Refer to this video tutorial playlist as a guide

This is NOT a beginner project if you want it to turn out well. You need to know how to adjust sizes and fudge stitch counts as needed. Think of the videos as more of a general guide, not necessarily as a super detailed exact pattern!

I got some plastic canvas, thinking it might be handy for adding structure/stability, but I did not use it. Could be useful though, since it’s plastic and can handle water if you need to clean it.

My stitch gauge is about 4 “clusters” plus about half a stitch per 3 inches. This will be helpful for estimating starting chains for next pieces.

General tips:

• Use stitch marker to keep track of first and last sts of each round to avoid adding or losing any stitches.

• When working in the round, work as spirals, NOT joining with sl-st/ch1, to avoid the visible join line…. I’ll have that on the base, it will be hidden on the bottom.

• Using a G hook for worsted weight is a bit tight, especially for the hdc (can be difficult to work into those in following round). To make it easier, in the sc/hdc/dc cluster rounds, pull up the loop a bit higher after finishing the sc in the cluster (this will make the hdc that immediately follows the sc easier to push your hook into in the following round).

• My gauge was a bit tighter than the video, so I had to add starting chains for most pieces. If adding more, in general, should add multiple of 3 to preserve stitch pattern (sc, hdc, dc, skip 2).

Base: I used starting chain of 50, for 49 sts along edge (9 more than video). Even with that, I barely got 12” (this will be the depth of the base). My goal size was 20” wide, as in video (could have gone even a little bigger, and definitely could have gone deeper.. my cats are not very petite!).

Back: started with 67+6=73 starting chains, for 23 total full clusters on each side. Took some trial and error to get the size matched up with my base. My goal was 8.5” high for this piece, as in video.

Arm rest: starting chain of 11+12 = 23. After increase rows, should have 61 sc on the sc rows. Note that in the first “row”, you’ll put an sc in every chain on the other side of starting ch as well, I think text on video was a little different there. For the left arm rest, starting in row 13 (sc row), I used hdc halfway on the outer edge side to end to add some height (my base was non-symmetric, my gauge loosened up halfway through the base). I did 17 total rows, but I had to add some edging as well on one side for the left side (right side was weirdly fine) to account for asymmetry to sit flush against the base… definitely won’t make this again!! So, not even sure why I took notes on this :)

My cushion process was basically the same as in the video, same number of starting chains, but 10 total rounds for little chunk at beginning. I sewed the cushion seam together using the seamless method as shown in my project here. Perfect!

Two skeins of this yarn was sufficient, as noted in the video (even though I added chains for most pieces). I still had some yarn left (see pic).

Mini afghan pattern noted above, from a book (and using the baby bee yarn linked above).