Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarn! Me hearties! The notorious Captain Cat-Battler is a veteran of cat vs mouse conflict. Since the dawn of time, rodents and their feline foe have pitted their wits against one another. Captain Cat-Battler is a handmade hero of mousekind, keeping the cats of the world on their furry toes with his cunning and his defiant squeak.
Captain Cat-Battler was designed specially for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and their new Cat Knit project. The Battersea Home is one of my favourite London charities, living with five cats myself (three of which are rescue moggies), so I am pleased to be able to help bring on some purring by donating the pattern exclusively to them in honour of their new crafty initiative. Such a cool cat cause.
The idea is simple:
“Battersea’s cattery is preparing to be inundated with cats and kittens this summer, the charity is calling upon knitters and crafters across the UK to make knitted catnip mice to help keep Battersea’s whiskered residents entertained while they wait for new homes.”
The pattern is free but if you do use it, please donate to the Home; send a mouse to befriend lonely cats waiting for new owners; or even better, adopt a cat to go with your mouse. And remember to spread the word about the good work the Home is doing for our four-legged friends.
Download the free Captain Cat-Battler Knitting Pattern here
Useful Pirate Mouse-keeping Tips
- Keep watch: Be sure to keep an eye on the Captain when there be precious cheeses or gold doubloons about. He’ll plunder unguarded booty afore ye know it.
- Catnip cologne: Wild cat off the port bow! Captain Cat-Battler is oft spied asportin’ a catnip pouch about his scurvy person. The catnip stink be havin’ a strange effect on his foes, like a tot o’ good rum. Makes ‘em easier for him t’ conquer ‘em!
- Cat-battling: Captain Cat-Battler won’t be harmin’ your cat. He’ll just keep ‘em amused. Every cat be needin’ a bit o’ swashbuckling to keep ‘em happy.
(Huge thanks to my proof-reading Twitter powder monkeys Karen at the fab Scrap-e-Do, Kat and Cal)
(The Captain was inspired by my undying love for the kooky coolness of Tim Burton and Alex Milway’s Mousehunter books (a tri-cornered hat-tip to the magnificent Captain Mousebeard). Read them! They’re even better than a tot o’ rum on a stormy night.)
The eye patch totally makes this. So cute!
Hee hee. Thanks. I’ll pass the compliment on to the mouse. 🙂
this is a lovely pattern! love it!
Thanks. It’s a lovely cause to be able to donate a pattern to. 🙂
So brilliant I love his pink ears
Hee hee. Thanks. It’s all about the ears. 🙂
he looks sooo cool, i think i will knit this guy for my birmilla, she is always steeling m y knitting parts.LOL this will learn here.LOL
thank you for the sharing, i love your site!!!!
Glad you like him! Watch him when you make him though. He’s a feisty fellow! 🙂
Oh no you have done it. Its been told that a hurd of mice are on the way to the animal pound here in Califrnia. The leader ofthe pack has a patch over one eye!!! Lordie help the little mice that find there way here. Puddie Paws are feirce here in the desert and there are many looking for a juicy mouse smelling with a toxic aroma!!! Thanks from all the kitties here in the USA!!! I have 5 pound kitties myself. I love them tons and would love to have more but then i would be a hoarder!!!!
You’re most welcome. The UK mice send a scurvy pirate mouse salute your way! Yaaaaaarn! 🙂
thank you for getting back to me re: the mouse pattern, I have been back to the site but still cannot find the pattern at all. I have done everything I can think of the find it but to no avail. Sadly, we will not be able to make them now at the knitting club and I am sure that my ladies would have enjoyed making them for a good cause like this
regards Sheila
Hi Sheila
On the page that this comment is on there is a link at the bottom that says: Download the free Captain Cat-Battler Knitting Pattern here
If you click on that then the pattern should download onto your computer as a PDF file. Here is the link in case your computer is stopping the download:
http://www.cats.org.uk/uploads/documents/CP_Captain_Cat_Battler_Lo-Res_FINAL.pdf
Hopefully that will help.
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