For this sweater/dress, unlike the previous Angora cat sweater, I definitely had more than enough yarn. I really tried to take advantage of it. So, in my imagination, poor Piglet is tripping over the skirt of this sweater every time she tries to run around.
Kitty Couture™ Kimono Angora cat sweater.
Pattern Kitty Couture™ Kimono Angora cat sweater.
Yarn Louisa Harding Kimono Angora, 2.5 skeins.
Needles Size 5 (3.75 mm).
Pattern Description
For this, I casted-on 150 sts, intending to decrease 1/3 of these to create a bell skirt below the armhole openings. I knitted in stockinette stitch for about 8 inches before decreasing with k1,k2tog to the end of the round. 100 stitches remained, but this was still too big for the cat sweater body. I knitted for about 1.5 inches and then knitted another decrease round, this time k3,k2tog to the end, leaving me with 80 stitches.
After another 1.5 inches of stockinette stitch, I divided for the front and back panels, which I knit separately and seamed together as before. I did not add 1×1 ribbing to the collar for this sweater; Instead, I finished the sweater with crocheted scallops at the collar and hem:
Crocheted edging on hem and collar.
The Yarn
Normally, I don't really care for multi-colored yarns when I am knitting something that requires shaping, which usually disrupts whatever patterns may come out of the colors. But, it seemed to work for this sweater. I forgot to mention before, but the colors of the Prism Angora completely lost the striping after the decrease row but brought them back for the armhole shaping.
