Cats

                        CATS 

                                                

Pattern for the cat's head. I have used an 8.5 cm diameter circle

  

 I like to cut the pattern out and use as a template . Felt the circle building it into a  firm dome shape about  2cn  in the center. This will give the face more shape. (not shown here) Using a core wool felt the T shape about 1 cm thick . First we'll work on the T shaped piece

     And add the eyes. I've used safety eyes . Poke a small hole for the stem of the eye to go through . I like to add a little glue to the back of the eye and put the washer on the back to make sure it is secure.
TIP: make sure the pupils are vertical not crooked like mine 

  Next I've used the main colour - Merino white - and rolled on a cocktail stick,4 pieces to make upper and lower lids’    Felt the merino lids in place bringing the two pieces to meet at a point .

In core wool form an upside down heart shape and felt to form the cheeks leaving the chin unworked         

     

Roll a nose around a kebab stick

   This nose is a little large and will need felting down but most of it will be covered over. At this point I think it looks more like a monkey but keep going    

     

 Felt the triangular piece over the top of the nose and forehead . 

Be careful that you don't loose the shape of the eyes .

  

 Felt two small triangles of wool to the back of the head in the position shown. This will be the inner ear so you could use pink here

 

Now felt the face onto the felted circle                                                                                            

 

A small triangle of pink felt will make the nose or you could add a bought nose.

 As you attach the nose , felt the tip to look like the photo

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Felt two ears in the main colour about 8 cm long. If making a flat face for a picture Attach the ears now. Felt the excess wool to the back of the head. If making a full head save the ears till later

   

An odd looking Cat but I thought it would be good to see a before and after .
1 Add white merino to cheeks and chin.
2 Not shown in this photo but cover the nose in the main colour merino
3 Cut the merino top coat colour into approx 2.5 cm lengths . Start at the outer edge and build up layers of fur. You can felt onto the white around the eyes but be careful not to lose their shape  See following photos

 

So hard to show you .Lay a row of cut wool and felt along the centre , Turn back the edge and felt along the turned back edge

                              

Keep filling in the wool. This photo shows the wool being attached to the nose ready to fold back. 

He looks a bit cross .So fed up with being needled all day I've used grey to outline the mouth. He needs a haircut and some more tweaking but I think we now have a cat. 

After a haircut and more tweaking .I  might add some whiskers  later  .

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