Little Cat free amigurumi pattern

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Today I share this crochet mini Cat amigurumi pattern! This Cat free amigurumi pattern is one more animal from the Mini Amigurumi collection. The best part is fast to crochet!

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And on Etsy here!

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Before we start, I leave a link to all the stitches tutorial I used to complete this pattern. If you are a complete beginner or not familiar with some technique, there is a blog post with step-by-step images with descriptions and video tutorials.

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Little Cat amigurumi free pattern

Materials:

  • 2mm crochet hook 
  • Two colors of yarn. I used 100% cotton, light worsted, 4ply.
  • 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: 6cm or (about) 2,5 inches

For a low cost, ad-free and printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here!

And on Etsy here!

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.

HEAD and BODY

With white yarn start,

1 rnd  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 to 11rnd  30sc

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

13 rnd  18blsl

• For the next round, you will work in the remaining front loop of round 12.

14 rnd  FL(2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

15 to 18 rnd  24sc

• For the next round, you will work in the back loop only.

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

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

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and hide the remaining tail inside the toy.

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FRONT PAW

With white start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 to 4 rnd  6sc

5 rnd  3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the paw.

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

• Make another one following the same instructions.

BACK PAW

With white start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 to 5 rnd    12sc

6 rnd  6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the paw.

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

• Make another one following the same instructions.

TAIL

With white yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 to 15 rnd  6sc

16 rnd  3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the tail.

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

EARS

With white start,

1 rnd  3sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  3inc Total 6sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times total 9sts

4 rnd  4sc crocheting the sides together, closing the ear.

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

• Make another one following the same instructions

ASSEMBLY

  1. Use pins to fasten the back paws under the cat’s body. Sew it under the cat.
  2. Sew the arms taking 3 rounds from the body. Starting in round 14 and finishing in round 16.
  3. Sew the ears in round 3 of the head, taking 4 rounds in length.
  4. Sew the tail on the central back side of the cat, between the legs.
  5. Embroider the eyes in round 9 leaving 4 stitches between them.
  6. Embroider the nose one round under the eyes.
  7. Embroider the whiskers two stitches beside the eye.
  8. With a piece of the color contrast, embroider three lines on cat top of the head, three lines on the tail and two on each side of the body.

Congratulations!!!

Your Little Cat amigurumi is ready!

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

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I also will share here my Ravelry shop where you can find a bit more advanced crochet patterns. And, on Ravelry, there is available a low-cost printable version of these free patterns you can see here.

See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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2 thoughts on “Little Cat free amigurumi pattern”

  1. I love all your work! Where can I find the type of yard you use for your kitty?

    • Hey Rachel! I use the brand Mondial Lane, basic cotton. I am not sure where they sell online, but only in local shops, which is where I usually get my yarn…I am sorry for not being able to help you much.

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