The Pallas’s cat has the densest fur of any cat in the world, and also the shortest legs relative to its body size.
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Haunting the Narrative Semifinals
Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!
I'm making a Clydesdale using a vintage sewing pattern, I've chosen mohair and wool furs and it's stuffed with wool, too. The tail and mane are made with sheep hide offcuts from a tannery on Skye (Skye Skyns). I'm waiting for some glass eyes to arrive.
There's a little polyester for the hoofs and the sewing thread I used is a polycotton blend. Other than that, it's natural fibres (but not vegan).
He's called Carnera after the locally famous Irn Bru horse.
Everyone’s been a big fan of this pattern, but sadly it doesn’t seem to be available online anymore as the website I downloaded it from has vanished into the aether.
As such, I’ve made my modified version (with hoofs) available over here for free: https://ko-fi.com/s/ad98e35459
For Carnera I printed the pattern 1/2 size and added seam allowance. If you print it full size it'll be a bit bigger!
Here's the latest update on Carnera. Still waiting for eyes, put sand bags in his feet so he's more poseable and doesn't fall over as easily. Also "braided" his mane.
Clydesdale updates:
His eyeballs arrived! They're little glass traditional teddy eyes with wire backs. I also re-did his mane braid. I'm going to find/make some little horse shoes for him and then I think he will be done!
