Toy Cat Pattern #3121

Materials Required—
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "PURITAN" MERCERIZED CROCHET AND KNITTING COTTON
1 400-yd. Ball White.
"STAR" PEARL COTTON, SIZE 5
1 60-yd. Ball Green.
Kapok or Cotton for filling.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 7 or 8.

(The entire Cat is worked with single thread.)

BODY. With White, follow the first 10 rows of Dog directions No. 3120, then work the next 34 rows and the under section.
BACK OF HEAD. Ch 3, 8 s d c in first ch, join to ch 3.
2nd Row—Ch 2, 1 s d c in same space with ch 2, * 2 s d c in next s d c repeat from * all around. (Join each row and ch 2 to start each row.)
3rd Row—1 s d c in same space with ch 2, * 1 s d c in next s d c, 2 s d c in next s d c, repeat from * all around.
4th Row—1 s d c in same space with ch 2, 1 s d c in each of the next 2 s d c, * 2 s d c in next s d c, 1 s d c in each of the next 2 s d c, repeat from * all around.
5th to 14th Rows—Continue working in same manner having one more st between increasing points in each row.
15th Row—1 s d c in each s d c.
16th Row—Work 1 s d c in each of the next 25 s d c, ch 2 turn and work 1 s d c in each of the 25 s d c, break thread.
FACE. Ch 3, 5 s d c in first st of ch (ch 2 to turn each row).
2nd Row—2 s d c in each s d c.
3rd Row—1 s d c in same space with ch 2, 1 s d c in next s d c, * 2 s d c in next st, 1 s d c in next st, repeat from * to end of row.
Next 8 Rows—Continue working in same manner having one more st between points in each row.
12th Row—Increase in every 11th s d c, do not increase in first or last st.
13th Row—Decrease 1 s d c at beginning and end of row and increase 1 s d c in every 12th s d c.
14th Row—Work same as 13th row increasing in every 13th s d c.
15th Row—1 s d c in each s d c, break thread and work opposite side of face in same manner.
Ears, eyes, nose and collar are worked with Green.
EARS. Ch 35 and work 33 d c on ch (ch 3 to turn each row). Next 8 rows decrease 1 st at beginning and end of each row.
10th, 11th and 12th Rows—Decrease 2 sts at beginning and end of each row, ch 3, 2 d c in same space with ch 3, skip 3 sts, s c in next d c, work 6 shells down side of ear, 1 s c in each st at lower edge and 6 shells up opposite side of ear, break thread and work another ear.
NOSE. Work 1st row same as Dog No. 3120, then ch 3, turn, 1 s c in each s c, ch 3, 1 s c in same space with last s c, 2 s c down side, 3 d c in ring, 2 s c up opposite side, break thread.
EYES. Work same as Dog No. 3120.
TAIL. With White, ch 14 and work 12 d c on ch (ch 3 to turn each row).
2nd to 13th Rows—1 d c in each d c, then work the last 6 rows same as Dog No. 3120, break thread and work another section in same manner.
COLLAR. Work same as Dog, using Green for 10 inches and White for 10 inches, work Green shells around White and White shell around Green.
To assemble Cat, see Dog directions No. 3120.