My first attempt at cats! The cat on the left is a long haired cat, which looks as if it has a much broader face, although it is really just fur. The right-hand cat is a short-haired cat. Their names were Nutmeg and Rosie, and they belonged to a friend of mine.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 20 pairs
Style: Torchon/Bucks Point
Stitches:
half stitch and twist
twist
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist single pair
Details:
solid cloth stitch (red)
vertical and horizontal edge (red)
Bucks Point net (grey)
Winkie pin cloth footside (grey)
chevron pointing upwards
chevron pointing downwards
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
Read about vertical and horizontal edges to see how to shape the cats.
The internal features are necessary to define a cat. The obvious detail are the eyes. They are chevrons, pointing up and down. This, of course, means that you need two pairs of workers either side of the eye. In the middle of the eye, the two workers swap over in a cloth stitch. No pin is needed. I think these eyes are quite successful, although chevrons often cause trouble!
The mouth of the left cat was done by twisting the passives at the right place. The right cat's nose was made by miniature chevrons, similar to the eyes.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index