I couldn't resist. I just had to do it. I had to make a tweed kitty hat. I struggled (for about 20 seconds) on whether to make it in a black, brown, natural, or other color that an actual cat might be. Then the super dreamie Rowan Yorkshire tweed aran in watery, grabbed me by the chi chis & it was a done deal right then & there! Lucky for me & my cat hat, Mae, another lovely AP employ, did her tweed hat in Donegal pumpkin tweed & had enough leftover for me to contrast the mice & ears. So what do you guys think? We put it in the window today & I gleefully listened while folks commented on how damned cute & adorable it is. And of course... I mean come on... it's a watery blue tweed cat hat, complete with dead mice!
Sunday, October 9, 2005
I've Got A Secret....
Well gang, I'm letting the cat out of the bag, literally & figuratively!!! The secret tweed hat project for the shop is DONE! 
I couldn't resist. I just had to do it. I had to make a tweed kitty hat. I struggled (for about 20 seconds) on whether to make it in a black, brown, natural, or other color that an actual cat might be. Then the super dreamie Rowan Yorkshire tweed aran in watery, grabbed me by the chi chis & it was a done deal right then & there! Lucky for me & my cat hat, Mae, another lovely AP employ, did her tweed hat in Donegal pumpkin tweed & had enough leftover for me to contrast the mice & ears. So what do you guys think? We put it in the window today & I gleefully listened while folks commented on how damned cute & adorable it is. And of course... I mean come on... it's a watery blue tweed cat hat, complete with dead mice!
I couldn't resist. I just had to do it. I had to make a tweed kitty hat. I struggled (for about 20 seconds) on whether to make it in a black, brown, natural, or other color that an actual cat might be. Then the super dreamie Rowan Yorkshire tweed aran in watery, grabbed me by the chi chis & it was a done deal right then & there! Lucky for me & my cat hat, Mae, another lovely AP employ, did her tweed hat in Donegal pumpkin tweed & had enough leftover for me to contrast the mice & ears. So what do you guys think? We put it in the window today & I gleefully listened while folks commented on how damned cute & adorable it is. And of course... I mean come on... it's a watery blue tweed cat hat, complete with dead mice!
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Tammy took up some tweed
ReplyDelete'twas a work imposed need
And she knit (she's so knitty)
Yes, she knit up a kitty.
Very lovely - your hat that's a cat. Cute, cute, cute.
I adore it! No wonder customers were talking about it.
ReplyDeleteI love it! So much better than the plain grey ones I'm making as gifts. But hey, at least I'm stash-busting, right?
ReplyDeleteTammy, that is a very cool hat. I absolutely love the mouse attachment, even if it is dead.
ReplyDeleteThe color is great and I like the pattern, with the raised brim.
Do you really have to leave it in the shop for a long time? Can you borrow it on occassion?
Thanks for sharing it.
Whit-somewhere out there, Dr. Suess is smiling in his grave! I love your little ditty more than I love the hat! thanks xoxox
ReplyDeleteerin-just for the record... the mice are not my own pattern creation. They are in the sn'b nation book. I would love to share some with my fellow kitty knitters, once I have the time to take a second from school! : )
That is adorable, chickee..
ReplyDeleteis that YT a dream or what? i haven't tried the aran yet, but the 4-ply felts really well. and the colors are just beautiful. those little flecks of tweedy goodness...all the better to make dead rodents with.
ReplyDeleteHow fun to have something you MADE in the window of a STORE!
ReplyDeleteTweedy Cat- rather than Tweedy Bird!
um, by the way, i meant to tell you that this is the awesomest.
ReplyDeleteWhere oh where can I buy the pattern? Oh my gosh. I am LOVING that!!! I see a striped tabby hat in my future. Oh yes I do. If I can get the pattern.
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