Cat Bookmark

This cute bookmark was inspired by a spiral cat coaster I saw on Instagram. After making two variants in a single color, Void (black) and Cloud (white), I decided to make bookmarks that look like some of the cats in my life, my partner's ginger tabby Vincent and Calico Sassy, as well as my brother-in-law's black and white cat, Knight Rider.

Steps

Round 1: In a magic ring, ch 2, 11 dc, join with starting ch. (12)

Round 2: ch2, dc in the ch space, 5 dc inc, (start of the tail) ch 71, turn, sc into 2nd ch from the hook, (sc, sc inc, sc) x 5, sc in remaining ch, sl st into last dc stem, 6 dc inc, join with ch space. (24)

Round 3: ch2, dc inc, dc, dc inc, turn. (5)

Round 4: Do not chain, skip 2 st, dc x 7 in the same st, skip 1 st, turn. (7)

Round 5: Do not chain, skip 1 st, (sc, 2dc) in next st, ch2, sl st into top of the last dc, (dc,sc) in the same stitch as before, skip 1 st, sl st, skip 1 st, (sc, 2dc) in next st, ch2, sl st into top of the last dc, (dc,sc) in the same stitch as before, skip 1 st, sl st.

Break yarn, weave in end.

Collar: Using the accent color, ch10, break yarn, wrap around round 3 and sew on.

Bow: In the accent color, ch2, 5dc into the 2nd ch from the hook, ch2, sl st into the same ch, 5 dc into the same ch, ch2, sl st, break yarn. Wrap the yarn tail around the middle and sew the bow on to the cat's tail.