Kitty Knits: Projects for Cats and Their People Paperback – Import, 31 July 2008

A good range of projects for cats and their admirers, nice mix of knitted and felted projects to play with.

Liebe Strickerinnen und Katzenliebhaberinnen,durch Zufall stolperte ich über dieses Buch. Da es um Katzen geht und ich Katzennarrin bin und eben alle Bücher haben muss was mit Katz zu tun hat. Habe ich es bestellt.Und ich bin begeistert. Gut ob ich alles nachstricken kann (mit meinem englisch) werde ich dann sehen, aber es ist voller wunderschöner Ideen.Türstopper in Katzenform,the cat afghan,Kissen,Taschenverschiedene Spielsachen für die Katze zum Nachstricken,KatzenhauspuschenPullover,Mützen mit Katzenohrenund und und...Es ist so schön anzusehen und liebevoll gestaltet. Schön!

I love cats and the projects in this book are adorable and diverse. The knitted mice are perfect and I love the kitty earflap hat. There are about 20 projects organized by "Projects for Cats," "Projects for People," and "Projects for the Home." Also the skill levels are balanced between easy, intermediate, and experienced so there should be something for every skill level. I'll probably wear this book out with projects for my own cats, friends with cats and family with cats.

I love cats and really like this book. Many, many of the projects are made with wool and/or are felted. I personally do not use wool. I however still find the book fun. I'm working on the "Felted Carpet Bag" in a worsted weight yarn and it's coming out great. Just needed to knit swatches and adjust needle size. I will make the Butterfly for the bag out of fabric. It would have been nice to have a full size template for the Butterfly in the book. I also plan to make the kitty pillow. The book is probably not for beginners but I am far from an expert knitter and find the instructions workable. I even plan to make the "Felted Cat Doorstop" out of acrylic yarn as a couch pillow. Charts in the book could be incorporated into other projects too.

I had this book for a week and had knitted a dozen felted mice! They are so cute! I even played around w/the pattern and made some smaller and some larger than the pattern. It's so basic I can make them w/out the pattern! The other patterns have set my creative juices to working. Rather than using the kitty pattern on a sweater how about using it on a handbag or tote!?! Gotta go, can't stop making those little mice...