Kitties and yarn just don't mix...

My cats absolutely looooove yarn, much to my dismay. The latest is Panda retrieved an almost full skein of Patons wool. He grabbed it out of a knitting bag with two projects in it, I was working on the other. That cat is so sneaky I didn't even notice! The project end of the yarn stayed in the knitting bag, but the skein end... He took it from the family room, through my office, down the hall, up the stairs, around my bed leg, back down the stairs, through my office again to anchor it, back up the stairs then back down... He ended up with 3 round trips on the stairs, 6 strands of yarn on the stairs!! And nobody heard anything... It wasn't until my oldest came out of her room and saw the evidence. She came and got me, I saw the strand leading out of the family room and thought no big deal until I saw just how big a deal it was. Thank goodness for yarn winders, I had to make a whole new pull skein out of it. Luckily he really didn't tangle it, just stretched it out. After I finished winding it, I set down the yarn for a second and he tried to grab it. That cat has a one tract mind most of the time. Wish I had taken some pictures, one must see to believe. I usually keep my yarn and projects in locking plastic boxes for just this reason. Cats, got to love them... kitty spit only adds to the project, right?