Finished Object: Ocho the Octopus

Pattern: Octopus by Tamie Snow

in Tiny Yarn Animals by Tamie Snow

Yarn: Sugar 'n' Cream Ombres and Prints, 100% cotton

What I learned: Bent yarn needles are life savers for amigurumi!  I had had the parts crocheted for a while... a good week or two, but I was dreading putting him together.  First of all the pattern ended with a hole in the bottom of the body which I didn't know how to work with and I couldn't figure out how to place the legs.  I finally decided to crochet the hole shut and then use straight pins to pin the legs on to see how they would fit on.  This is what I came up with:

 

I thought he turned out pretty good, I like the stitch definition better with this yarn than what I used for the hippo, but it's also a lot newer yarn so that may have something to do with it.  I also really liked how the circumference turned out to be just perfect for the yarn and allowed the red, white and blue to spiral instead of clump on one side like I originally feared it would do.

Saspy meets Ocho:

Things Sassy Cat Likes

Moxie has always been a very picky cat loving tuna, cat food and cat treats and pretty much nothing else.  Sarsparilla on the other hand will eat (or at least taste) anything and everything my parents or I eat but won't touch the kitten treats unless accidentally digested by them being in her food dish.  Here's a sampling of some of the strange (and not so strange) things she just goes crazy for.

1. Greek Yogurt 

Mango preferably, but I don't think she's too picky.

2. Homemade Mac and Cheese

I haven't tried Kraft but I fear once she has tried the real stuff Kraft just won't cut it

3. Pepperoni

My aunt cut some pepperoni up for her dog... but Sassy got to it first.  Now she gets really excited whenever pizza comes through the door.

4. Tuna

We had a small single serving size of this tuna in the house and my mom dished it out to the cats as a little treat.   Moxie turned her nose up (usually Moxie goes crazy for tuna, I'm not sure if it was the brand or what it was that made her dislike it) and Sassy pretty much ate her weight in it... and then went searching for more.  While not surprising in itself, it's a good example of how picky Moxie is compared to Sassy.

 5. Fried Eggs 

Sassy goes absolutely nuts for eggs.  I find this very strange.  My dad and I both have had to eat our egg breakfasts standing in order to keep Sassy from absconding with the eggs.  We're wondering if she had been introduced to them before she came to our home because of how enthusiastic she is about them.

6. Raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing

Sassy licked a plate clean of raspberry vinaigrette dressing after dinner ... I swear, we feed her. 

DISCLAIMER: we don't make a habit of feeding our cats "people food".  We have just noticed how much Sassy tries to get "people food" and thought some of her preferences were a bit strange.