This is my version of the Kitty Pi Bed. Mine is crocheted because I don’t know how to knit, and I made it in stripes using some wool lopi yarn and a really big hook. It was my first experience felting something in the washing machine and, I have to admit, it was pretty frustrating. The lopi yarn doesn’t felt very easily, so I had to send it through cycle after cycle until I finally got it evenly felted. Still, I think it turned out pretty well.
Unfortunately, my cat Perry has absolutely no interest in it. I’m going to leave it around for a little longer, but if he doesn’t decide he really loves it, I’ll pass it along to a kitty owning friend. Perry would much rather sleep on my pillow.
Here’s the cat bed before I felted it. (The dog whose head is barely visible in the corner is my sister’s dog, Rex. He wouldn’t get out of the picture.) You can see the stitch definition and also the really floppy sides.
Here’s the bed after felting. It’s much fuzzier now and the sides actually stand up. I’m hoping to get a picture with Perry actually in the bed. If he decides sleeping/sitting in it isn’t completely beneath him.
