Clarke Gayford shares his and Neve’s favorite handmade gift: a ‘crazy-eyed cat … with nipples’

Clarke Gayford loves her knitted daddy cards, so it’s perhaps no surprise that her favorite of the many handcrafted gifts her 2-year-old daughter Neve has received is a ‘crazy-eyed, paws-cat plug ”made of wool.

He and Neve particularly enjoy that there is more to the toy than initially appears, Gayford said.

“[O]On closer inspection … it is [sic] a cat with nipples, “said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s partner in a post on social media.

The reason for the studded “nipples,” he said, is that the cat has kittens that close in a pouch on its belly and “can all connect to the milk rod.”

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Gayford said young Neve has “4 days stuffed toys” thanks to the generous kiwis.

“I feel bad for not having started an IG [Instagram] It features showing off the amazing handcrafted goods our darling Nevester has received these past 2 years. Knit like you wouldn’t believe. The warmest kid in the park. “

Gayford’s post had received over 1,300 likes at the time of writing, but not everyone agreed that the toy was a cat.

“It looks like a dog to me, but 2020 is a crazy time,” said one person.

“I thought about a lamb but then about babies… so I’m confused,” said another.

Gayford has never kept his love for knitted cardigans a secret. When Ardern gave birth to baby Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford in 2018, she had what she called her “daddy cardie” ready: a gray and black number from the Salvation Army operations tent in Gisborne.

In June, she showed off the latest addition to her cardie collection: a light brown zipper from a women’s weaving group in Auckland that highlights the plight of New Zealand’s endangered Māui dolphins.