anger or desperation or even profit. The criminal did this for . . . enjoyment. *Shudder*
Posted by: David
Ooohhhh…Take it away! Take it away! Bones & guts make me queasy….I’ll send you some chalk to outline the “body” ooooooo
Posted by: Carol
OMG. I think I’m going to cry.
Posted by: sachis2112
dogs steal yarn…becomes…cat attacks spindles.
(the yarn singles are beautiful, and seem to have withstood the attack. I think that is an excellent yarn quality.)
there is more (!) evidence to this crime?
Posted by: Kristen
I have the say — the spinning looks terrific!
Posted by: Kathy
I’m starting to see the logic in my husband’s no-animals-in-the-house rule now – but, since my three-year-old can do the same amount of damage, I’m wondering if we should lump him in with the cats and dogs on this issue.
Posted by: Krista