While my first cat tubbie turned out pretty well and was immediately put into use (and in fact still has a cat in it 24/7), I have found the overall design to be flawed. Eventually, after much cat use, the walls flop over, and you end up with a kind of yarn and cat tubbie pancake. That doesn’t mean it has been used any less. My cats, in fact, don’t seem to care, but I do. Therefore, I’ve started on version 2.0.

I have found few different patterns for this now, neither of which I’ve been totally thrilled with. They seem overly complicated to me. I mean, basically, you just need to crochet a large circle of yarn, and then you need to start making it smaller in order to build the walls of the tubbie.

One technique I have decided to try is doubling up on my yarn. This is the first time I’ve done that, and it was a tad challenging considering I’m using the same size hook, but I have finally gotten the hang of it. The pattern, well, I started following a new one I found, and as I said, I thought it was overly complicated, so I started winging it, and now it’s not looking so hot. It kind of looks like a ruffly pancake, so I’ve stopped production and plan to….gasp!….pull out about half of what I’ve crocheted so far. Wish me luck that I get no knots!

If anyone know of an easy tubbie pattern, I’m interested!