My dear Aunty Nin loved to crochet and she made me some antimacassars. I’ve had them for decades and they’re still going strong. I don’t need to use them on the backs of the chairs as men don’t wear macassar any more so I drape them over the chair seats to protect them from a more modern menace, the cats, who think they have a divine right to sleep anywhere they like. There’s Sparta, the psychokitty, sprawled on one, glaring at me balefully as I scribbled.
Aunty Nin’s Antimacassar
Posted byRosie ScribblahPosted inAt Home, Cat storiesTags:antimacassars, art, calico cats, crochet, drawing, home, humour, sketchbooks, Tortoiseshell cats
Published by Rosie Scribblah
I'm an artist / printmaker / scribbler. I love drawing and all the geeky stuff associated with printmaking, working in a figurative style. I live in Wales with husband and demented cats. And my real name is Rose Davies :D View more posts

Really like this one Scribblah.
Thank you 🙂
Love it when ya draw on both sides of the sketchbook.
I’m stingy lol 🙂
I had no idea what an antimacassar was! Learned some new stuff from you today. I like the indication of knitted fabric, and kitty too of course.
Thank you – I like these archaic words.
Loved the picture of the cat – I also have a psycho cat who usually has mad moments in the wee small hours and expects me to join in so I just let him get on with it whilst I try my best to grab a little more sleep!!
Ah yes, the early morning madness – I know that one too 🙂