If you have any question or corrections please let me know as I will greatly appreciate any feedback! Also if you do try out this pattern, please post a picture as I will love to see your recreations.
You will need:
- 3mm crochet hook (Can use 4mm if preferred)
- Yarn needle
- Yarn (approx 20g or 60m)
- Soft toy filling
Stitches and abbreviations used:
(I am from England but use US crochet terms)
- MC - Magic circle/ring
- SC - Single crochet
- Inc - Increase stitch (2 single crochets into one stitch)
- Dec - Decrease stitch (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- ST - Stitch
- SLST - Slip stitch
- FO - finish off
Other
things to note....
- This is
worked in continuous rounds. It is helpful to use a stitch marker to keep
track
- The
number in ( ) at the end of each round indicates the total stitch count
for that round
- *
* indicates repeated series of stitches
- Use
invisible decreases for a neater finished product
- Stitches
in [ ] are worked into one stitch
Please note, this is the pattern for the smaller brown cat.
Legs x4:
- Starting with light brown - MC (4)
- *inc* (8)
- *1sc, inc* (12)
- Change to dark brown - 12sc (12)
- *1sc, dec* (8)
- 8sc (8)
- 8sc (8)
- 8sc (8)
- 8sc (8)
- 8sc (8)
- FO - you do not need to leave a long yarn tail here
Body:
- Using darker brown - This starting mc will act as the cat's belly - MC (6)
- *inc* (12)
- *2sc, inc* (16)
- *3sc, inc* (20)
- 1sc, join leg - by putting 1sc through the next st in the body and through one st in the leg, 6sc around the leg, then 1sc through the last st in the leg and the next st on the body. 4sc along body, join second leg in method above, 2sc in body, join 3rd leg, 4sc, join last leg, 1sc. (44)
- 44sc (44)
- 44sc (44)
- 44sc (44)
- *dec, 9sc* (40)
- 40sc (40)
- 7sc, *2sc, dec* x6, 9sc (34)
- 4sc, *2sc, dec* x6, 6sc (28)
- 5sc, *1sc, dec* x6, 5sc (22)
- 6sc, *dec* x6, 4sc (16)
- 4sc, *dec* x6 (10)
- *1sc, inc* (15)
- *2sc, inc* (20)
- *1sc, inc* (30)
- *13sc, dec* (28)
- 28sc (28)
- 28sc (28)
- 28sc (28)
- 28sc (28)
- 28sc (28)
- 28sc (28)
- *5sc, dec* (24)
- *2sc, dec* (18)
- *1sc, dec* (12)
- *dec* (6)
- FO and close hole.
Tail:
- Starting in light brown - MC (4)
- *inc* x2, 2sc (6)
- 6sc (6) colour changing to darker brown on the last st
- 6sc (6)
- 6sc (6)
- 6sc (6)
- 6sc (6)
- FO leaving a yarn tail for sewing onto body
Ears x2:
- Staring in light brown - MC (4)
- inc, colour change to darker brown, 1sc, inc, 1sc (6)
- *2sc, inc* (8)
- fold and st 3sc through both sides to close the ear flat
Thank you for reading. If you have tried this pattern, please let me know. Would love to hear from you even if it is just to say you have or to give me some feedback on how it turned out for you. Any questions, feel free to ask.
