Amigurumi tiger free crochet pattern
Use this free amigurumi tiger pattern to crochet a cute tiger toy! Legs and body are worked in one piece together. Head, arms, ears, muzzle and tail are worked separately and sewn on afterwards. The black stripes on the head, arms and legs are embroidered afterwards onto the finished tiger amigurumi.
Designed by @bon_lapin
Supplies
- Troickaya Kroha yarn (20% wool, 80% acrylic; 50g/135m)
- 1.7mm crochet hook
- 4mm black beads for eyes
- Black embroidery floss
- Needle for embroidery and sewing pieces together
- Scissors
- Fiberfill stuffing
Additional information
Skill level: intermediate
Size: 5.1″ (13cm)
Free amigurumi tiger pattern
Abbreviation used (US terms)
- Rnd – round
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
- dec – decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- (…) – total number of stitches you should have at the end of the round
- (…)* 6 times – repeat the instructions between the brackets the indicated number of times
Head
With orange yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: 36 sc
Rnd 8: (5 sc, inc)* 6 times (42)
Rnd 9-13: 42 sc (5 rounds)
Rnd 14: (5 sc, dec)* 6 times (36)
Rnd 15: (4 sc, dec)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 16: (3 sc, dec)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 17: (2 sc, dec)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 18: (1 сбн, уб)* 6 times (12)
Fasten off.
Legs and body (one piece)
Legs (make 2)
Start with white yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (3 sc, inc)* 3 times (15)
Rnd 4: 15 sc
Rnd 5: (3 sc, dec)* 3 times (12)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, dec)* 3 times (9)
Change to orange yarn:
Rnd 7: 9 sc
Rnd 8: (2 sc, inc)* 3 times (12)
Rnd 9-10: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Fasten off the first leg but not on the second one.
We will join the two legs in the next round with a chain 4.
Continue on to the body.
Body
Continue from the 2nd leg: ch 4, join with the 1st leg.
Rnd 11: inc, 10 sc, inc, 4 sc in 4 ch, inc, 10 sc, inc, 4 sc in 4 ch (opposite side)(36)
Rnd 12-21: 36 sc (10 rounds)
Rnd 22: (4 sc, dec)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 23: 30 sc
Rnd 24: (3 sc, dec)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 25: 24 sc
Rnd 26: (2 sc, dec)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 27: 18 sc
Rnd 28: (1 sc, dec)* 6 times (12)
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Muzzle
With white yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2)
Start with white yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc)* 3 times (9)
Rnd 3-4: 9 sc (2 rows)
Rnd 5: 2 dec, 5 sc (7)
Change to orange yarn:
Rnd 6-14: 7 sc (9 rounds)
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Tail
With orange yarn:
Rnd 1: 7 sc in a magic ring (7)
Rnd 2-11: 7 sc (10 rounds)
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2)
Start with orange yarn:
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a magic ring (8)
Change to black yarn:
Rnd 2: 8 sc
Assembly
- Sew the head to the body.
- Sew the black beads for eyes between Rnd 10 and 11, 6 stitches apart.
- Sew the muzzle in the center of the head between eyes. Add a small amount of stuffing just before closing.
- Embroider a nose and eyebrows using a black embroidery floss.
- Sew the ears on the head.
- Sew the arms to the body on Rnd 27 either side of the body.
- Sew the tail on the back side of body.
- Embroider stripes using a black yarn.
Your amigurumi tiger is ready!
