Free crochet pattern for adorable tomcat amigurumi toy which is perfect for inspiring your child's curiosity about farm animals. It can also be used as decoration or as a nice gift for someone special. This amigurumi design makes it a truly unique and special toy that your child will cherish for years to come.
SUPPLIES
cotton yarn (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania 125m/50g) in three colors: grey, light blue and white, a bit of rose yarn for the nose, crochet hook 3 mm, Polyester fiberfill stuffing, scissors, 2 black beads or safety eyes, yarn needle.
SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate
SIZE
The ready amigurumi is approx. 24 cm, can be made bigger or smaller depending on the yarn and hook you use.
SKILLS YOU NEED
chain, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, slip stitch, increase, decrease
ABBREVIATIONS
Ch =chain
St = stitch
Sc =single crochet
Sl st = slip stitch
dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)
inc = increase stitch (two single crochets into one stitch)
Dc = double crochet
Rnd = Round
TIPPS
- Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
- Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round
- All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern.
- Amigurumi can be made in any desired colours.
Seamsless way of changing color when working in the round
Pick up the new color at the end of the round: inset your hook into the stitch, yarn over the new color and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook to complete the stitch.
SHIFT STITCH
Sometimes during a work of the spiral amigurumi, you need to keep the work symmetrically. As work tends to twist to the right you need to adjust position of the marker periodically (beginning of the round).
Shift stitch is an extra stitch you work at the end of a round to make your work look symmetrical. If you notice that marker moves right, you need to work one extra stitch in the end of the round and move marker for one stitch (now 2nd st of the round becomes 1st). this is shift stitch.
The shift stitch is not included in the round description. To check if it’s time to work shift stitch fold your work in half and check if marker still goes straight or use a yarn that marks a straight line.
You may think this is a increase, but it isn’t. This way you don’t increase or decrease the amount of stitches. The stitches count remains the same.
INSTRUCTIONS
ARM (2x)
Start with white color yarn.
Round 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring
Round 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches)
Round 3: *sc in each of next 3 stitches, inc* (15 stitches)
Rounds 4-7: sc in each of next 15 stitches
Change to grey color yarn
Round 8-13: sc in each of next 15 stitches
Round 14: *dec, sc in each of next 3 stitches* (12 stitches)
Stuff the arm slightly.
Round 15-20: sc in each of next 12 stitches
Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing. Work the second arm the same way.
FEET (2x)
Start with white color yarn and begin with a magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring
Round 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches)
Round 3: *sc in next stitch, inc* (18 stitches)
Round 4: (*sc in next stitch, inc* repeat from* to* three times, sc in each of next 3 stitches) repeat twice (24 stitches)
Round 5: (*sc in each of next 2 stitches, inc* repeat from* to* three times, sc in each of next 3 stitches) repeat twice (30 stitches)
Round 6-7: sc in each of next 30 stitches
Round 8: sc in each of next 2 stitches, *dec* six times, sc in each of next 16 stitches (24 stitches)
Round 9: *dec* five times, sc in each of next 6 stitches, dec, sc in each of next 6 stitches (18 stitches)
Round 10: sc in each of next 18 stitches
Do not bind off.
LEG (2x)
Continue crocheting in rounds using grey color yarn.
Change to grey color yarn
Round 1: sc in each of next 18 stitches
Round 2: *sc in each of next 5 stitches, inc* (21 stitches)
Round 3-7: sc in each of next stitch until the end of the round.
Cast off the first leg. Work the second leg the same way but don´t cut the yarn as we will join the legs together to make the body. Stuff both legs firmly.
BODY
Work shift stitch every 3-4 round. Continue crocheting in rounds:
Round 1: chain 3 stitches, work one round over both legs (21 stitches of the first leg, sc in each of next 3 stitches, 21 stitches of the second leg)
Round 2: sc in each of next 11 stitches, inc, sc in the next stitch, inc, sc in each of next 21 sts, inc, sc in the next stitch, inc, sc in each of next 9 stitches (52 stitches)
Round 3: sc in each of next 13 stitches, inc, sc in the next stitch, inc, sc in each of next 23 sts, inc, sc in the next stitch, inc, sc in each of next 10 stitches (56 stitches)
Round 4-7: sc in each of next 56 stitches
Change to light blue color yarn
Round 8 (working into the back loop): sc in each of next stitch until the end of the round.
Round 9: sc in each of next 56 stitches
Change to white color yarn
Round 10: sc in each of next 56 stitches
Round 11: sc in each of next 13 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 23 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 10 stitches (52 stitches)
Change to light blue color yarn
Round 12-13: sc in each of next 52 stitches
Change to white color yarn
Round 14: sc in each of next 52 stitches
Round 15: sc in each of next 12 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 21 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 9 stitches (48 stitches)
Change to light blue color yarn
Round 16-17:sc in each of next 48 stitches
Change to white color yarn
Round 18: sc in each of next 48 stitches
Round 19: sc in each of next 11 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 19 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 8 stitches (44 stitches)
Change to light blue color yarn
Round 20: sc in each of next 44 stitches
Round 21: sc in each of next 10 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 17 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 7 stitches (40 stitches)
Change to white color yarn
Round 22: sc in each of next 40 stitches
Round 23: sc in each of next 9 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 15 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 6 stitches (36 stitches)
Change to light blue color yarn
Round 24: sc in each of next 36 stitches
Round 25: sc in each of next 8 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 13 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 5 stitches (32 stitches)
Stuff the body firmly.
