Thursday, April 22, 2010

Kitty Litter

Last year, I made one of my kitties for my sister to give as a baby shower present. Kitty was of course a huge success. Another friend of the mother-to-be contacted me and asked if I could make a bunch for her as presents for an upcoming babyboom.

I, as a matter of course, procrastinated. And the last few months have been really lacking in any artistic mojo. I almost procrastinated my way out of the thrifted wool sweaters that are my main component.

I use the felted sweaters as the upper body of my kitties. Thrift shopping for cool wool sweaters is really getting hard. Everything is nasty acrylic and ramie, bleh. And I have a hard time, when I find a nice wool sweater, justifying felting something in perfect shape that someone could wear out of the store. I did manage to find some that were interesting and fortunately made nice soft felt.

Ajax was pretty interested in all the bits and pieces on the sewing table. Nothing got carried away.

When I first developed the pattern, no real practical thought was given to construction. This has been a real source of frustration with every single one I have made. Finally, while watching a nature program on giant octopuses, this odd solution presented itself...really odd...no, truly odd.

So, here are my wee babies, turned right side out, stuffed with fluff and tarted up. I love that they all are different and unique.

And for the most part made of recycled materials.

Happy Earth Day!








7 comments:

MaleficentKnits said...

those are adorable, Lisa... as usual your talent comes sparkling through... even if it was at the last minute!

Anonymous said...

These are so cute! Love them.

Anonymous said...

These are so adorable. I love the kitties!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Magda

Anonymous said...

I really like these! Usually I find these knitted and fabric creatures to be a little creepy (sock monkeys stay the hell away from me!), but these are sweet and pleasing and interesting. How many are you doing???

Mindy said...

Absolutely adorable!! Missing you...

Natalie Thiele said...

Love the kitties! They're great.
I followed you over from Tongue in Cheek. I thought it was great that you handed out Whoopie pies to everyone in line rather than surrender them to the airport authorities.

Mindy said...

Hi girl! ...missing you!