Happy 2022!
Today would have been Betty White’s 100th birthday, so in honor of her, I designed a little cat toy. I’m offering it for free, all I ask is that if you make it, you donate a dollar to your local animal shelter in honor of Betty.
My cats are super hard on toys, and they prefer larger toys, so Betty’s cat toy came about. You can use pretty much any yarn you want, I’ve made several of them so far, all using scraps! This is perfect for all those scraps you have. It doesn’t take much yarn, and you can use all different weights.
You want to use a needle size or two smaller then what you would typically use, so you can get a nice tight fabric. I used 2 balls of left over sock yarn and us 6s, but for the next one I’d go down to a 5. Play around with it!
Cast on 21 stitches
Knit 2 rows -1 ridge
Knit 1, kfb, kfb, kfb, knit to last 4 stitches, kfb, kfb, kfb, knit 1
Knit 1 row
Knit 1, kfb, kfb, kfb, knit to last 4 stitches, kfb, kfb, kfb, knit 1
Knit 1 row
Knit 20 rows, 10 ridges
Knit 1 k2tog, k2tog, k2tog,, knit to last 7 stitches, k2tog, k2tog, k2tog, k1.
Knit 1 row
Knit 1 k2tog, k2tog, k2tog,, knit to last 7 stitches, k2tog, k2tog, k2tog, k1.
Knit 1 row
Knit 1, k2tog, k2tog, k2tog, knit to last 7 stitches, k2tog, k2tog, k2tog, k1.
Knit 1 row
Knit 1, k2tog, k2tog, knit to last 5 stitches, k2tog, k2tog, k1.
Knit 1 row
k2tog, k2tog, knit to last 4 stitches, k2tog k2tog
Knit 1 row
Bind off.
Sew ends together, as pictured, along where the white line is. Turn inside out (so the seaming is now on the inside, stuff (add catnip for a fun treat!) finish seaming.
Toss it to your cat and enjoy!
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