Day 195: In this second version of cats for the rigid heddle loom, I played around with mirroring the direction of heads and tails to provide more visual interest in each row rather than making two rows of identical cats. The technique is a simple pickup using only one heddle. Each pattern throw (white in this case) is followed by a tabby thread to secure it in place, much like overshot. The pattern thread is carried out to the edges where it passes over/under a floating selvedge thread. I had hoped to be able to make tails and ears either brown or grey to match a friend's "little white cat," but didn't feel any of the options showed up well enough against the teal blue, and using a lighter blue didn't work with the cream-coloured bodies. I may give it another go with a different background colour, although my options are somewhat limited.
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