Attack of the Assmat January 29, 2008
Posted by La in Free pattern.6 comments
A little while ago I was explaining to the Cat Knits group on Ravelry about a simple cat pad I made in my early months of knitting. Ida, founder of Lily Friends asked me if I could write it up in a pattern so it could be posted to the Lily Pads page. Well, I hadn’t made one in years, and I couldn’t remember which yarns I used, and in what quantities. Yup, you guessed it. I actually went out and spent money on (just say NO!)velty yarn. 3 DIFFERENT ones to be exact, to match my cat.
Let me just say, if it weren’t for my love of most things furry, I’d have never EVER in a million years made this again…on purpose.
Stats:
Pattern: Muppet Pelt Assmat
Yarn: 2 balls each: Paton’s Cha Cha (tango); JoAnn Sensations Cello (Mink); Caron Bliss (Black)
Needles: US Size 15 [10.0 mm]
Started: January, 2008
Finished: January, 2008
I am almost embarrassed to call this a pattern, it’s so simple. I’d consider it more a yarn recipe than a knitting pattern. But since Ida asked, who am I to say no? Especially if it’s going to help knitters make stuff for shelter cats?
Speaking of ass…
moar cute puppy pictures
Is a Puzzlement January 17, 2008
Posted by La in WTF.4 comments
The same man who can’t pay attention to 30 seconds of directions will stand mesmerized for seemingly hours watching a crane?
OR
The uber-cool cat toy you bought at that expensive little boutique is sitting in the corner untouched, while Whiskers is batting around a pen cap?
OR
Why is it that when you stand up all the congestion in your head drains instantly?
Oh, the ironies of life!
A Part of the Process January 16, 2008
Posted by La in Design, FO.4 comments
I like to knit along as I’m designing. That helps me to better see what’s going on, if the different elements are marrying up well and if what looks good on paper actually translates into yarn perfectly.
Oftentimes I’m left with a not-quite-finished prototype that’s been abandoned partway through because I’ve expose all the kinks, fix them, and concluded that I have a viable pattern, impatient to start the “real thing”. And if I’m REALLY lucky, the prototype doesn’t look like complete ass and could eventually be useable…once I complete it.
Thus was the case with Serenity.
One of my Mission Possible projects was to complete this “blanket” and give it to one of the ladies I work with for her aging cat. All that was left to do was bind off, weave in the ends and block it.
I really like how this partial blanket turned out. Without even engineering it to do so, the edges came out surprisingly scalloped. Bonus!
Sassy even took it for a test-drive. Yup, it passed her inspection, and now it has the cat-ass seal of approval!
Sweeeeeet!
