Crocheted Cat Bagel Pattern

Nightshade and Latte are fiends for woolly toys, but both have a tendency to attempt to swallow any tubular ones whole. This is unfortunate and inadvisable. So they get bagels. Or doughnuts. Round things with a hole in the middle. As of yet they have not choked on any, nor have they eaten any, though a few have ended up in human toilets courtesy Latte who likes to float toys in undefended loos. (Lid down, whenever he visits.) This is my (not actually any good at crocheting) version of Melissa Trenado's adorable and much better Mini Donuts Cat Toy (Ravelry link). My version is smaller, not stuffed, less fiddly, and a lot less cute. But Latte rips through stuffed toys like it's his job so this is wot he gets. I use a 3 mm crochet hook, and feltable wool which is appropriate for the hook size. My favourite wool these days is Trysil Garn's Sportsgarn (Ravelry link) and has a gauge of 22-23 sts to 10 cm on 3.5-4 mm knitting needles. I also have to keep reminding myself that generally…