Final Kitty

I have finished my final Skinny Kitty for some time. I have completed the commission that started the whole design process and hopefully it will be sent out to the person who requested it very shortly.

Here is the finished Kitty.



And the face



I loved using the Debbie Bliss Fez for this kitty. It gives a really touchable finish with a slight fuzz, which makes you believe it could be a fur coat.

As I have this pattern in test at the moment, I made a few changes to this kitty and I think the result is much better. The amendments will be made to the pattern for final release, which will hopefully be in the next couple of weeks when I have all the testing finished. Once again I am very pleased with the testing process. It is hard work liaising with all the testers, but it always seems to result in a much improved final pattern.

Now I have finished my kitties, I hope to return to my Christmas knitting, which has been stalled for some time. The problem with Christmas knitting is that I am unable to post the results to the blog. I am afraid the posts could become very sporadic over the next few weeks. But there will be bumper post in the New Year as I update you with all the presents I have given out.

Poppy Brooch

After my blog the other day on the Remembrance Day poppy I was going to knit, you may be surprised to learn that I did knit a poppy, only it wasn't the pattern I downloaded.

It wasn't until I looked carefully at the pattern that I realised that it was written for sport weight yarn. I didn't have any sport weight yarn in red and black but I did have some DK yarn in those colours. So instead of abandoning my intended poppy brooch I decided to wing it and make my own.

I knit 6 petals and sewed them together. Then knit a black circle, with a few extra rounds without increasing. I stuffed the black centre with toy wadding - I have lots of that around at the moment (for some reason) and sewed it onto the centre of the petals. I attached a badge back to the poppy and attached it to my wrap.

I really like it, it is big, jolly and you can tell what it is. I hope that I get to use it in future years and just make my donation without taking a paper poppy. This means I don't cost the British Legion anything in poppy making materials.

Another Kitty

Just a quick post to show my latest kitty. I am now going into the testing phase with this new pattern, which while challenging is always very enlightening, especially with a large pool of testers (which is what I have).

This kitty was knit in Sirdar Snuggly, which 100% acrylic and specifically designed for babies. This kitty is so squidgy and soft, it would be perfect as a gift for a baby, especially as all embellishment is stitched on, so there are no lose parts.

I am so much happier with the face on this kitty, than the last one. I followed my own pattern instructions this time and it came out much better.

Isn't he a happy cat?