Happy Birthday Roxy!

It’s my baby kitty’s third birthday today! They grow up so fast! I knit her this darling little toy – a catnip kick pillow. It’s based on a project in 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders called the “Catnip Kick Pillow.” Basically, it’s a little pillow stuffed with catnip that kitty can hold with her front paws and kick at with her back feet. (Incidentally, this is exactly how Roxy plays with my shoes…) Brilliant idea!

So, I used some of my (ugly) variegated yarn and knit up little 4×6-ish pillow on size 6 DPNs in the round – then to decorate it I knit an attached i-cord all around the edges. Roxy really liked the i-cord – it gives her something to bite. She really loves this pillow – I’m so happy! I recommend this project to all cat lovers.

Here’s a pic:
And now a pic of the pillow in use:And, because I love you, a video of the pillow in use:

BTW, the yarn is TLC Essentials Multi in the “Surf & Turf” colorway. When I bought this yarn I thought it was so pretty, then every time I take it out to use it I’m like, “yuck.” But Roxy doesn’t mind, and this is actually a good project to use a variegated yarn – which is good because I almost never knit with it. It’s just not my thing.

The stuffing has a nylon stuffed with catnip and polyfill at the core of the toy with more polyfill stuffed around it.