Tuxedo Cat
Finished
July 8, 2015
July 9, 2015

Tuxedo Cat

Project info
Cat in a plaid sweater by Julie Williams
Knitting
SoftiesAnimal
Mary
Needles & yarn
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
Cascade Yarns ® Cascade 220®
The Loopy Ewe Solid Series
Notes

A friend who is a cat lover just got a big promotion, so I am making her a kitty “office assistant” as a congratulatory gift.

I thought a tuxedo cat would be a fun mod! I made my kitty as directed but made his feet white as well. In retrospect, it occurs to me that I should have given him a white tummy as well, but he is pretty cute with his black tummy.

I made him a little bow tie: using a 2mm needle, I cast on 7 stitches in fingering weight wool and knit in stockinette stitch until the piece was a bit ore than 2” long. I bound off, then with the knit side outward, I sewed the cast-on edge to the bound-off edge to make a little circle. I flattened the circle with the bound off edge in the center, and used the yarn ends from the cast-on and bind-off to wrap around the middle of the piece, making the “knot” in the middle of the bow tie. I tied the bow tie onto a black hair elastic and slipped it over the kitty’s head, doubling the elastic for a snug but not-too-tight fit around his neck.

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by Cascade Yarns ®
Worsted
100% Wool
220 yards / 100 grams

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Fingering
100% Merino
220 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: July 9, 2015
  • Updated: July 10, 2015
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