Make Cat Polos

Cat polos are a neat way to protect the tendons in your cat's feet, allowing you to do agility courses. However, even the average household cat can benefit from wearing polos to protect its legs when jumping down from a bead, counter or table in a hard floor environment.

Cutting the felt polos and adding Velcro

 * 1) Cut four strips of felt. You can make these as thick as you want. Just make sure that they are all the same length and width and that they are not too long (these go on the cat's legs).[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 1.jpg|center]]
 * 2) Spray the strips of felt with water until dampened.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 2.jpg|center]]
 * 3) Iron the dampened felt strips on iron setting 3. Iron them until they are straight and have no wrinkles or fly away strands.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 3.jpg|center]]
 * 4) Take the ironed felt and cut into the sides of the strips. This will make it easier to put the polos on the cat's legs.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 4.jpg|center]]
 * 5) Put a small square of Velcro on one end of the polo and hot glue it in place. This is used to attach the strips around the leg[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 5.jpg|center]]
 * 6) Done. Your cat polos are now complete. Test for fit by wrapping the felt polo around a leg and securing in place with the Velcro tab.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 6.jpg|center]]

Stitching the felt polos

 * 1) Cut eight strips of felt. You can make these as thick as you want. Just make sure that they are all the same length and width and that they are not too long (these go on the cat's legs).[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 7.jpg|center]]
 * 2) Spray the strips of felt with water until dampened.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 8.jpg|center]]
 * 3) Iron the dampened felt strips on iron setting 3. Iron them until they are straight and have no wrinkles or fly away strands.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 9.jpg|center]]
 * 4) Stitch two lengths together into a tube shape. Repeat for the remaining three pairs of felt. This forms the polo leggings for the cat to wear.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 10.jpg|center]]
 * 5) *Check the size of the cat's leg can slip through when deciding how tightly to stitch the tubes.
 * 6) Pull the polos onto the cat's legs one by one.[[Image:Make Cat Polos Step 11.jpg|center]]

Tips

 * If the cat does not like having the polos on, remove them.

Things You'll Need

 * 1 sheet of Velcro
 * Hot glue gun and glue sticks
 * Felt sheets, to make strips from; use quality woolen felt for the best results
 * Water in a spray bottle
 * Scissors
 * Needle and thread

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