Post #403108 by pdrake on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 8:34 AM

Kitty Eye Patch

I made this for my kitty as somewhat of a a joke. He has recently gone blind in one eye, and I thought it would be cute to have a pirate kitty. (Arrr, meow me mateys!)
The cat wore the patch! The trick was to just slip it on as I was petting him, He couldn’t see it once it was on (duh… blind in that eye!) so he wore it for quite some time! ADORABLE! Completely worth the 5 minutes it took to make!
Materials

• Crochet Cotton - Black

Light weight or sock weight yarn is about the same, I think.

• Size 6 needles

I used two double points, just because they are the shortest and you never have more than 24 stitches on the needle.

• Crochet hook, size C/2.75mm

Optional, just makes it much easier to weave in ends and attach the ties

Instructions

Measures about 3″ wide and 1.5″ tall, and stretches.
This project is easily scaled down using smaller needles. If you would like to make it larger (say, doggy eye patch?) use a thicker weight yarn and/or larger needles.

Patch:

Cast on 12

Row 1: knit across
Row 2: k into front and back of each stitch (24 stitches)
Row 3: k2, p20, k2
Row 4: k across
Row 5: k2, (p1, p2tog)x6, p2, k2 (19 stitches)
Row 6: k across
Row 7: k2, p1, (p1 2tog)x4, p2, k2 (15 stitches)
Row 8: k2, (k2tog)x5, k3 (10 stitches)
Row 9: k across
Row 10: bind off, leave about a 20 inch tail for a tie
Ties:

With a crochet hook, chain about 10 in tail left from bind off, or leave plain.
Attach a matching tail to starting end of the bind off row, either crochet or leave plain to match the first tie.
Finishing:

Weave ends into WS, tie around kitty (if you can), watch him immediately take it off.

(not mine)