Stay away from this pattern if you value your sanity

[kittycatalina.livejournal.com]

Why has this pattern been sitting unloved and unused for 25 years?



Because it sucks.

Whoever designed this thing had to have been sniffing glue, or perhaps otherwise impaired.
My hunch is that the good folks at Butterick patterns simply cheaped out and used the commercial patterns, then hired a trained chimp to write the directions.
Things like carefully cutting out a perfect circular hole, and lining it up directly with another perfect circle and sewing it on. Or calling for you to sew EIGHT layers of fake fur at once.

Don't you hate it when you reach the point of frustration, but have already invested too much time/money to quit the project?

But I finally triumphed.







Now let's never speak of this pattern again.