Luigi the Tom Cat Pencil Case...

Happy first week of school Y'all!

We were all only semi-excited to return to school this week.  As much as I love Autumn, there is a pleasure in the slow, relaxing days of summer.

I am not a mom that starts the back to school shopping in late July when all the stores are teeming with academia supplies... no, we wait until later in August, get in and get out with only what we are sure are the basic supplies and wait to make our detailed list until after we meet the teacher.

This year, everyone found a pencil case that made them happy... except for Sammy... Sammy who is everything cats these days, especially her beloved TomCat, Luigi.

Feeling the itch to crochet but not able to pull myself into any project too heavy in the plus forty celsius temperatures, I figured a crocheted Luigi pencil case might satisfy both she and I.

And I'll just snooze here on the deck sofa while you work.  :)

Again, I should write up a pattern for what I have done, but basically I worked up two grey circles in single crochet for the ends of the case.  I embellished one with ears, nose, eyes and whiskers to look like Mr. Handsome above before working a stripey rectangle in single crochet for the body.  A closed ended zipper was sewn into place to make my rectangle into a tube and the circles were sewn to the ends to close it all up.

Luigi's tail was a stripey tube stuffed and sewn to the zipper pull.  :)  I thought it added a little charm to him.

Sammy went off to her first day of grade three with an extra little bounce in her step and Luigi went back to his place on his couch.

Thanks for stopping by,
Jeanette