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War Injuries Cat Toys project : Dec 2014 progress report

Added on January 13, 2015 by Drittens Cat.

Report by Pinky.

I'm not good at crocheting but I think I'm slooowly making progress. Bunny taught Kim how to crochet, and then Kim taught me. Now let's see if I can figure out a way to bring this very large project to completion! The idea is to crochet a toy cat for each cat on our War Injuries poster - that's 153 cats, plus maybe a few more that I'd like to add as I do more research.

Anyway, this is obviously going to take a while, but I'm not giving up! When I imagine a large room filled with 150+ of these things, each with their own story...

Some of the people who follow the Pinky Show and also like to crochet have been asking me to post photos of some of the tests and parts prototypes I've been making since taking over this project. Pretty embarrassing to show, but here they are if you're into that sort of thing. You can mouse over the photos below for captions.

View fullsize This is a practice leg. I made a lot of practice legs because I was having a hard time making legs and arms that would come out the same length.
View fullsize Cat ears!
View fullsize Arms.
View fullsize Sometimes as I'm trying to figure out how to make a certain cat-part I get distracted because the thing I made actually turns out kind of nice in some totally unanticipated way. For example, this part failed as a cat torso but it did make a pretty n
View fullsize Here's a close-up of the yarn I'm currently using. It's a very thick yarn made by Brown Sheep Company in Nebraska.
View fullsize Cat head - no ears, no stuffing.
View fullsize A couple more cat heads. As you can see I was also experimenting with different cat colors for a while.
View fullsize Yarn is so pretty...
View fullsize I imagine that these two legs are friends.
View fullsize Part of the fun of doing this project is just being around so much nice yarn. As I'm working I like to think about how much effort it took to make it. I wonder who the sheep are.
View fullsize Practice head.
View fullsize The same head, close up. The eyes are made of glass. I tried plastic but they looked dull and flat in comparison.
View fullsize A ball of yarn on our work table. If Kim is around it does get played with quite a lot.
View fullsize In the beginning I was doing lots of tests to see what kind of hook would give me the look and feel I wanted.
View fullsize More tests.
View fullsize A close-up, for the crochet nerds!
View fullsize I put a pencil in this picture so that you can see about how big these toys are. They're fairly large and when completely stuffed with wool roving they're surprisingly heavy too!
View fullsize Oops. Not a nicely shaped cat. Try again.
View fullsize Oh no! This one is even worse! Try again!
View fullsize Here I am using the computer to try to work my way closer to the shapes I want. Crocheting is completely unlike anything I've done before but I am enjoying it. I know if Bunny were still alive she'd be working on this, so I will keep at it.

Any comments? Feel free to e-mail me. I will post updates here in the Project Archive from time to time.

Thank you, pinky

In art-things Tags war, peace, art, craft, crochet, yarn, anti-violence education, D.I.Y.
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