Serendipity Kitty

I wasn't trying to make a cat.  I was trying to design something quite different from a cat, in fact.  But it continued to look like a cat despite my best efforts, so I decided to give it  a new head and let it be a cat.

Serendipity Kitty

©2014 Martha Ess

2 shuttles wound CTM, with 3 beads in the middle

R:        (with 3 beads on thread around hand) 2 VLP 1 VLP 3 B 2 DPB 2 B 3 VLP 1 VLP 2 clr RW

Ch:      12 vsp 2 DNRW SS

R:        2 + (to vsp of prev Ch) 3 – 3 vsp 2 clr DNRW SS

Ch:      2 + (to vsp of prev R) 6 vsp 2 DNRW SS

R:        2 + (to vsp of prev Ch) 3 – 3 vsp 2 clr DNRW SS

Ch:      2 + (to vsp of prev R) 12 +LJ (to base of 1^st R)

Ch:      2 DNRW SS

R:        8 vsp 8 clr DNRW SS

Ch:      15 DNRW SS

R:        10 vsp 6 vsp 4 clr DNRW SS

Ch:      6 – 4 – 4 vsp 1 RW SLT

Ch:      10 + (to vsp of prev Ch) RW SLT

Ch:      5 +LJ (to next p of Ch) 5 +LJ (to next p of Ch) 4 +LJ (to side vsp of prev R) 6 +LJ (to next vsp of R) DNRW SS

R:        10 clr DNRW SS

Ch:      12 +LJ (to vsp of next R) DNRW SS

R:        8 clr DNRW SS

Ch:      10. Cut and tie to base of head.

I Didn't Really Need This

I didn't really need this, since there are free downloads available from Georgia and the Antique Pattern Library.  But I could not resist the lure of owning my own copy of a Riego original from 1867.

The cover is printed with a bright shiny metallic gold, and not just printed, but embossed.  Its condition is a bit battered, with some of the threads used to bind it broken or untied, and some corners dog-eared.  I like to think that is because it was loved and well used.

And now it's mine  :)