He’s not particularly fond of ice-cream, but nevertheless, poor Otis found himself coerced into modelling my spool-knitted “ice-cream sundae hat.”
Much to Otis’s dismay, I recently felt an urge to try some spool knitting, or as we used to call it when we were kids, “corking.”
I can remember my best friend and I learning to cork using old wooden thread spools with four nails hammered into the tops of each. Today’s spool knitters are much fancier, not that the results are any better than what we got from those old wooden spools!I had a collection of bits and pieces of old yarn ends, so I corked a long cord, then wound it around and hand-sewed it together to create the “sundae.”
Next, I used some red yarn to make a pompom: the cherry on top.
It is Otis’s plea that I refrain from using him to model any more yarn fashions.
He has suggested that, instead, I consider using his good friend, Backyard Bunny, as my model—that is, if I am ever able to catch him!
Cody-Cat Chat (@CatChatCaren) said,
May 23, 2017 at 6:19 pm
omg he looks too cute in that hat! Love it! We found you on Tummy Rub Tuesday! catchatwithcarenandcody
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Create-A-Holic Writer said,
May 24, 2017 at 5:11 pm
Haha—He is not a fan of the hat! Love Tummy Rub Tuesday. The photos always make my day!
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TheViewFromHere said,
May 20, 2017 at 2:07 am
He’s a good cat that lets you put that hat on him and sits still for you to photograph him. I would never be able to do that to any of my two cats.
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Create-A-Holic Writer said,
May 20, 2017 at 10:45 pm
I can’t do it to him either! The second I move my hand away, he starts fighting to get it off.
I have to take my photos really quickly! 🙂
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greg-in-washington said,
May 19, 2017 at 9:26 pm
What a great hat! Having ice cream on your head in the summertime should feel quite lovely. There is a wooden thread spool in the sewing basket I have with four nails in it. I vaguely remember yarn ropes. Aren’t bunnies some kind of rodent?
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Create-A-Holic Writer said,
May 20, 2017 at 10:44 pm
You make me laugh!
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