Crochet that cat a couch

[soc_puppet]

I've hit a block in Project Halzskaraptor, and figured I'd get a start on a kitty couch, because why not.

Turns out, for the vast majority of the rectangular couches, the pattern is alternating single crochet with double crochet stitches. Not every other row, oh no! Every other stitch. While this does serve to make a pretty nice visual texture, it's also a pain in the butt. I'm currently planning to finish the bottom as instructed, then switch entirely to double crochet and use the bottom as a measuring tool for the rest. I don't care if it doesn't look quite as good, it's for cats to lay down on; the fact that it's a cat-sized couch is already interesting enough!

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[mesotablar]

will you share photos when finished? I only recently found a pic of a bentcane dogbed and I have rediscovered my love of smaller but not miniature furniture and a cat couch sounds cool!

[soc_puppet]

I'll do you one better! Here's a Tumblr post with several finished examples, including cat models! I've got vague plans to make one just a size or two bigger than that for Chester the dachsund, but I want to finish the prototype first.

[mesotablar]

they look so cute kitsch! I must say I love the ones with mini granny square blankets, although I did just go through a bunch of knitting/crochet books and found a pattern that is stripes with baubles which would equally look cute

[partlyopenbook]

I stopped by to see what your journal was like, I'm glad I did! Hard to breathe from the cute of those couches via the tumblr post, oh my! My crochet skills are rudimentary (hat, scarves, wavy afghans? check! anything of varying degrees of complication? *run away*) but I would chuck aside all other hobbies to learn to make one of those adorable little cat couches! My cats are huge, alas, and regular-sized couches are more to their liking, though I am amazed at the tiny places they fit themselves into with cozy complacency. <3 Throughout my brief history of crocheting, I learned that if I can't memorize the pattern, I can't do it. You're a braver crocheter than I!

[soc_puppet]

They are so adorable, OMG. On the plus side, it seems like the pattern is mainly rectangles, so all I really need to do is figure out the conversion rate from what the pattern says I should do to double crochet (US stitch names) and I'll be golden. I also want to make one for our family dachshund, who is too big for even the largest of the patterns available, but at this point I may also just switch to flat-out sewing him one, lol.

I've got a long history of making my own patterns, actually; here's one you may like! It's pretty simple, as far as my work goes 😅 And I've got more at hooked_on_anime, but it's even odds whether the accompanying photos still work (thanks, Photobucket 🙄).