How to Crochet an Adorable Cat Tutorial

How to Crochet a Cute Cat

You are call­ing all cat lovers and cro­chet enthu­si­asts! If you’re look­ing for the purr-fect project, look no fur­ther. Dive into adorable feline cre­ations with our free cro­chet cat pat­tern. Whether you’re a sea­soned pro or just start­ing with your first amigu­ru­mi project, this easy-to-fol­low pat­tern is a great way to hone your skills and cre­ate a cute cat com­pan­ion. Join the hap­py cro­cheters com­mu­ni­ty and make your lit­tle cat with this free amigu­ru­mi pat­tern.

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To get start­ed, gath­er your mate­ri­als. For the per­fect fin­ish­ing touch, you’ll need a 4mm cro­chet hook, worsted-weight yarn in your pri­ma­ry col­or, a stitch mark­er, a yarn nee­dle, and safe­ty eyes (8mm). We rec­om­mend using acrylic yarn for dura­bil­i­ty, but feel free to get cre­ative with dif­fer­ent yarn weights and tex­tures for a per­son­al­ized touch.

Begin with the mag­ic ring to cre­ate a seam­less start, and fol­low the detailed instruc­tions, includ­ing basic cro­chet stitch­es like sin­gle cro­chets and dou­ble cro­chets. Make sure to uti­lize the invis­i­ble decrease for a pol­ished look. As you work through the con­tin­u­ous rounds, use the stitch mark­er to keep track of your progress. Don’t for­get the mag­ic cir­cle tech­nique for the cat’s whim­si­cal fea­tures.

Exper­i­ment with dif­fer­ent col­ors for a cal­i­co or tab­by cat appear­ance for a unique twist. The pat­tern also includes instruc­tions for kit­ty mods, allow­ing you to tai­lor your cre­ation to match your favorite feline friend or fam­i­ly mem­ber.

**Mate­ri­als You’ll Need:**

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- Cro­chet hook 
- Tapes­try nee­dle
- Stitch mark­er

Yarn- Par­fait Chunky or your choice of Vel­vet yarn[3], weight 6

Hook size- G hook, 4mm 

Black Safe­ty Eyes- 18mm
- Yarn nee­dle
- Stitch mark­ers
- Scis­sors
- Stuff­ing mate­r­i­al

Abbre­vi­a­tions:

sc=sin­gle cro­chet, sl st=slip stitch

ch=chain, 2sctog= 2 sin­gle cro­chet togeth­er dec

This Cat Mea­sures about 9.5 inch­es long.

Skills Need­ed: You can Find these Begin­ner stitch­es on my cro­chet playlist and chan­nel

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Click Here for the Cro­chet Cat Video Tuto­r­i­al[5]

Legs: Grey and White yarn (start the legs, then you will work on the body from the legs) If you need more help, please refer to the cat video[6]. This entire pat­tern is done with a G hook.

Start with the legs first to cre­ate the body! Make 2

With grey yarn

Rnd 1: 6 sc in the Mag­ic Cir­cle. — 6 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around — 12 sc (use stitch mark­ers to keep track of your rounds.)

Rnd 3: sc, 2 sc increase, — 18 sc

Rnds 4: sc around — 18 sc

Sl st with white yarn; the cat video shows how to sl st if you need more help. 

Rnd 5: *sc, 2sctog, *Repeat around — 12 sc

Rnds 6–7: sc around twice. Fas­ten off, stuff the legs — 12 sc

Sec­ond leg: **Repeat the leg the same as the first leg to round 7

At the end of round 7, ch 2 from one of the legs.

Rnd 8: Con­nect the first leg with sc, then sc in the next 11 sc, sc in the two chains of chain 2, sc in the next 12 sc, sc in the two chains of chain 2, — 28 sc, 

Rnd 9: *sc in the next 13 sc, 2 sc in the next sc, *Repeat two times total,

 — 30 sc

Rnds 10–13: sc in each stitch around. — 30 sc (4 rounds total)

Rnd 14: *sc in the next 13 sc, 2sctog decrease, *Repeat twice total — 28 sc

Rnd 15: sc in each stitch around — 28 sc

Rnd 16: *sc in the next 5 sc, 2sctog, 4 times total, stuff the body — 24 sc

Rnds 17–18: sc in each stitch around — 24 sc

Rnd 19: sc in the next two sc, 2sctog, 6 times, sl st — 18 sc

Arms: 

Make 2

With Grey yarn

Rnd 1: In the Mag­ic ring, work 6sc — 6 sc, work in con­tin­u­ous rounds with­out a sl st, and use a stitch mark­er.

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around — 12 sc

Rnd 3: *sc, 2 sc, *Repeat around, — 18 sc

Rnd 4: sc around — 18 sc

Sl st with white yarn. 

