Another Felted Kitty Bed

Since our "Quality Control Kitty", Sluggo seemed to approve of the kitty bed I knitted and felted for one of the grand kitties, I decided to try yet another one.

I knitted the green and gold one in Lion Brand Felting wool with two strands of yarn and was quite pleased with the way it felted. It only took one 15 minute cycle in the washer.

For the next bed, I used Plymouth Galway Chunky and used only one strand of yarn. It felted very nicely, as well, however, it did come out a bit smaller in size despite using the same number of stitches. Fortunately, Sluggo loved it too.

I love this quick project and whenever I run out of grand kitties to knit for, I have found it's a cute little basket for balls of yarn!

The first bed I knitted for Big Boy, Spike in the double stranded Bartlett Yarn did not seem to felt as easily and I put it through two cycles of the washer. It probably could have used a little more felting, but I didn't want it to get too small for Spike.

Here it is stretched over the pan and sitting by the wood stove drying.

You can still see some of the stitches, but hey, Spike won't mind a bit!

H (hubby) painted a cute sign for our gathering at Shirley's Yarn shop.


The ladies in the group all approved!

The pattern for the kitty bed is quite simple. You'll need:

10 1/2 circular needle size 36 inches
10 1/2 circular needle size 24 inches
10 1/2 inch DPN's

300 - 400 grams of chunky wool

CO 170 sts on 36 inch circular

join, being careful not to twist sts. Place marker

knit in garter stitch for about 8 inches, then start decreasing every 24 sts or so til you need to switch to to the smaller needle and then switch again when you need the DPNs. Continue decreasing til you have 6 sts left. Using a darning needle, weave in ends. Felt til you're happy with the size.

Hugs,

Knitty Giddy