I got all the way to stuffing the cat, and it finally looks like a cat. To me. But sadly, when I took pictures, it just looks like a lumpy pillow.
I tried taking pictures of it from its "face", but still, it does not look like a cat in the photo.
There's even an ear started there. In person, totally a cat in progress. In photos, nope.
But that's okay. I've got so little left that I should (fingers crossed) finish this this week, and next week it should look like a cat in photos. I even have a title all picked out that'll fit with F-day for the A to Z Challenge.
(Yes, I'm doing the challenge. No, I don't have a "theme", which is part of the reason I hadn't mentioned it before. Nothing really changes here as my game is to fit the letter of the day to what I'd normally post. Wish me luck.)
As you can see, I kind of started the ear, and then I stopped. I would have ripped it out, but I thought it would help the photo.
It was in the starting of the ear that I figured out the second thing I have screwed up in the making of this cat. I was joining the rounds wrong. Sigh.
I'm not fixing it now. I know what happened. I set the thing down for months, and then rather than rereading the intro notes, I just kept on. Actually, this is a failing in the pattern, I think. They should have written out how the rounds were joined in the pattern itself. I knew where I left off, but some things slip my mind when I haven't worked a project for a while.
I can't see the difference, so I'm not going to worry about it. (Besides, I prefer amigurumi to be worked in a spiral, anyway.)
That was the second thing I'd done wrong. The first? I didn't need to switch yarns. I'm so bad at estimating how much yarn I need. I didn't realize I was so close to finishing the thing off.
But again, I'm leaving it. I'll do the ears in the variegated, and I'll do the tail in the straight gray, and it'll look deliberate. This means I have less of both skeins of yarn, which was the whole point of this project, anyway.
The cat posts so far:
I have faith it will end up looking like a cat! Maybe feral, but a cat nonetheless ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope it doesn't look feral ;)
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing it when it's finished.
ReplyDeleteHa! I love tz_garden's comment about it turning out feral looking! I too believe in your ability to make it a cat. Nice to know you're doing the A to Z.
ReplyDeleteI have the ability to follow a pattern. As long as the pattern writer made a cat...
DeleteIt looks more like a cat than the last time. Keep at it!
ReplyDeleteIt will once ears are on it.
ReplyDeleteI can’t wait to see the finished project
ReplyDeleteSoon. (Hopefully.)
DeleteIt could be a cat from another planet. Or a mutant (in a good way) cat. Or...oh, just go for it.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. It'll do.
Deletethecontemplativecat here Not quite a cat yet, but it is in the works. I am publishing a post about cats this week.
ReplyDeleteCats are always a good topic.
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.
ReplyDeleteI also signed up for the A to Z challenge. I don't really have a theme either.
See you in April ;)
DeleteJamie here:
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing you finish your cat. I like cats.
Excited to see your A to Z posts.
I wish I could say they'll be exciting, but I doubt it.
DeleteI’m sure it will look like a cat soon. Looking forward to your a to z!
ReplyDeleteI got the ears on, so it looks very cat-like now.
DeleteWe have faith in you. I'm looking forward to seeing the pillow after you finish it.
ReplyDeleteIt will look like a pussy cat and one that us calico or tuxedo hence the different yarn.
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