If you know Little Crochet Farm, you know already that I love to create chubby animals! Chubby lion is the favorite from the crowd, chubby bunny super easy and cute and take a look at the chubby frog prince, he is amazing! Last week was the Chubby Unicorn turn and today, I introduce to you the Chubby Tiger!
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Chubby Tiger free amigurumi pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- For this chubby Tiber I chose dark orange, white and brown. Light worsted cotton (DK).
- Black thread for embroidering the eyes.
- Stuffing material
- Scissors
- Sewing needle.
- Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.
Finish size: 8cm or 3 inches
For a low cost, ad-free and printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here!
And on Etsy here!
HEAD
With white yarn start,
1rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 rnd (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
5 rnd (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
6 rnd (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
7 rnd (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
8 rnd (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts
• Attach the brown color yarn and start working with both colors
9 rnd 48sc
10 rnd 12sc orange , 9sc brown, 13sc orange, 9sc brown, 6sc, orange
11 rnd only orange 12sc, 9BLsc, 13sc, 9BLsc, 6sc
12 rnd 10sc orange, 12sc brown, 9sc orange, 12sc brown, 5sc orange
13 rnd only orange 10sc, 12BLsc, 9sc, 12BLsc, 5sc
14 rnd 12sc orange , 9sc brown, 13sc orange, 9sc brown, 6sc orange
• From here, continue working only with orange.
15 rnd only orange 12sc, 9BLsc, 13sc, 9BLsc, 6sc
16 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
17 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
18 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
19 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
20 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
• Stop here to add stuffing material before continuing to rnd 21.
21 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and hide the remaining tail inside the toy.
PAWS
With brown yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd 12bpsc
• Change to orange color yarn.
4 and 5 rnd 12sc
• Next round you will crochet with both colors.
6 rnd 3sc in orange, 6sc in brown, 3sc in orange
• From here continue working only with orange
7 rnd 3sc, 6blsc, 3sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make four of this detail in total.
EARS
Start with the orange yarn
1 rnd 6sc in magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (3sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 15sts
• Change to brown yarn
5 rnd 15sc
• Change to orange yarn
6 rnd 15BLsc
7 rnd 15sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and make another one.
• With your fingers, fold the ears in half .
WHITE DETAIL
With white color start,
1 rnd 5sc in a magic ring. Chain 1 and turn
2 rnd 2sc, 3hdc in the same stitch, 2sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Sew the white detail in the central part of the ear.
NOSE
With white yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 and 5 rnd 18sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing it.
TAIL
Start with brown yarn
1 rnd 5sc in magic ring
2 to 4 rnd 5sc
• Change to orange
5 to 7 rnd 5sc
• Change to brown
8 rnd 5sc
• Change to orange
9 to 11 rnd 5sc
• Repeat rounds 8 to 11 one more time. At the end, you should have15 rounds in total.
• Cut the yarn leaving a piece for sewing and fasten off
ASSEMBLY
- Use pins to fasten the paws around the central round of the chubby body. Sew the paws.
- Pin the snout 2 rounds above the paws and sew with the length of 7 rounds.
- Sew the ears starting on the third round of the body and finishing at round 8.
- Embroider the eyes right above the snout leaving 7 stitches between them.
- Sew the tail four rounds above the paws.
- With the brown yarn, embroider the lines on the Tiger’s forehead.
Congratulations!!!
Your Chubby Tiger amigurumi doll is ready!
I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.
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See you next time!
Love,
Ana
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