Ça va the Striped cat by Hiroko Ibuki (伊吹 広子)

Ça va the Striped cat

Knitting
March 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
2.0 mm
134 - 148 yards (123 - 135 m)
English Japanese

Description from book:
“I have real cat whiskers, just like my friend Socks. Aren’t they so fine? By the way, my name, Ça Va, means ‘How are you?’ in French, you know.”
Ça Va is a sitting cat, made like the leopard on page 28. You can have fun drawing out your own cat pattern on the chart if you like too.

Materials:
Tapestry needle
Sewing needle with a large eye
1oz (30g) polyester fiberfill: 29g for body, 1g for tail
1.5oz (45g) weighted stuffing beads: 40g for body, 5g for tail
Two 9mm cat doll eyes in blue pearl
Coated white beading thread, such as Toho Amiet (used for whiskers)
Button thread
Basting thread
Glass head pins

Yarn colors (Jamieson’s Spindrift):
2/3 skein (15g) Natural White (104)
2/5 skein (10g) Granite (122)
1/5 skein Oxford (123)
A small amount (2g) Rose (550)

Finished Dimensions:
4.75 x 7.25 x 4.5 inches (12 x 18.5 x 11.5 cm)

Note: It is important to use wool for the animals in this book. After partially assembling, the pieces are felted to create a denser and more realistic look, and then the parts are fully assembled together.