Lazy Cat

Couldn’t resist posting a couple of recent pics of our cat Tog. He’s so lazy he couldn’t even be bothered to gather his leg and tail back on the chair when they dangled off the edge…

…and in this one he’s doing a great impression of a sausage with a cold nose!

Oh to be a cat

Cat suffocates Pilchard

Our cat has taken to sleeping on top of things that make him look like a proper little princess! A couple of days ago he’d chosen to snuggle up on Pilchard the pyjama case. (Pilchard is the turquoise cat from Bob the Builder). And he was there again this morning – it could just be that he’s jealous of finding another cat in the house and is trying to suffocate him…

Tiger theTortoiseshell Cat – Sock Portrait

Tiger posing for the camera

This is Tiger. Recently her lovely owner sent me this request:

I have a beautiful tortoiseshell cat called Tiger and I would love a sock cat in her colours. She has a white bib with lots of ginger tabby and dark tabby markings. I don’t expect an exact replica – but is this something you could do? Just to be difficult, her left leg is white but her right leg is mainly that lovely ginger tabby colour with a white paw – she’s very fashion conscious!

I love challenges like this so of course I replied yes and we swapped a few emails about sock shopping and cat colours before I started. Eventually I found a pair of socks that I thought were quite close to tortoiseshell, in a tiger stripe design. I chose to attach the legs with buttons as this gives a little bit of posability (don’t think that’s a real word but never mind!). This was stage one that went back for commenting by the ‘real’ Tiger and her owner.

Sock Tigerpuss Stage 1

Her Furry Ladyship recommended an adjustment to her white area as this reaches all the way under her chest almost to her back legs. And she also quite fancied having a red or orange ribbon around her neck.

So we all decided on some white fun fur for the alteration and Tiger chose a lovely red velvet for the neck ribbon. Here’s the finished Sock Tigerpuss who is now thoroughly at home with ‘real’ Tiger and my lovely new customer.

Sock Tigerpuss enjoying the sunshine

Sock Tigerpuss showing off her velvet bow

Is that a bird under the bush?

Sock Tigerpuss sitting pretty

I really enjoyed this project and it’s been a pleasure chatting through the details with Tigers’ ‘Mum’ . Thank you T & L

If any readers would like to commission a Sock Portrait of their pet I’d be happy to chat it through – just leave a comment here or you can message me on Facebook or via my Folksy shop – OddSox and I’ll get back to you.