Change to white color yarn
In the next round attach the hands (ensure that the hands are located in the middle and make several shift stitches if needed):
Round 26: sc in each of next 7 stitches, 6 sc both through hand and body, sc in each of next 10 stitches, 6 sc both through hand and body, sc in each of next 3 stitches.
Round 27: sc in each of next 32 stitches
Round 28: sc in each of next 7 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 11 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 4 stitches (28 stitches)
Round 29: sc in each of next 28 stitches
Round 30: sc in each of next 6 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 9 stitches, dec, sc in next stitch, dec, sc in each of next 3 stitches (24 stitches)
Round 31: sc in each of next 24 stitches
Do not bind off!
HEAD
Change to grey color yarn
Continue crocheting head as follows:
Round 1 (working into the back loop): *sc in the next stitch, inc* (36 stitches)
Round 2: *sc in each of next 2 stitches, inc* (48 stitches)
Round 3: *sc in each of next 7 stitches, inc* (54 stiitches)
Round 4: *sc in each of next 8 stitches, inc* (60 stitches)
Round 5-14: sc in each of next 60 stitches
Round 15: *dec, sc in each of next 8 stitches* (54 stitches)
Round 16: sc in each of next 54 stitches
Round 17: *dec, sc in each of next 7 stitches* (48 stitches)
Round 18: sc in each of next 48 stitches
Round 19: *dec, sc in each of next 6 stitches* (42 stitches)
Round 20: *dec, sc in each of next 5 stitches* (36 stitches)
Round 21: *dec, sc in each of next 4 stitches* (30 stitches)
Round 22:*dec, sc in each of next 3 stitches* (24 stitches)
Stuff the head firmly.
Round 23: *dec, sc in each of next 2 stitches* (18 stitches)
Round 24: *dec, sc in the next stitch* (12 stitches)
Round 25: *dec*, repeat 6 times. Bind off.
EAR (2x)
Start with grey color yarn and begin with a magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring
Round 2: sc in each of next 6 stitches
Round 3: inc 6 times (12 stitches)
Round 4: *sc in the next stitch, inc* (18 stitches)
Round 5-7: sc in each of next 18 stitches
Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing. Work the second ear the same way.
TAIL
Start with grey color yarn and begin with a magic ring.
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Round 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring
Round 2: sc in each of next 6 stitches
Round 3: *sc in each of next 2 stitches, inc* (9 stitches)
Round 4: sc in each of next 9 stitches
Round 5: *sc in each of next 2 stitches, inc* (12 stitches)
Round 6: sc in each of next 12 stitches
Round 7: *sc in next stitch, inc* (18 stitches)
Round 8-12: sc in each of next 18 stitches
Round 13: *dec, sc in each of next 4 stitches* (15 stitches)
Round 14: sc in each of next 15 stitches
Round 15: *dec, sc in each of next 3 stitches* (12 stitches)
Round 16: sc in each of next 12 stitches
Round 17: *dec, sc in each of next 2 stitches* (9 stitches)
Round 18: sc in each of next 9 stitches
Cast off leaving a long tail for sewing the tail to the body of your cat.
MUZZLE
Start with white color yarn and begin with a magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring
Round 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches)
Round 3: *sc in next stitch, inc* (18 stitches)
Round 4: *sc in each of next 2 stitches, inc* (24 stitches)
Round 5: *sc in each of next 5 stitches, inc* (21 stitches)
Round 6: sc in each of next 18 stitches
Stuff the muzzle slightly. Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing.
CAP
Start with light blue color yarn.
Round 1: Chain 4 stitches, join with slip stitch into a ring. Chain 3 stitches, 11 dc into the ring, slip stitch (12 stitches)
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Round 2: ch3, dc in the same stitch as chain, 2 dc in each of next 11 stitches, sl st to top of chain 3 (24 stitches)
Round 3: ch 3, dc in the same stitch as chain, dc in next stitch, *2 dc in next stitch, dc in next stitch*, repeat from*to* 11 times, slip stitch to top of chain 3 (36 stitches)
Round 4 (working into the back loop): dc in each of next 18 stitches
Change to white color yarn
Round 5: sc in each of next 36 stitches
Change to light blue color yarn
Round 6: sc in each of next 24 stitches, chain 1 stitch, turn the work, sc in each of next 12 stitches, chain 1 stitch, turn the work,
dec, sc in each of next 8 stitches, dec, don´t turn the work, chain 1 stitch, slip stitch in each of next 3 stitches, sc in each of next 12 stitches.
Bind off leaving a long tail for sewing.
ASSEMBLY
Das Maul annähen.
Emdroider the claws.
Sew the tail to your cat.
Mark where you want the eyes to be placed with pins and sew them with the distance of 8-10 stitches to the head of your giraffe. Weave in all ends.
Ears are attached to the head now. Thread a needle on one of the yarn tails left from the ears, place the ears in their right place on the head and sew them to the head of your amigurumi. Be sure to step back and take a look to make sure ears and horns are even.
Embroider nose with pink color yarn. Begin with the outline of the upside down triangle. Insert the needle through the top of the head and pull it through leaving a little bit of a tail. Then insert the needle 1-2 rows under the eyes and pull it through where you want your cat’s nose to be. Fill in the triangle, and finish the uneven lines. At the end pull the needle out the same hole it originally went into, so that both yarn tails are coming out of the same hole. Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the surface of the head as possible. Hide the yarn tails inside the head.
Using black color yarn embroider eyebrows with black color yarn. Embroider mouth if desired. Proceed to the smile if desired. You can also add eyelashes. Weave in all ends.
Ready!
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