At long last, Celestine is complete. Whew! It’s very cute, but dang, was it ever fiddly. And I’m still traumatized from weaving 24 ends into such a small project.
*nom nom nom nom nom* -Mayhem
What the heck?! I swear I didn’t put any nip in the stuffing – this is a gift for a human, not a cat.
“Wheeeeeeeeee!” -Mayhem
“Take that! And that! And that, too!” -Mayhem
“What do you mean, this isn’t for me and I have to give it back now?! No! I won’t let go! Mine!!” -Mayhem
Aww, how can you take that away from her? You’ll just have to knit another one!
It’s extra gorgeous because you wove the ends! Are you one of those knitters who believe that knots will work their way to the public side?
What a wonderful piece of knitting! Too bad Miss May can’t keep it. She seems so enamored – nip or no nip.
And you know if you made if for her she’d just look at it like “meh”… and wonder on 🙂
It looks awesome, maybe you should let May keep it and knit another one… : )
Looks like you’ll be making more of those – for cats this time ;o)
Go buy something for the human…that is clearly May’s toy.
That looks lovely!
Mayhem’s got a bit of a Charleton Heston “from my cold, dead hands” look here, though. I think you may have to knit another of those things…
you’d never know there was no nip in that…
poor May.
Very cute!
Oh, how cute is that! Lucky recipient…! 😀
Those pictures of May are just too funny, it seems you may have to make her one (which she’ll probably promptly ignore!).
Store-bought for the human. I think May just might hunt it down if you give it away…
(I’ve been planning to make one of those for a gift, too. It came out great! I’ll be tying knots though, thankyouverymuch.)
I think you’ll have to make May one now!
Cute! But does indeed look fiddly.
Bad mother,
it’s a gorgeous 2nd birthday present for a kitty girl.
That is hilarious that she loves it so much!
That is TOTALLY COOL.
Erm. Perhaps you might want to visit one of those national toy store emporiums and invest in a human toy. Doesn’t look like Mayhem’s listening to you.
And stupid Blogger is down and I can’t post the Box Topapalooza numbers for this week. Wah!
I bet May would be okay with a solid-colored one.
that thing is cool, whatever it is
Chris- I don’t know why, but when we were kids we had a deflated soccer ball, and we used to call it a Moon Spider.
I think I may need to have one of those.
That’s a LOT of ends, my friend. Poor Mayhem — parting is such sweet sorrow.
You’re sure this baby’s parents are “special” enough to warrant 24 ends, right? If not, you’ve a volunteer to take it off your hands.
Imagine if you had used the Noro sock yarn. You would have had twice as many ends.
Too bad it was so annoying to knit and finish, because it appears that you need to knit another!
Wow, that’s awesome!
I’ve wanted to try that, but weaving in ends — can’t you just stuff them inside?
I agree with Janna. You clearly need to make another one.
Maybe it’s the chemical that’s used to make wool yarn into superwash that turns her on so?
I haven’t started mine yet. Working on a couple of Kureyon-chans first. 🙂
It’s gorgeous! Definitely a great use of that yarn.
how totally cool!
and it looks like you need to make another one for your furry friends 🙂
I hope it came with a “Caution – Covered in Kitty Spit” warning tag for the human recipient! And no Sammy – you can’t have one!
That is so cute! May .. maybe mommy will make you one!
OMG, I totally love it!
Okay, that’s a really neat cat toy. Even if it was inteneded for a human. And if I make it as a cat toy, I can not weave in the ends…..
That does make a great cat toy – what a tease you are by letting her play and then taking it away!
mmmmm, mmmm, naw, naw
Much better than bibs.
It’s great! But I agree, you have to knit another and leave this one to Miss May…as a belated b’day gift perhaps???
(((hugs)))
Are you sure you don’t want to knit another one? May seems pretty enamored with that one, and besides it was her birthday. 😉
Heee! I love the actions shots. Clearly you have created the best cat toy ever.
So, have you started your second one….you know the one for May?
Clearly that is meant to belong to May. The kitty has spoken.
How could you resist the birthday girl? Surely you made it for her… the color goes great with her fur!
Wow, that came out great! Is it knit in wool? I’ve discovered that wool is almost as alluring to kitties as nip is.
Very cute! I’m sure your friend will love it.
I’d say you need to make one for May, but if it was for her, she probably wouldn’t be as keen on it. You could do fewer color changes; I don’t know how much the stripes were what drew May. I’m guessing it was the wool.
Uh-oh! Looks like you are going to have to make one for the kitts.
So who did you make that for if not for the little queen?
Not to mention the trauma Mayhem faced when you *stole* it from her.
It’s cute, but way too fiddly sounding for me. I can barely finish socks.
Hey remember me? I love that! I need to make one for Finn…someday when I have more than five minutes to knit. I think you should make one for May too. That is a really cool ball, where did you find the pattern?
Can you remind me where you got the pattern for the Celestine??
Must keep my kitties away – I do not have time to knit a fiddly cat toy with 24 ends! It does look very cool, though and your kitties seem to appreciate the work 🙂