Silly question re: stopping mid-row and keeping yarn on

Your cat licks plastic too, Rebecca? He should meet my cat - maybe they would be friends!

Once my cat got himself wrapped up in my yarn when he started playing with the ball and I couldn’t get it away from him (his claws are sharp!), and then he got freaked out about being wrapped in yarn and took off! I had to enlist help to catch him and get my knitting back.