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Edited by mazurk1987 at 2024-9-7 15:08

Today I havethe honour to introduce you my latest creation. This Maneki neko cat I designed myself! He's a little bit upset, but I like him anyway.


I've always liked these traditional Japanese cats that are supposed to bring wealth, prosperity, good luck... but I came up with an angry version of them.


Let meintroduce you some of the details of this project.
- The cat is holding a sign with the word @¡sape!@ written in katakana. There's a little story about this. I originally wanted to write something in kanji which was related to the cat's mood. Something like @leave me alone!@, @go away!@ or @be quiet!@. The problem is that all the sentences I came up with, written in kanji or hiragana, were far too long or complex to be embroidered into the sign. In other words, I would have needed a much bigger sign if I wanted to embroider those with a minimum of clarity. So I decided to use a Spanish word which is actually used to chase away cats: ¡sape!, which actually sounds a little bit like Japanese. Being a Spanish word, it should be written in katakana. Said by an angry cat it should have the meaning of chasing unwanted people away :lol
- The collar is made of embroidery thread and it uses a stitch called @Romanian cord.
- He’s holding the bell because the sign takes to much room and I couldn’t hang it in the collar.
- His left paw (the one holding the jingle bell) is actually movable and can bounce forward and backwards (like an actual maneki neko!) thanks to a mechanism that is hidden inside the cat. The mechanism is also crocheted and though it doesn’t work as good as expected, it does allow him to move his arm as you can appreciate in one of the pictures.
- He belongs to the breed “Japanese bobtail”, as you can tell from his short tail.


If you have any further questions about him, feel free to ask!

maneki neko 1.jpg
maneki neko 2.jpg
maneki neko 3.jpg
maneki neko 4.jpg
maneki neko 5.jpg

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He's great! Thank you so much for showing us this and explaining.  As for being a bit upset, aren't all cats most of the time :)
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Beautiful work! Thank you very much for sharing!
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Thank you for sharing! This is fantastic!
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Amazing story. Good job creating the cat.
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Magnifique travail
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This is really cool!
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Lovely ! Great work!
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So cool, I like it.
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