*THIS IS A KNITTING PATTERN, NOT AN ACTUAL SWEATER! YOU WILL RECEIVE A DIGITAL COPY OF THE PATTERN UPON PURCHASE*

Pattern is available in English only. No refunds will be available.

The Kitty Cat Sweater is knit top-down, seamlessly in the round. This is an intermediate difficulty pattern. Please consider bundling this pattern with the Puppy Dog Sweater Pattern!

Some techniques you will encounter in this sweater: knitting in the round, folded collar, increase/decrease stitches, stranded colorwork with multiple colors, intarsia in the round (if you choose this technique), duplicate stitch, and some embroidery techniques (explained in pattern).

Sizing
Finished sweater circumference:
36 (38) 40 (42) 44 (46) 48 (50) 52 (54) inches

Ease is not included in the finished sweater circumference, so these measurements represent the exact measurement of the finished sweater. I recommend choosing a size that is 3-5 inches larger than your actual bust size to allow for adequate positive ease. For instance, if your bust size is 42 inches you would want to choose a size 46 for this sweater.

Materials
Circular needles in US 10.5 (6.5mm) and US 11 (8mm) in suitable lengths, tapestry needle, scissors, measuring tape, and stitch markers

Gauge
12 STS X 15 ROWS = 4 X 4 inches in SS using two strands of listed yarn held together with US size 11 (8mm) needles

Yarn
Lion Brand Wool Ease (worsted) held double throughout (equals bulky weight). Yardage listed is the total needed to hold two strands together. To substitute for a single strand of bulky yarn, divide the listed yardage in half.

Main Color 1 (MC1): 550 (650) 750 (850) 900 (950) 1000 (1100) 1,150 (1,200) yards
Main Color 2 (MC2): 450 (500) 550 (600) 650 (750) 800 (800) 850 (850) yards
Accent Color 1 (AC1): 200 yards for all sizes
Accent Color 2 (AC2): 100 yards for all sizes
CAT BASE COLOR: 250 (250) 250 (250) 250 (300) 300 (300) 300 (300) yards
CAT ACCENT COLORS: use best judgment for duplicate stitch charts

Construction
Sweater starts top-down with a folded collar. Repeating motifs are included and suggested to use stranded colorwork technique. This motif utilizes up to 4 colors at once, so I have linked to a Youtube tutorial on my channel to help with this.

Cat faces were added to the sweater using either stranded colorwork or intarsia in the round. Stranded colorwork will create a much heavier sweater than intarsia will.

You will select the “base type” cat chart that corresponds to the duplicate stitch chart you want to use and knit the base type with one color. Details will be added to the cat faces with duplicate stitch and embroidery techniques included in the pattern

Charts Included
This pattern includes 4 “base types” of colorwork charts, these serve as the different shapes of the cat. These are: fluffy, normal, thin, and folded. There are a total of 23 duplicate stitch charts including the following breeds of cat:
-White Cat
-Black Cat
-Calico
-Short Hair Siamese
-Short Hair Tuxedo
-Tabby
-Orange Tabby
-Gray Tabby
-Light Orange Cat
-Gizmo Cat
-Ragdoll
-Persian
-Long Hair Tuxedo
-Maine Coon
-Hairless
-Sphynx
-Scottish Fold Tabby
-Scottish Fold Gray Tabby
-Gray Scottish Fold

A section to customize a chart to match your cat’s unique markings is included at the end of the pattern!

Please note that charts may not be shared or published in any way. You may sell any finished product you create using this pattern. Please email me at soave.knits [!at] gmail.com if you are selling finished Kitty Cat Sweaters or are taking custom orders and would like your shop or your name included in a list I have to direct consumers to!