Wool Cat

Eliazar Ochoa is one of half a dozen Peruvian artisans whose page I try to check every month or so for new work; I had a rug and another tapestry by him already. I love depictions of animals. especially when they are animals you don't commonly see depicted as with llamas and rheas, two distinctly South American animals (my other tapestry from him is all condors). And while purple is my favorite color, I do like orange as well, and I saw there was a bit of purple in this. This tapestry currently occupies pride of place, on the door to my office. Which means that at close range, I've realized the faces of the cats are kind of creepy. But I'm not really sure how you could do better on a loom, and I have also seen much worse cat faces! As I look at them more, I think I definitely prefer : | to a badly done : 3 (the most popular simplified cat face), and it makes a lot more sense on a loom as well!

Adorable and cheerful, these cats are "purrfect" for the Christmas tree. The combination of the orange and white makes them ideal for both adding color and blending with white/silver themed lights and ornaments.

I love these funny black kitties. I'm going to give some to my adult son who has two black cats. I hang Mr Mehta's felt ornaments at the bottom of our Christmas tree, so our cats have something they can touch safely. They hold up well and people comment on how cute they are.