Craft for Cats Crochet | Events

What can you make?

Designed exclusively for Cats Protection, the crochet kit comes in five colour options and allows you to make your own storage basket, complete with cat ears!

Use your handmade basket to store your cat's favourite toys, stash your crafting supplies, or even as an adorable plant pot.

Suitable for complete beginners and crochet pros ages 8+ looking to try a fun cat-themed project. And the best bit? You'll be helping cats just by taking part.

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What's in your crochet kit?

Your kit includes everything you need to make your small crochet basket. Your finished basket will measure H10cm x D12cm (approximately).

Inside your kit, you'll find:

Braided chunky yarn - in your colour choice
Paper pattern instruction book
9mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Metal cat stitch maker

Your choice of five colour variations:

Grey
Black
White & black - allows the option of doing all white
Ginger & white - allows the option of doing all ginger
Mixed - includes brown, black, white & ginger

Pick your colour!

About the craftalong

The live craftalong with our friends and crochet experts The Left Hookery will take place on Saturday 4 July at 10am in the Craft for Cats Facebook group.

Can't make it? No problem! The tutorial will be recorded and available to watch back in your own time, or alternatively, you can use the instructions in the kit to craft at your own pace.

The cost to take part includes your crochet kit, access to the Craft for Cats Facebook group, support from our Events team and The Left Hookery. You'll also be supporting our work to make a better life for cats.

What is crochet?

Crochet is a technique that creates fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, or other materials using a single hooked needle (crochet hook).

Starting with the very basics in crochet, like how do you hold your hook, you'll build confidence and develop fluency in core stitches using UK terms, including double crochet (dc), half treble crochet (htr), treble crochet (tr) and slip stitch (sl st).

After signing up, you'll be able to access to an exclusive webpage where you'll find additional materials and tutorials to set you up on your crochet basket making journey.

Welcome to The Left Hookery

Bringing the world of crochet to Craft for Cats for the first time is The Left Hookery. Owned by the lovely Tamsin who will also be your craftalong host, The Left Hookery is a modern chunky crochet business based in North Devon.

Tamsin designs modern crochet kits and patterns that make crafting accessible, enjoyable and beautifully tactile.

When not designing new projects or teaching workshops, Tamsin can usually be found at her studio shop in Yelland - or at home with her two cats, sibling duo Shadow and Starlight.

Crafting for the cats we love

Did you know that a minimum of £10 from each kit sold comes to Cats Protection to help us make a better life for cats? Help us provide the care and love every cat deserves. All you have to do is take part and enjoy a cosy morning of crafting.

Your £10 could...

Feed two cats in Cats Protection care for 25 days
Cover the cost of two fun toys used for play stimulation
Cover the cost of microchipping five cats

Take part for the cats you love

Get in touch

Thank you so much for your support. If you have any questions, please contact Kayleigh in our Events team at events@cats.org.uk or call 01825 741 960.

For each craft kit sold, a minimum of £10 will be paid to Cats Protection. Cats Protection is a registered charity 203644 (England and Wales), SC037711 (Scotland) and is listed as a section 167 institution by the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland.

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