Fiber Friday - Sewing Safely with Pets

It's Fiber Friday again - amazing how time flies when you are on a deadline!

Sadly, I'm not feeling very festive today, as my faithful sewing companion, Tyger, is not feeling well. At all. He started vomiting yesterday morning and is still not eating or drinking. A trip to the vet first thing this morning and he's pumped full of fluid (to combat dehydration) and that is making him feel pretty awful. My normally gregarious little buddy doesn't even want to be touched. We are hoping that it is simply a hairball problem that is causing the stomach irritation. Unfortunately it could be pancreatitis. Please send him your best wishes for a quick recovery.

At first I was worried that he had picked up something in the studio, hence the topic for today. I've heard all sorts of interesting stories about pets and sewing. One woman told me that her cat not only will pick up pins, but he delivers them to the feet of her Yorkshire Terrier! Make your own conclusions there. But in all seriousness, there are many threats to our animals' safety. Not only can they pick up (and potentially ingest) pins and needles, but thread poses a particular threat. Our vet checked him carefully to make sure there were no signs of intestinal problems due to thread but that doesn't rule out the possibility of a 'foreign object' being in there.

So please watch your pets carefully when they are in your sewing work area. And never give a ball of yarn or similar to a cat for a toy!