A couple years ago we got a cat tree for the kitten room, which is perfect for all but the very small ones – lots of levels to make things easy to scale, several different cubbies for the shy ones to lurk, and the best part of all, a hammock. All the kittens love the hammock.
Alas, the original hammock could not stand up to a constant onslaught of extremely energetic kittens, so eventually it ripped badly enough I could no longer repair it. I decided instead of trying to come up with a fabric replacement, I’d knit one.
My first prototype wasn’t great – I ended up making it took large – but it worked just fine until a recent batch of fosters managed to tear actual holes in it. So this weekend I knit up Prototype #2.
It looks a bit like an extremely round hot water bottle cover, but here’s what it looks like once it’s been installed.
And here is an action shot (starring current foster kitten Pop).
If anyone is faced with a similar issue, I wrote up my notes on what I did here – this is primarily so I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel next time this has to be replaced (since history clearly tells me there will be a next time).
‘Tis the season for Holidailies.
Nice! It’s like a cozy little sleeve… may the doubled layers hold up for a long time to come.
What a great idea! I’m sure the kitties will love it.
Oh, that looks great! Seems very functional as well.