Cat Knits: 16 Pawsome Knitting Patterns for Yarn and Cat Lovers

By Marna Gilligan

The ultimate cat lover’s collection of knitting patterns for garments and accessories. 

Knitters and cats lovers will love this collection of sixteen quirky designs, all based around the theme of cats. It includes four garments graded for sixteen different sizes, as well as cat-themed accessories including a wrap, shawl, scarf, cowl, capelet, mittens and hats. Knitters can choose from more advanced patterns throughout the book or more beginner patterns using lighter weight yarn. The patterns are divided up into four chapters, each with a different style of cat-themed design similar to Marna’s Sinister Catdigan pattern.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: May 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781446378830

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FAT CATS

Would you like some cosy feline company? These cats will keep you warm! These patterns use texture to create subtle cat faces and, because they’re made with chunky yarn, they’re lovely quick knits.

Cosy Cat Sweater

This is a cozy winter sweater, with a yoke of textured cats to keep you warm, and little cats tucked onto the cuffs and hem.

DIMENSIONS

These are the dimensions of the completed sweater. Choose a size with 10-20cm (4-8in) positive ease for a relaxed knit (perfect for winter layering) or knit a size nearer to your own chest size for a snug, fitted sweater.

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GAUGE

14 sts and 18 rows to 10cm (4in) over stocking stitch. Check your gauge in the round, over both large- and small-circumference knitting, and wash and block your swatch before measuring.

GAUGE IS ESSENTIAL TO GET THE RIGHT SIZE.

NEEDLES

6mm or size needed to obtain gauge: 40cm, 60-80cm circular needles, and your preferred needles for working a small circumference.

5.5mm or one size below that needed to obtain gauge: 40cm, 60-80cm circular needles, and your preferred needles for working a small circumference.

TOOLS AND NOTIONS

Tapestry needle.

Three stitchmarkers – one to mark the end of round, and two (cat-markers) to mark the borders of the little inset cats.

YARN

Eden Cottage Yarns Pendle Chunky: 100% superwash merino; 100m (109yds) per 100g; colourway Silver Birch: [8, 8, 9, 9] [10, 11, 11, 12] skeins.

Notes

This sweater is knitted bottom up. The body and the sleeves are worked separately and joined to work the yoke.

Written and charted instructions are both included for the cats; you can work either option.

INSTRUCTIONS

Cast on body

Using below-gauge, longer length circular needle, and the cable cast on method (see Techniques: Cable cast on), cast on [128, 140, 156, 168] [184, 196, 212, 224] stitches.

Join for working in the round (see Techniques: Working in the round), taking care that the stitches are not twisted, and place a marker to indicate the start of the round.

Twisted rib hem

Twisted rib: (K2 tbl, p2) to end of round.

Work a total of six rounds of Twisted rib.

Little hem cat

Switch to gauge-sized needle.

Now work either from the Little hem cat written instructions or the Little hem cat chart.

Little hem cat written instructions

Round 1: K [76, 84, 92, 100] [108, 116, 124, 132], place cat-marker 1 (CM1), k2, p2, k10, p2, k2, place cat-marker 2 (CM2), k to end.

Round 2: K to CM1, slm, k2, p2, k10, p2, k2, slm, k to end.

Rounds 3 to 7: Repeat Round 2.

Round 8: K to CM1, slm, (k2, p2) four times, k2, slm, k to end.

Round 9: Repeat Round 2.

Round 10: K to CM1, slm, k2, p2, m1p, ssk, k6, k2tog, m1p, p2, k2, slm, k to end.

Round 11: K to CM1, slm, k2, p3, k8, p3, k2, slm, k to end.

Round 12: K to CM1, slm, k2, p3, k1, k2tog, m1p, p2, m1p, ssk, k1, p3, k2, slm, k to end.

Round 13: K to CM1, slm, k1, m1, ssk, p2, m1p, ssk, p4, k2tog, m1p, p2, k2tog, m1, k1, slm, k to end.

Round 14: K to CM1, slm, k2, m1, ssk, p10, k2tog, m1, k2, slm, k to end.

Round 15: K to CM1, slm, k3, m1, ssk, p8, k2tog, m1, k3, slm, k to end.

Round 16: K to CM1, slm, k4, m1, ssk, p6, k2tog, m1, k4, slm, k to end.

Round 17: K to CM1, slm, k5, m1, ssk, p4, k2tog, m1, k5, slm, k to end.

Round 18: K to CM1, slm, k6, m1, ssk, p2, k2tog, m1, k6, slm, k to end.

Round 19: K to CM1, slm, k7, m1, ssk, k2tog, m1, k7, slm, k to end.

Little hem cat chart

Round 1: K [76, 84, 92, 100] [108, 116, 124, 132], place cat-marker 1 (CM1), work row 1 of the little hem cat chart from right to left over the next 18 stitches, place cat-marker 2 (CM2), k to end.

Rounds 2 to 19: K to CM1, slm, work the relevant row of the Little hem cat chart, slm, k to end.

Continue body

Remove CM1 and CM2, and work in stocking stitch until the work measures [40, 39, 38, 37] [36, 35, 34, 33]cm ([16, 15¹⁄2, 15¹⁄4, 14³⁄4] [14¹⁄2, 14, 13¹⁄2, 13¹⁄4]in) from cast on edge, or your desired length.

Set aside.

Cast on sleeves

Using below-gauge needles for working a small-circumference, and the cable cast on method, cast on [28, 28, 32, 32] [36, 36, 40, 40] stitches.

Join for working in the round, taking care that the stitches are not twisted, and place a marker to indicate the start of the round.

Twisted rib cuff

Twisted rib: P1, (k2 tbl, p2) until 3 sts remain, k2 tbl, p1.

Work a total of six rounds of Twisted rib.

Little sleeve cat and sleeve shaping

Sleeve shaping for most sizes starts before the little sleeve cat is completed, so check the sleeve shaping for your size