Your Cat magazine readers will have enjoyed seeing Viviane Schwarz's knitted cat characters in the May issue. She created three characters — Moopie, Andre and Tiny — and they appear in her childrens' book 'There Are Cats in this Book'. If you'd like to make Tiny, their little red companion, here's the pattern.

"TINY” KNITTING PATTERN

Red wool DK weight
White wool DK weight
Dark blue or black wool DK weight
Crochet hook for affixing the whiskers
Two buttons for eyes
Toy Stuffing
4mm needles
Spring clip or spare needle.

Use stocking stitch throughout (alternating plain and purled
rows).

BODY
With red cast on 16 stitches
Rows 1 to 6: red
Rows 7 and 8: 5 red, 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 5 red
Rows 9 to 21: 5 red, 6 white, 5 red
Row 22: red
Row 23: 8 red, turn (reserve other 8 sstitches on spring clip),
keep knitting on the 8 on your needle.
Row 24 to 31: red
Cast off
Take up reseved stitches and finish as follows:
Rows 23 to 31: red
Cast off

Fold sides over (purled side on outside) and sew together
(see illustration), leaving a hole in the back.
Turn inside out and stuff, then close the seam.

ARMS (make two)
With red cast on 7 stitches
Knit 8 rows, cast off

Sew arms together, turn inside out and stuff. Sew onto body
Embroider paws with white wool.

EARS (make two)
With red cast on 6 stitches
Knit 3 rows, cast off
Sew onto head and shape by stitching down in the middle
(see illustration).

TAIL
Plait from red wool or make crochet loops. Sew on.
Embroider face and sew on the button eyes.

You can buy 'There Are Cats in this Book' in hardback for £9.49 from the Your Cat bookshop.