Little cat free amigurumi pattern
Get ready to create an adorable little cat toy with this free amigurumi pattern. The head and body of the amigurumi cat are crocheted as a single piece. The tail, arms and legs are attached with single crochets as you crochet the body. If you use Alize Softy yarn, the size of the cat will be approximately 4 inches (10cm) high. The cat made from Alize Softy Plus yarn turns out to be 5 inches (13cm) high.
Designed by @oksankakhita
Supplies
- Alize Softy or Alize Softy Plus yarn
- 2.5mm crochet hook
- YarnArt Jeans yarn for embroidery a face (black and pink colors)
- Strong thread in tone of the toy for eye tightening
- Black safety eyes 8mm
- Pink safety nose 6х8mm
- Stitch marker
- Long tapestry needle
- Tailor’s pins
- Scissors
- Fiberfill stuffing
Additional information
Skill level: intermediate
Size: 4-5″ (10-13cm)
Free amigurumi little cat pattern
Abbreviation used (US terms)
- Rnd – round
- sl st – slip stitch
- 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
Legs (make 2)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3-4: 12 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 5: 3 sc , 3 dec , 3 sc (9)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc (7)
Rnd 7-9: 7 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 10: only 1 sc, fold top of the leg and work 3 sc across.
Stuff the leg till Rnd 7.
Fasten off.
Later we will crochet the legs into the body.
Arms (make 2)
Rnd 1: 7 sc in a magic ring (7)
Rnd 2-7: 7 sc (6 rounds)
Rnd 8: only 1 sc, fold top of the arm and work 3 sc across.
Do not stuff.
Fasten off.
Later we will crochet the arms into the body.
Tail
Rnd 1: 7 sc in a magic ring (7)
Rnd 2-9: 7 sc (8 rounds)
Do not stuff.
Fold top of the tail and work 3 sc across.
Later we will crochet the tail into the body.
Ears (make 2)
Rnd 1: 5 sc in a magic ring (5)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc)* 2 times, 1 sc (7)
Rnd 3: 7 sc
Rnd 4: only 1 sc, fold top of the ear and work 3 sc across.
Do not stuff.
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Body and head (one piece)
Body
Stuff the body as you work.
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: 17 sc, inc (19)
Rnd 5: 1 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the 1st leg, 6 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the 2nd leg, 2 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the tail, 1 sc (19)
Rnd 6: 19 sc
Rnd 7: 16 sc, dec, 1 sc (18)
Rnd 8: (1 sc, dec)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 9: 12 sc
Rnd 10: (4 sc, dec)* 2 times (10)
Rnd 11: 1 sc , 3 sc together with sc of the 1st arm, З sc, 3 sc together with sc of the 2nd arm (10)
Continue crocheting the head:
Head
Stuff the head as you work.
Rnd 1: (inc)* 10 times (20)
Rnd 2: (4 sc, inc)* 4 times (24)
Rnd 3-7: 24 sc (5 rounds)
Rnd 8: (4 sc, dec)* 4 times (20)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6 at the distance of 6 stitches from each other.
One round below the eyes, insert a safety nose between the eyes. I immediately attach a pink thread to the stem of the nose, which I then use to embroider the stripe on the muzzle.
Rnd 9: (2 sc, dec)* 5 times (15)
Rnd 10: (1 sc, dec)* 5 times (10)
Rnd 11: (dec)* 4 times, sl st
It is better to close the hole later. I use this hole to pull out the ends of the threads after embroidering and shaping a face.
Eye tightening (shaping an amigurumi face)
Take a long needle with a strong thread in tone of the chenille yarn.
Leaving a long yarn tail at the beginning, insert a needle between the last round of the body and the first round of the head (approximately 1 sc away from the center of the body) – the point 1, draw it out the point 2. Then insert the needle in the point 3 and draw it out the point 1. We retreat 2 sc to the right and insert the needle in the point 4.
Repeat for the second eye: point 4 – point 5 – point 6 – point 4.
Pull slightly. Tie two ends of yarn together. Leave very long yarn tails for the next step of tightening.
Insert a needle with the first remaining yarn tail in the point 7 and draw it out the point 3. Then insert the needle in the point 8 and draw it out the nape.
Insert the needle with the second remaining yarn tail in the point 7, draw it out the point 6. Then insert the needle in the point 9 and draw it out the nape, 1 sc towards the first thread.
Pull slightly. Tie two ends of yarn together.
Assembly
- Embroider pink stripe on the muzzle, eyelashes, eyebrows and whiskers. (For this you can use YarnArt Jeans yarn separated into individual strands). We bring the ends of these threads out through the hole in the head. Then we tie the ends of the threads and hide them.
- Add a small amount of stuffing in the head and fasten off.
- Sew the ears on the head.
