verity83 | (no subject)

I'm amazed at how much I can accumulate on my work table in a week.

Srsly.

I've found several balls of yarn, two crochet projects, a stack of old diaries, all my art stuff I've been using, my coloured pencils scattered hither and yon, just to name a few of the items thereon. I'm almost done now. I got a file folder for my crochet/knit patterns, so those are safely squirreled away now. Finished the crocheted kitty, except for eyes and a nose because I can't find my tiny buttons. Will look later. I took a picture anyway. He came out all right, but I think I'll not give him away because I could improve it.

Speaking of the kitty, things I would change:

1. Use a softer yarn to begin with, like the all-cotton yarn or even the homespun type or that microfibre stuff. Regular acrylic yarn has no give and kitty feels completely un-cuddly.
2. Enlarge the pattern. He's about 8" high, which is really cute and everything, but I was envisioning something a bit bigger, at least 12".
3. I think even a tinier yarn would help - baby yarn, even. Something you could use a really small hook with, so that the stitches don't seem so huge.
4. I'm also not really happy with the ears - they are not quite pointy enough to please me.

Better luck next time. It's a really cute pattern and I think with those changes it could make a lovely toy.

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I think a cotton yarn would be softer, especially cotton chenille. I've looked at it at the yarn shop and it's so soft and cuddly!
I found these Hello Kitty crochet patterns a few months ago - http://picasaweb.google.com/donnabiju and they have pointy ears. Maybe you could combine patterns and come up with the perfect kitty.

I don't think I've seen cotton chenille! It sounds delicious. I'll have to see if I can find some. I was thinking chenille has a good texture regardless, since it's just a little bit furry without being stringy like the fun fur yarn. Cotton would be perfect - I like natural fibres whenever I can get them, especially for baby stuff.

I'll take a look at the Hello Kitty patterns and see what I can glean from them.

Apparently the kitty I made is something called "amigurami" (sp?). I found several other patterns for similar kitties, and they're supposedly a good luck item or something.