knits, notes, etc.

Actually, there are now four cat sweaters, but the last (Kimono Angora) wasn't part of this photoshoot:

Left-to-right: Dragon scale, Kashmir aran, and Angora.

These are really just variations on my previous cat sweater designs, Blush and Chic. The biggest difference, however, is that I did not knit the front and back parts separately. Instead, I really wanted them to be faster knits and, for the most part, knitted them bottom-up and in-the-round. When I reached the lengths suitable for the leg openings, I divided the front and back parts to knit separately.

Without really intending to, I finished the tops of each kitty sweater differently. For the dragon scale sweater, I joined the front and back for knitting in-the-round after knitting straight for the 2.5" leg openings. For the Kashmir aran sweater, I also joined for knitting in-the-round after completing the leg openings. The difference though is that I knitted the front section straight (without any decreases) until I joined it with the back. The dragon scale sweater has a tapered front that begins from the bottom of the leg openings. For the Angora sweater, I knitted the top parts completely separate, shaping the front decreases from the bottom of the leg openings. When both sections were complete, I seamed them together (similar to the seaming I did for Blush and Chic).

Can you guess which one is my favorite? Just from looking at this, do you have one?

Anyway, so sorry. That's a lot of writing for a picture that doesn't really show you much. But, I have more pictures and project reports for each sweater soon!