Rnd 5: *sc, 2sctog decrease,*Repeat around — 12 sc

Rnd 6: *sc, 2sctog dec, Repeat 4 times, — 8 sc, stuff the hands, light­ly stuff the arms. 

Rnds 7–9: sc around for 3 rounds. Sl st at the end.

Attach the arms on both sides of the body by the head with your yarn nee­dle. 

Head: White yarn

Eyes Found on Ama­zon[7]

White yarn, then the patch will be done with grey yarn (option­al).

2 Eyes. 13mm 

Rnd 1: 7 sc in the Mag­ic Cir­cle. ‑ 7 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each stitch around — 14 sc (use stitch mark­ers to keep track of your rounds.)

Rnd 3: *1 sc, 2 sc in the next stitch around, *Repeat around — 21 sc

Rnd 4: *1 sc in the next two stitch­es, 2 sc in the next stitch around, *Repeat around — 28 sc

Rnd 5: *1 sc in the next three stitch­es, 2 sc in the next stitch around, *Repeat around — 35 sc

Rnds 6–7: sc in each stitch around — 35 sc

This next step cre­ates a grey patch on the eye. If you don’t want a patch, con­tin­ue with your white yarn. 

Rnd 8: sc in the next 17 sc with white yarn, slip your grey yarn through the loop to con­tin­ue with grey yarn (best shown in the video), sc with grey yarn in the next 3 sc, then slip your white yarn with white yarn to sc in the next 15 sc — 35 sc

Rnd 9: sc with white yarn in the next 16, sc in the next 6 sc with grey yarn, sc with white yarn in the next 13 sc — 35 sc

Rnd 10: sc with white yarn in the next 16, sc in the next 10 sc with grey yarn, sc with white yarn in the next 9 sc — 35 sc

Rnd 11: sc with white yarn in the next 17, sc in the next 7 sc with grey yarn, sc with white yarn in the next 11 sc — 35 sc

Rnd 12: sc with white yarn in the next 19, sc in the next 4 sc with grey yarn, sc with white yarn in the next 12 sc — 35 sc

Rnd 13: sc in each stitch around ( add eyes around rounds 11, about 3 inch­es apart) — 35 sc

Rnd 14: *sc in the next three stitch­es, 2sctog decrease, *Repeat around it. — 28 sc

Rnd 15: *sc in the two next stitch­es, 2sctog decrease, *Repeat around — 21 sc

Rnd 16: *sc, 2sctog, *Repeat around ‑14 sc

Stuff the head with stuff­ing; there will be an open­ing so it won’t be closed all the way. 

Fas­ten off. You will con­nect the head to the body with white yarn and yarn nee­dle. Con­nect the loops of the head to the loops of the body and sew them togeth­er.

Ears: Make 2, White yarn

Make one grey and one white ear, I liked to sew the grey ear on the oppo­site side ot the grey patch. 

Rnd 1: In Mag­ic Ring, work 4 sc, sl st (make the stitch­es loose so you can get back into them with the rnd 2.)

Rnd 2: 2 sc around, — 8 sc

Rnd 3: *sc, 2 sc around *Repeat around — 12 sc

Rnd 4: *sc in each sc around, Fas­ten off, sew the ears on top of the head, on both sides about 2 inch­es apart. 

Tail: Grey yarn

Rnd 1:  In Mag­ic Ring, work 5 sc, sl st

Rnd 2: 2 sc around, — 10 sc

Rnds 3–7: sc in each stitch around, 5 rounds total. Fas­ten off. Sew on the tail in the cen­ter bot­tom of the body. 

Nose: I did buy mine on Ama­zon, or you can make one.

Take Pink Size 4 yarn, sew on a tri­an­gle nose with your yarn nee­dle, and dash lines for the mouth. Make a line below the nose and two side lines for a smi­ley face. 

Whiskers: Take a yarn nee­dle with Size 4 black yarn, and make 2 dash lines on both sides of the nose for Whiskers. 

Final: Make sure to weave in your loose ends. 

Con­grat­u­la­tions, you fin­ished the Cro­chet Kit­ty Cat Pat­tern! 

Watch our video tuto­r­i­al for addi­tion­al guid­ance, espe­cial­ly if you’re a begin­ner cro­cheter. The video breaks down each step, mak­ing it easy to fol­low along. Plus, we’ve added some help­ful tips and tricks for quick projects and col­or changes.

Once you’ve com­plet­ed the last stitch, whip stitch the ears and attach the safe­ty nose for that extra touch of charm. Insert a pipe clean­er into the tail to make it pos­si­ble, turn­ing your fin­ished cat into a delight­ful cat toy or a quirky addi­tion to your home decor.

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