Flat Rat Bookmark

The head of the rat was executed as in the original post, with minor changes to the finishing touches. I started by casting-on yarn on double-pointed needles. After finishing the head and nose, I attached six pieces of yarn imitating the rat's whiskers just before the base of the nose. After stuffing the head, rather than finishing it like in the original post by binding-off, I decided to thread a yarn through the initial 18 stitches and pull it tight, thus forming a round head (the head must be well stuffed to achieve a good effect). I masked the end point of this thread with few stitches. The ears were formed by casting-on 4 stitches and knitting 4 rows on double-pointed needles. To form rounded ears I added additional stitches on the edges with matching yarn. The inside of the ear was embroidered with pink yarn. Then the ears were sewn to the head. The eyes were embroidered in black yarn. The body was started by weaving a yarn through a section of the base of the head in order to form three stitches. Then I knitted 54 rows using garter stitch, adding increases and decreases on both sides evenly to form the body, which was widest in the place where the front paws were to be attached. The front paws were made on a knitting machine using I-cord settings. I cast-on 4 stitches and worked 22 rows using gray yarn, then I changed to pink yarn and worked another 7 rows. The rear paws were made in the same way as the front paws, but with 25 rows of gray yarn, and 9 rows of pink yarn. The tail was also made in the form of an I-cord made on a knitting machine. I cast-on 5 stitches of pink yarn and worked 40 rows.