Little chubby Christmas cat - hanging decoration for doors & walls

The sparkle of the Christmas baubles is just too tempting and magically attracts the little chubby cat.

"Such a beautiful, striped ball with glittering beads...", thinks the little chubby cat, "... I'm still missing it in my toy collection" and she would love to have such one...

The cat crocheted as a silhouette and the three-dimensional Christmas baubles are an unusual eye-catcher for doors and walls and really make you want to celebrate Christmas.

Of course, you can also use the Christmas balls very versatile for other decorations in your home - two examples of this you can find above in the photos.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

Level of difficulty: easy to medium for advanced crocheters, medium to difficult for beginners with some practice.
Required skills: (US term)

MR = magic ring
SL = slip stich
blSL = slip stich only into the back loop
CH = chain stitch
SL = slip stitch
SC = single crochet
Sctog = single crochet together
flSC = single crochet only into the front loop
blSC = single crochet only into the back loop
DC = double crochet
Crochet around an irregular crochet piece with single crochets.
Crochet parts to a crochet piece.

The PDF file includes, in addition to the written crochet explanation, the crochet chart for the cat and, of course, very many step by step photos, so you can successfully recreate this unusual decoration with the little chubby cat very easy.

Size Information

Width approx. 31 cm = 12.2 inch, height approx. 40 cm = 15.7 inch
plus hanging ribbons

Materials List

cotton yarn LL 125m-50g / sport 12 wpi / 5 ply / fine
approx. 100 g in white
approx. 25 g in black
approx. 12 g in red
approx. 5 g Lamé yarn in gold or silver (e.g. Rico Design Ricorumi lame or Yarn and Colour Glamour)
Crochet hook 3.0 / US size 11 / UK size C
Wool needle, scissors, tape measure
6 sheets of paper DINA4 / US letter size (can be waste paper)
some adhesive tape (Tesa or similar)
3 plastic Christmas balls 4 cm = 1.6 inch diameter
2 plastic Christmas balls 5 cm = 2 inch in diameter (can be replaced with 4cm balls if necessary).
2x flower stem wire 20 gauge, 30 cm = 11.8 inch long (color does not matter)
DINA 4 / US letter size sturdy cardboard (e.g. writing pad back or Bristol board)
Printer to print the template
Craft glue or textile glue

Optional:
approx. 22 artificial fir branch tips (e.g. from inexpensive garland) and hot glue gun and a sturdy stick (wooden spoon or similar) and possibly small plastic balls/stars to glue on and/or tinsel

Beads 3-5 mm = 0.1 - 0.2 inch diameter in desired colors and thin sewing needle with narrow needle eye and white sewing thread

LED light chain with 10 lights