knitted Louis

Recently I found a cat version of knitting patterns, and with that I created Louis.
Louis is owned by my oldest friend Natalie Bayley and I made her this tribute to her beloved cat for her birthday.

she sent me these pictures as reference:

not great for detail...
but I tried my best and here is what I came out with:

I'm not 100% happy on the proportions, but I am told that I got his markings pretty close.