A less wintery version of cat ears for my RedditGifts Colors 2016 match, in her favorite color (yellow).

I started this in the round on my new KISS SG loom, but frogged it after finding purling too tedious for the garter stitch. I cast the yarn on straight needles instead and it’s working up much faster.

I cast on 20 stitches of light weight/3 yarn, which ended up being almost 4” across. I intend to seam it into a tube so I can insert a 1” elastic after adding ears.

I started this project without swatching, and ended up with a hat that was WAY too wide. So, using that mistake as my swatch, I started over with a much better fitting hat.

The goal is to make a square shaped hat and stitch triangles in the corners for “ears”, so when the hat is worn it looks like kitty ears.

They are meant to match my Kitty Paws project.

I’m combining the neckline and back lace detail of the KWL Casual Tunic pattern with the arms and hem of the KWL Sporty Tunic pattern.

This is my first sweater. 🙂