uninvitedCat
LightNews LightNews
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
uninvitedCat
@uninvitedcat.bsky.social
50 followers 99 following 940 posts
She/her
Knits. Gardens. Cooks. Varying levels of success, but keeps trying.
The Cat Basket is still lined with books.
Posts Replies Media Videos
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Today I am experimenting with homemade “chocolate croissants” that use Nutella and ready-made puff pastry. Inital output looks promising:
A vaguely croissant-ish rolled pastry on a plate. One section of the pastry roll has split, showing a cocolate-comoured filling that is actually Nutella.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Went with pan frying (over baking) so it would be easier to keep an eye on them. Not the most visually appealing things - I keep expecting them to change colour like beef! Possibly due to expectations linked to shape.
Three patties in a frying pan. The tops are pink and raw while the underside cooks.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Documenting the chicken-thing as I experiment…
Minced chicken, herbs, parmesan all mixed together. Next step: roll out between clingfilm and use the pastry cutter to create “patties”. These will be cooked, cooled, and used to fill rolls for my packed lunches. Hopefully.
200g minced chicken 1/2dessert spoon of italian seasoning 3 dessert spoons of breadcrumbs Supermarket grated parmesan - be generous with it. More generous. And a bit more for luck. Mix together well.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
The fabric I’m creating:
Washed-out blue/green/grey colour blends on a knitted raglan top, still on the needles.
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Mini meatballs in a pan!!
A close-up shot of pale (raw) meatballs in a frying pan. Each meatball is made from 1 teaspoon of mix. There are 20 meatballs in the shot, although there’s 23 in the pan in total. It’s not evident in this picture, but I have the heat up too high and will “over-char” (aka “burn”) them all.
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Job done.
A pair of wooden doors flanked by light boxes with “CONTROLLED AREA X-RAYS” in yellow text.
August 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Just finished weaving in the ends on my Boswellia! Two months elapsed time, and it still needs blocking before it’s properly done, but yay!
A teal and copper knitted top.
July 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Harvested my beetroot this morning. Some grew rather better than others…
A digital kitchen scale shows 389g of beetroot. The sizes range from slightly smaller than a squash ball to bigger than a tennis ball.
July 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
I let one of my garlics flower. It’s a very muted allium to human eyes, but every time I’ve looked at it there’s at least one bee on it somewhere. This morning, I saw two.
An allium bloom, a pale lavender in colour, has two dark blobs on it that are out-of-focus bees.
July 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Aww, I have company!!
A black and brown cat on a grey chair and blanket. My pink arm intrudes from bottom-right, providing acceptable Fuss.
July 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Nems getting scritches
Dark brown and beige cat has eyes closed in pleasure as a human hand scritches her head.
June 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Forgive the terrible framing and issues with focal length, but here’s an unusual shot of both cats settled down snoozing near each other! They’re usually in different rooms, or at opposite ends of the same room at best.
One fluffy cat is curled up, snoozing on the fllor level of a cat tree. A second cat is curled up on the platform above, with her back to the camera.
June 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Managed to get motivated & organised enough to take a progress shot of my Boswellia!
A partially knitted top is hung up to show copper-coloured decorative patterns against a teal background. The top has no sleeves, and is currently quite short.
June 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
The yellow loop on the right hand side of this shot is my round marker. Moving along to the left, you can see two correctly aligned diamonds, and the third is misaligned. So now I’m unpicking 14 repeats…
A picture of teal and orange knitting. Two diamonds on the right have little orange “hats”. The diamond on the left’s “hat” is positioned too far to the right
June 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Here’s where I left my Boswellia last night. My inly plan for today was to try and reach the end of the colourwork yoke.
A close shot of the right-side of stranded colourwork knitting. The main color is teal, and the contrast color is copper/orange. The piece is not blocked, so it looks all lumpy and uneven.
June 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Productive morning hurrah! One laundry load hung up to dry, second load running. Cat hairball located and cleaned up. Bed changed. Dishwasher unloaded.

Y’day was pretty good too - kitty litter changed and felted top successfully rehomed.
A torso shot (no head visible). Edie top knitted in Malabrigo Sock Metamorphosis, and then accidentally felted. Top was made for me, but the felting meant it no longer fitted me properly. Fortunately my friend’s mum is much more petite than me, and clearly it fits her well over a thin t-shirt. Hurrah! Colour of the top goes from dark blue at the neck through paler blue to grey to white just under the bust, then reverses back to dark blue at the mid-hip hem.
May 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
She’s so CUTE and FLUFFY!!!
#caturday
The top half of a cat. Clearly curled up asleep, the cat has her paw curled over her nose. She is very fluffy. Her belly fur is cream, with a black underlayer visible in the depths. She has spectacular white ear furnishings.
May 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
I’m on holiday this week, a staycation. Today I’m comfortably ensconced in a chair, working on a new project, enjoying this view, and feeling quite lucky.
A slice of a view through a glass window of a garden path. It is lined with yellow and orange poopies, and has a metal arch in the middle field. There is a lot of green behind and to the right of the arch, until the view is cut off by a tied-back curtain.
May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Possibly due to the sun through the window, Nems has retreated to the top section of the re-purposed laundry basket. I can hear her cleaning herself. Earlier, I could hear her kitty-snores. 🥰
A wicker basket is horizontally divided into two sections. A cat peers sleepily out of the top section.
April 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
This has been surprisingly relaxing! Plenty of time for it to go horribly wrong, but for now I’m v pleased with it.
Blue and silver colourwork knitting in the round. The floats are VERY tidy, but the way the fabric is bunching clearly indicates that blocking on completion will be required.
March 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Prepping to ball the yarn for my next top. Some glorious greys from @isasaxonists.bsky.social / republicofyarnia.com
A wooden Shaker-style swift and two skeins of grey yarn sit on a laptray. A streak of sunlight across the middle of the shot makes it difficult to see anything.
March 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Off the needles and onto the blocking mats! I reckon that ended up in the 35-40 hours of knitting in the end, but I did rather lose track for a while.
The purple-tan top is pinned out on a grey towel. Yet another terrible photo.
March 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Actually remembered to take a shot of the Malabrigo Metamorphosis sock yarn top yesterday. This is approx 21 hours of work.
This is yet another terrible photo of a piece of knitted fabric. Sorry. The cable needles are on the left of shot. The yarn is a gradient yarn, changing from tan (by the cables) through tan-with-dark-speckles to purple-tan blend to dark purple on the right.
March 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Current #wip at about 9 hours of work.
Another terrible picture of what is now a circle of knitted fabric. Still can’t decide if the yarn colour is mottled briwn or mottled purple. Maybe it’s both?
March 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
uninvitedcat.bsky.social
Tracking my current WIP and how much time I spend on the project, here’s a shot at about 2 hours of work.
A coil of knitting on a green background. It’s slightly larger than yesterday’s shot. This is another terrible photo that doesn’t look like anything much.
February 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM