From the magazine:

Heads up! Gift giving is a no-brainer with Irina Poludnenko’s adorable kitty cap. It’s worked circularly in Filatura di Crosa/TahkiStacey Charles, Inc.’s ‘Zara.’ Garter-stitched earflaps are picked up separately, decreasing down to a striped I-cord. Decreases at the top create the ears, and embroidered eyes, nose and whiskers are a purr-fect finish.