Hi. I’m MacKenzie.
Yesterday the Mother of Cats finally finished the bind off of the shawl (an I-cord bind off that made her grumpy because it took so long) and we took it outside to get some pictures. By the time we got out there it was getting ready to rain, so we had to work fast. I don’t like rain. If you had fur like mine you wouldn’t like rain either!
The Mother of Cats likes to take pictures of shawl hanging on the fence, but we were running the sprinkler while this picture was being taken, so that will have to wait for another day. Still, can you see how nicely these colors show off my fur? Obviously, this shawl needs to become my new blankie! The Mother of Cats would give it to me if she loved me, right?
I’m such a good boy. She never could have made this shawl without me!
Can I have some cookies now?
>^..^<
Notes from the Mother of Cats:
- This shawl is the What the Fade?! shawl by Andrea Mowry. I was having some trouble getting Ravelry to update my project page this afternoon, but if you want to peak at the yarn that I got into the data base my project notes are here.
- I cut MacKenzie’s claws right before this photoshoot… no shawls were harmed by cats in the production of this blog post!
- The upper portion of the shawl is brioche (slow, but so squishy and rewarding) and the lower portion is garter, garter, garter. All of the border, CO and BO are I-cord, and that stabilizes the shape of the shawl and keeps the squishness under control.
- MacKenzie will not be getting this shawl for his bed!!
the shawl is beautiful!
Thank you. I’ll get better pictures next week.
your pictures are always so amazing!
Thanks!! I always carry my phone with me so I can get shots when the opportunity comes along.
well done!
Your shawl is gorgeous!! Maybe you and MacKenzie can share it;)
Thanks. I’m pretty sure MacKenzie is planning on grabbing it for himself…
Beautiful!
Thanks! It’s going to ride in the car with me as emergency warming. Next I need to make matching arm warmers.
Splendid work from you both
Thank you.
Beautiful shawl and such a helpful cat 😎
Thanks. Oh, he is the best!
Well, he is so handsome and he looks lovely on the shawl! I ordered a cat tree for our Timothy. I even put it together myself. He’s like a bird. It will take him three days to realize it’s fun (birds take three days to find a new feeder).
Well done, you! The shawl is cushy looking, delicious!
Thank you! MacKenzie loves his cat tree (good going to put one together!) and I’m sure Timothy will too.
MacKenzie: my new shawl would be a nice addition to my cat tree, don’t you think?
It looks great!
I was worried about the peach yarn, but it all goes together. So happy with how it came out.
Isn’t it great when it turns out better than expected:)
Yes it is!!
Your shawl turned out gorgeous! It looks lovely with MacKenzie’s fur, but I can see where it wouldn’t be kitty blanket material 🙂
MacKenzie – what a good helper you are! Your QC obviously helped a great deal, because that shawl is flawless!
Thanks. I still haven’t driven in the ends; it’s so hot here I’m reluctant to work with it.
MacKenzie: She’s just lazy!
LOL – you two! 😉