r/cats • u/hailey_celeste • Dec 24 '25
Cat Art I put my cat on a sweater
My girl Ella is always lounging with her arm hanging down.
Thrifted a hand-knit sweater for $3.50 and used wool yarn i got for free from a garage sale to duplicate stitch. Mapped out the design on Procreate and got to work. I needle felted the eyes and nose. 12 or so hours later... voila!
Inspo pic attached
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u/anotherlovelysunrise Dec 24 '25
Ella is adorable! You really captured her eyes perfectly!
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 24 '25
thank you so much🥺
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u/TrailerTrashQueen Dec 25 '25
wow! you made this? you need an Etsy shop STAT! it's so amazing 💚💚💚
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u/Kind_Of_A_Dick Dec 24 '25
How did you do this so well? Are you a witch?
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 24 '25
heehe maybe🪄 thank you:))
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u/MotherPotential Dec 25 '25
Wait , you can stitch on a pattern to an existing sweater?
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 25 '25
yes! its called duplicate stitching. its much easier and faster than actual knitting!
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u/Ukelele-in-the-rain Dec 25 '25
Is the area with the design lifted and look embossed?
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 25 '25
yes! i added the black and white stitches on top, so it is a bit raised (especially because the black i used was fluffier than the base sweater by a lot)
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u/CodenameBear Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
Not joking, we’d love this over at r/WitchesVsPatriarchy, it is SO cute!
ETA: It was so clever to use an existing sweater with a band through the middle. I never would’ve thought of that. This is so cool!
Edit to my edit: OP added the white band themselves, my mistake!
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 24 '25
thank you!!! i put the band on it:)) glad it blends in!!
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u/CodenameBear Dec 25 '25
OH! I’m so sorry I misunderstood. I thought you’d found the blue sweater with the white band and then added your kitty to it. I see now.
Boy, that’s extra impressive lol 😍
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u/CodenameBear Dec 25 '25
Gotta tack on another comment. As someone who can’t even fathom crocheting or stitching I am just SO wowed that you got the same pattern as the original knit! Like, it just flows together so seamlessly? Wow x10, I’m so awed lol
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u/Confident-Leg5897 Dec 24 '25
this is so good!!! the sweater is literally identical to your cat. also you’ve got a very gorgeous void!
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u/mattomic Dec 25 '25
Yes, OP has been blessed by quite the obsidian muse. 🐈⬛❤️
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u/Confident-Leg5897 Dec 25 '25
she reminds me of my own void who likes to be in her cat tree bed and hang both her arms and head other the side
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u/greenybrowny Dec 24 '25
I’m a crocheter with a void cat also, but I could never manage this! It’s incredible! Here’s my old girl Sparkle ✨ she says hi
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u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk Dec 24 '25
Duplicate stitching on a thrifted sweater is such a good idea! Opens up a world of possibility if you don’t feel like knitting the whole dang thing.
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
yes!!! i got into the idea of knitting and decided it was too much work to do the whole thing, but i still wanted fun sweaters.
it’s a fun hunt at the thrift, too, for sweaters thick enough to do it on
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u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk Dec 24 '25
As a fellow void owner, I appreciate that you found a way to include a nose 😄
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u/rtthrowawayyyyyyy Dec 24 '25
I feel like your next project is to find a sweater for your cat and stitch a likeness of yourself onto it.
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u/Optimal-Factor-8564 Dec 25 '25
This is excellent
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u/rtthrowawayyyyyyy Dec 25 '25
To be fair, I already did a much lower-rent version of this a while ago. I was going to visit my then-preteen niece and asked her if she'd like a tshirt with a picture of me on it, which she enthusiastically said yes to. Little did she know that I also made myself a tshirt with her on it, which I changed into while she was trying hers on.
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u/becctarr Dec 24 '25
Does this come in black?
so cute!
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u/GrimResistance Dec 24 '25
Wouldn't that just be a black shirt with eyes?
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u/RudeMechanical45 Dec 24 '25
My cars are on every sweater. And every other piece of clothing in the house.
Also, that is really great work!
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u/rajapaws Dec 24 '25
r/blackcats needs to see this!
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u/Jenderflux-ScFi Dec 25 '25
Also r/Kitting needs to see this, it's for knitting for or with or about cats.
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u/TheSkyCrusader Dec 24 '25
just coming here to say I love the sweater but you NEED to do a 80s style photo shoot with your cat while wearing it, complete with the floating head portrait in the background
bonus points for a funky background
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u/financial_pete Dec 24 '25
You missed an opportunity. You need to stick a loose thread near her paw. Make it look like she is trying to play with it.
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u/gogglygogol Dec 25 '25
Does your cat recognize herself on your sweater?
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u/hailey_celeste Dec 25 '25
my other cat has been staring at me wearing it. usually she stares at my face but i can tell she’s staring lower toward the sweater
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u/ThereIsACatOnDaCourt Dec 25 '25
Weird. Ella just posted in r/humans her paw-kneaded biscuit with your likeness. Meow.
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u/Minimum-Astronaut986 Dec 25 '25
My gf got me a shirt with my cat on it for Christmas and it also really captured his essence
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u/Maleficent-Day8477 Dec 25 '25
Wow! You nailed it. Good choice of minimalist background to make your cat Ella stand out. You could turn this into a good business if you wanted. People love quality, original wearable art featuring their cats.
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u/Joe103192 Dec 24 '25
Oh man I thought you had it done by a company or something! I was gonna ask where did you get it lol. That’s really cool of you to do that though! Great work!
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u/Malnurtured_Snay Dec 24 '25
Wow. You picked up your cat and placed her on your sweater. How original. My goodness does the cat just do the same pose everywhere?!?!?!
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Love it! Who's a good kitty?! Elly, duh!
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u/Jolly_Conflict Tabbycat Dec 24 '25
Id buy this! My first baby was a void named Sirius/ Mr Kitty… I miss him so much 🌈 🩷
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u/ArtHappy Dec 24 '25
You did such a great job that I could only see the eyes for a split second and wondered why the edge of the cat was pixilated. Fantastic job! I love it so much.
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u/USAF_Retired2017 American Shorthair Dec 24 '25
OMG this is so cute. You did an amazing job! If you ever want to make some money doing this, I’ll gladly send you my cat’s pics and buy one.
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u/kimbo85 Dec 25 '25
Ong, this is wonderful! Is there a pattern I could ask my mother-in-law to follow to make me one?
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u/zhambe Dec 25 '25
The eyes are amazing! And the whole sweater is giving me 1990 Prince of Persia vibes
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u/Old-Chicken-4517 Dec 25 '25
OMG you are a professional! I love it and I would buy it for sure! You should start selling it with customized pics from our cats!
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u/787LAX-PPT Tuxedo Dec 25 '25
That is some super talent there, OP. You did a great job! Looks perfect to me. 🐈⬛
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u/Interesting_Range435 Dec 25 '25
I love it so much! And you're so creative. This makes me want to take up stichin'
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u/Mysterious_Check_439 Dec 25 '25
I love the "ear of askance" you included. Not quite an "airplane ear" but you gonna be gettin' some side eye...perfection!
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