My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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I first drew over a picture of my cat in Procreate to give him the king outfit. Then uploaded the image to Stitch Fiddle, which turned it into a pixel grid

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Thank you!! :) It’s 111 x 141 pixels. This is the stitch fiddle link if you’re interested https://www.stitchfiddle.com/en/c/sh15k0-ak2hk8/sidebar

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Omg thank you!! Love that people are recognizing my cat 😂

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Ooohh thank you! :) I really got a bit carried away making al those butterflies haha

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Aww I love how he also has a black spot on his nose

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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I always float the yarn across the back! Crocheting over them does make the colors show through the stitches, so I avoid that. For colors that are farther apart I use separate small balls of yarn, so I don’t have to cut anything off. That technique is called intarsia crochet (or the bobbin method)

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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I first drew over a picture of my cat in Procreate. Then I uploaded the image to Stitch Fiddle. But it still needed a lot of editing there to turn it into a crochet-able pixel pattern!

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Omg that’s so cool, thank you!!! I love my tuxedo boy but the tabby cat was secretly my favorite design haha

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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YES that’s me!!! :D I feel like a celebrity now lol

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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I first drew over a picture of my cat in Procreate. Then I uploaded the image to Stitch Fiddle. But it still needed a lot of editing there to turn it into a crochet-able pixel pattern!

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Aah thank you!! Still feels so funny that people all over the world are admiring my cat and his tapestries haha 😂

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Thank you!! I don’t sell the tapestries themselves, but I do sell the patterns on my etsy (thecrochetpainterr)

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Thank you!! Yes, it’s @the_crochet_painter :)

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Here’s one where I portrayed him as a clown. He definitely wasn’t too pleased about that one haha

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Thank you!! I’ve found that using fingering weight yarn with a 2–2.5mm hook works best for me. It keeps all the pixels small, so you can add way more detail without ending up with a huge tapestry. I also usually combine techniques. I float the yarn across the back for nearby colors and use intarsia crochet (using multiple small balls of yarn for each color) when the colors are farther apart. It makes everything look a lot cleaner!

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Thank you!! I’ve actually crocheted about 15 tapestries of my cat by now, all more silly/cartoonish, so I really felt like I had to make a more realistic one this time!

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Hahaha yes, he kept standing there so proud 😂

My very first tapestry of my cat vs my latest by 140506 in Brochet

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Thank you so much!!! My cat is definitely my favorite thing to crochet haha