My New Cat Footstool Cover

This is my first 'rug'. The cat foot-stool cover. I didn't have the ginger tabby colours I'd thought to use, and don't as yet have a pot for dyeing, so after sorting out my woollens, decided to use the tartans (I have heaps).

It's heaps of fun! The eyes are too big, the buttery-palest-yellow (looks more white here) is not quite right. I've since taken my photo's of tabby cats and outlined the highlights, which are different than what I've done so far. I can see how I could have made it friendlier... might not be too late.
The light blue/pink is the background. Those old pink and blue checked blankets are gorgeous!

This is my first attempt, other than a little thing I started 20 years ago, with wool. I've never done the fabric strips and am in Love! Lerve! Luff! I am genuinely as happy as a lark!
I've used varying widths of fabric, varying weights too. I'm not trying terribly hard to maintain consistent loops, more to get the colour down. It's such a pleasure. And the backing is coloured hessian from Spotlight. Nothing special.
Here is the first instalment.