Skill Level:Intermediate.

Materials:1 safety break-away catcollar with plastic snapclosure in your cat’s size

Color A: 1 ball #3 crochetcotton

Color B: 1 ball #3 crochetcotton

Color C: 1 ball #3 crochetcotton

Size 2.75mm steel crochethook

Yarn needle

Ms. Kyle’s Kitty Collar

Pattern by CrochetKitten.com, Fall 2007.For Selena K.

Special Stitch: Picot.When indicated, ch 3, sl st infirst of these 3 ch. Picotcomplete.

FLOWERWorked in the round.

With Color C, ch 6. Join withsl st to form ring.

Rnd 1. Ch 1; do not turn. 6 sc in ring. Join with sl st to first sc in rnd. 6sc.

Change to Color B.

Rnd 2. Ch 1; do not turn. (Sc, ch 3, sc) in flo of ea sc around. 12 sc.

Finish off Color B and join Color A with sl st in an un-used back loop of rnd1.

Rnd 3. Ch 1; do not turn. (Sc, ch 6, sc) in blo of ea sc in rnd 1. 12 sc.

Finish off.

LEAF – make 2.

With Color C, ch 3. In 3rd ch from hook, (dc, 2 tr, picot, tr, dc, hdc, sl st). Finish off.

FINISHINGFirst, place the un-worked collar on your kitty and adjust it until it fitsproperly.

Ms. Kyle’s Kitty CollarFinishing cont.

A proper fit is tight enough so that kitty can’t pull it over her head, but loose enough so that youcan still fit two fingers underneath.

CollarBegin by joining thread with a sl st to collar as follows: Insert hook under collar, and catch slipknotin thread with hook; pull up loop. Then, working over the collar, yarn over and pull a loop throughloop on hook; sl st made. The thread is now attached to the collar. Slide the sl st down to one theplastic breakaway clasp.

Sc around the rest of the collar as follows: Insert hook under collar and draw up a loop. Yarn overand draw through both loops on hook; sc made. Continue single crocheting around collar untilentire collar is covered, leaving only the plastic breakaway clasp exposed. Finish off.

FlowersSew flower in desired position on collar. Sew one leaf each side of the flower.

Weave in all ends.

Abbreviations:

blochdc

back loop onlychaindouble crochet

eaflohdc

eachfront loop onlyhalf-double crochet

mmrndsc

millimeterroundsingle crochet

sl sttr

slip stitchtreble crochet

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