Hi. I’m MacKenzie.
The Mother of Cats and I haven’t really been neglecting all of you. We’ve been very, very busy working on her Marled Magic Sweater. This thing is huge! And very squishy.
Every part of this HUGE sweater has mohair stranded with it. The Mother of Cats says that is what makes it “marled”. Whatever. I’m just glad that she is paying attention to my needs.
The brioche stitch section has cashmere and mohair mixed in the yarn. So nice with my fur. I totally could get into a blanket for my cat bed made out of this stuff…
The Mother of Cats has been working steadily on this project, and we are making really good progress. This afternoon she finished the 6th section of the sweater and took it out for a picture or two. She did not let me go outside with her because I jumped the fence again last week (Hey, there was an ENEMY CAT in my yard again!!) and I’m currently under house arrest. The Mother of Cats is so unstable… why does she overreact like this?
So that’s all that is going on here. The Mother of Cats and I have been knitting and knitting and knitting while she binge watches Netflix and I help her keep all of her little yarns organized. The sweater is already big enough to be a really nice blanket, but she says there is still a lot of knitting ahead of us. I’ve been such a good boy and so much help she brought me home a present yesterday!
It’s a little knitted cat that looks just like me! The Mother of Cats says it is for her birthday, but I know that it was really for me. This afternoon it slept with me in my cat bed. So nice and cuddly! I think that the next one should be stuffed with catnip.
Well, that’s it. The Mother of Cats found some nice purple yarn and a grey mohair to use in the next section of the sweater. She is champing at the bit and can’t wait to start knitting the next section.
Back to the knitting salt mines!
I’m such a good boy.
Can I have some cookies now?
>^..^<
Notes from the Mother of Cats:
- I actually made an Excel spreadsheet to figure out the colors that I’m using as I make the sweater as I wanted to balance things out and needed to plan ahead. I’m not out of control at all!
- I’m struggling with the Ravelry project page: so many yarns to record! I finally started listing the yarns for each section in the notes section, and I need to update the list of yarns that I’m using. I plan to do that when I finally get done.
- It is clear that this sweater will be large; I can’t wait to be folded in its cushy yumminess this winter.
- My friend Deb is developing the patterns for the floppies that she creates for her daughter and others. She has made a bunny, panda, and now my cat. I’ll alert you all as soon as her patterns go up on Ravelry.
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Isn’t this the cutest? He sits up really well and is the most perfect floppy cat ever!!
Yarn, Books & Roses 
Oh MacKenzie did I see claws kneading the sweater? You’ll never get a brioche cashmere bed if you mistreat yarn.
You’re very lucky to have a new kitty friend to cuddle with.
I love the colors in your sweater! It’s going to be gorgeous and so warm.
Have you been talking in secret with the Mother of Cats? I got a claw stuck in the knitting tonight and pulled out a little chunk of yarn: she was almost hysterical! Even though I made protest meows she threw me off the knitting chair!!! What is up with you humans? Yarn is for cats! 😻
Thank You! I just started the next section with purple and grey yarns and it is looking good! I’m already dreaming of a blue/green version.
great post as ever! 😊
Thanks! It’s hard to post when I’m working on a never-ending project. 😊
Great color choices on your jumper. They made me smile. Oh boy seeing MacKenzie’s claws out near your sweater made me nervous. What a fun stuffie he got. How’d you get him back over the fence?
Thanks! I had so many colors in my pile, and I’ve been slowly pruning things down to pinks, purples and greys, which is working for me. Now I can’t wait to get it done.
Oops. I hit send before answering all your comments. Those claws are scary ! He rarely catches the knitting, but Yellow Boy snags everything he comes near and rips holes in my clothes. I finally started clipping his nails.
I had to get out the ladder so I could climb the fence, grabbed MacKenzie and put him back over the fence. He was a fur ball of claws and snarls while I did that; you see why he is now under house arrest. It’s too bad, but he is now going to be an indoor cat unless I can go outside with him.
Oh no = you having to climb the damn fence. I’m glad you didn’t get hurt. Bad kitty.
Oh MacKenzie, what an adoreable pic of you and Little Mac!.
I got lucky with that shot!
OH, my goodness!!! The picture of MacKenzie and his new buddy is wonderful! It would be perfect for a “caption this” contest. Haha! Your sweater is going to be fabulous! Can’t wait to see the next progress update. 🙂
It’s going to be cool and raining this weekend, so I should get lots of knitting done.
Ha! I love the idea of a caption contest. It is such a cute kitty!
I’m loving the cat in the beginning and the cat at the end… how cute they are both the live one and the knitted one 😀
The knitted cat was such a wonderful gift. I’m just loving it too.