Black Cat Amigurumi Free Halloween Crochet Pattern

Halloween is the perfect excuse to fill your crochet hook with spooky-cute characters, and this black cat amigurumi is one of my favorites! Round, chubby, and full of personality, he’s super quick to make and great for decorating or gifting during the spooky season. This pattern also includes a step-by-step video tutorial, making it perfect for beginners or anyone looking for a fast Halloween project.

I promise, this kitty only brings good luck. Especially in yarn form!

More Free Halloween Amigurumi Patterns to Explore

If you loved making this chubby black cat, don’t stop there! You can also check out the Little Witch and the Mini Frankenstein — both just as cute and beginner-friendly.

There are also two full Halloween collections on the blog for even more inspiration: the World of Mini Halloween Amigurumi Collection and the Halloween Cats in Costume series.

And if you’re still in a spooky mood, you can find even more Halloween patterns right here!

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Chubby Black Cat Amigurumi Free Halloween Pattern

Materials:

• 2mm crochet hook 
• Dark gray, purple and light gray yarn. I used 100% cotton, light worsted, 6ply.
• Black yarn for the eyes. 
• Stuffing material
• Scissors
• Sewing needle.
• Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.

Finish size:

The finished Black Cat Amigurumi measures approximately 2,6″ (7 cm) tall. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With sport-weight yarn and a 2mm crochet hook, the gauge for 5 rounds (increasing to 30 stitches) measures approximately 1.6″ (4.5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.

Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.

Decrease (dec): Insert hook into front loop only of next two stitches, yarn under, pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.

Back loop Slip stitch (blsl): Insert hook into the back loop only of the stitch, yarn under, pull through both stitch and loop on hook.

Black Cat Amigurumi Video Tutorial

Press play below and crochet along with me! You can follow the step-by-step video tutorial while reading the written pattern right after — the perfect mix if you like seeing each stitch in action.

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Pattern Instructions

Chubby Body

With dark gray yarn, chain 6 and 

1 rnd                      4sc, 4sc in same stitch (turning the foundation chain clockwise and continuing working on the other side of the chain) 3sc, 3sc in the last stitch. Total 14sts

2 rnd                      (1inc, 4sc, 1inc, 1sc) repeat 2 times Total 18sts

3 rnd                      (1inc, 5sc, 1inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times Total 22sts

4 rnd                      (1inc, 7sc, 1inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times Total 26sts

5 rnd                      (1inc, 9sc, 1inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times Total 30sts

6 rnd                      (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

7 rnd                      36sc

8 rnd                      (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

9 rnd                      42sc

10 rnd                   (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts

11 to 14 rnd        48sc 

15 rnd                   (2sc, 1dec) repeat 12 times Total 36sts

16 rnd                   (1sc, 1dec) repeat 12 times Total 24sts

17 rnd                   (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here for adding stuffing material

18 rnd                   (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Eyes

With black yarn start,

1 rnd            8sc in a magic ring

• Change to purple yarn,

2 rnd           (1sl, 1inc sl) repeat 4 times Total 12sl

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing it.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Ears

With dark gray yarn start,

1 rnd                      4sc in magic ring

2 rnd                      (1inc, 1sc) repeat 2 times Total 6sts

3 rnd                      (1inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times Total 8sts

4 rnd                      (1inc, 3sc) repeat 2 times Total 10sts

5 rnd                      (1inc, 4sc) repeat 2 times Total 12sts

6 rnd                      (1inc, 5sc) repeat 2 times Total 14sts

• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.

Paws

With light gray yarn start,

1 rnd               6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd               6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd              12blsc

• Change to dark gray yarn

4 to 6 rnd     12sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make 3 more following the same instructions.

Tail

With light gray yarn start,

1 rnd                 6sc in a magic ring

2 and 3 rnd    6sc

• Change to dark gray yarn

4 to 14 rnd      6sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off
• Leave a tail for sewing it.

Assembly and final details

1. Use pins to position the ears on top of the head. Sew them in place between rounds 2 and 6.
2. Sew the paws to the bottom of the chubby head. Use the last round as a guide to position the four paws evenly around it.
3. Sew the eyes between rounds 6 and 9, leaving 1 stitch between them. Using white thread, embroider two small lines on the upper left corner of the black part of the eye and one line on the lower left corner (see minute 37:56 of the video).
4. With light gray yarn, embroider three lines on each cheek, leaving 1 round of space between them. The middle line should be straight, while the first and last lines should be slightly angled, one round higher.
5. Using the same yarn, embroider the snout as a small triangle in the center of the face, one round below the eyes.
6. Finally, sew the tail to the center back of the cat, between rounds 10 and 11.

Congratulations!!!

Your Chubby Black cat amigurumi is ready!

I hope you enjoy this pattern! If you have any questions or comments, leave them in the comment box below.

See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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