猫ちぐらを作ることは、まず藁を手に入れるところから始まります。
Making of Neko chigura starts with getting fine rice straws.
よくお日様に当て、乾燥させた丈の長いものです。
中くらいの猫ちぐらを作るには、この藁の束が20~30必要になります。
I was lucky to have these nice straws from my friend this year.
They are well-exposed to the sun, well-dried, and long-stemmed.
For medium sized neko chigura, you will need 20-30 of this bundle of straws.
藁はすべて余計な部分を除き、編むのに適した長さに揃えておきます。
年に一度の猫ちぐら作りなので、しっかり作り方の本を見直しておきます。
Preparation of straws: eliminate unnecessary parts and cut to the adequate length.
Go over the how to make neko chigura booklet; it’s a once-a-year event
so you don’t want to mess it!
45cmです。
黒猫、うさぎ、白猫、くま。
種類によって微妙に体の作りが違います。
I’m recently making large amigurumi.
They are 45cm/7 and 3/4 in. tall.
Black cat, bunny, white cat, and bear.
Their bodies are slightly different according to the kind.
シッポが可愛いです。
back view.
Cute tails.
It might be fun to shuffle their eyes.
手足の肉球にも力を入れてみました。
Since they are relatively big
I was able to work on the details of their hands and feet.
うさぎの手足は毛に覆われていて肉球がみえません。
Hands of black cat and bunny.
You cannot see bunny’s pads because their hands and feet are covered with fur.
熊の手は指みたいなパーツが5本並んでついているので肉球も5個。
肉球はハチミツ色にしてみました。
Hands of bear and white cat.
Bear has paws and 5 parts which looks like fingers like human does.
I made them honey colored.
かぎ編みの鉢割れ猫ルームシューズが
やっと完全版に辿り着きました。
I finally completed crochet tuxedo cat slippers
I have been trying to improve for a while.
鉢割れの切れ込みがグッと深く綺麗になっています。
To the left: complete version, to the right: version 2nd (one before complete version).
As you can see, white facial part is deeper and has clean and smooth edge line.