How to Crochet a Cute Hello Kitty Amigurumi Plushie Pattern

How to Crochet a Hello Kitty! 

Embark on a delight­ful cro­chet jour­ney with our free pat­tern for a Hel­lo Kit­ty Amigu­ru­mi Plushie. Whether you’re a sea­soned cro­cheter or an absolute begin­ner, this project offers a per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to cre­ate an adorable toy using the Japan­ese art of cro­chet­ing, known as amigu­ru­mi. In this com­pre­hen­sive guide, we’ll cov­er every­thing from essen­tial mate­ri­als like safe­ty eyes, stitch mark­ers, and the best yarn to use to step-by-step instruc­tions, video tuto­ri­als, and free amigu­ru­mi pat­terns that cater to var­i­ous skill lev­els.

Amigu­ru­mi, which trans­lates to “knit­ted or cro­cheted stuffed toy” in Japan­ese, has gained immense pop­u­lar­i­ty for its cute and com­pact cre­ations. To achieve a seam­less and pol­ished look, we rec­om­mend using basic stitch­es such as sin­gle cro­chet and the mag­ic cir­cle tech­nique for this Hel­lo Kit­ty project. Dive into the world of amigu­ru­mi ani­mals and explore the mag­ic loop, col­or change, and dif­fer­ent pat­terns to bring your Hel­lo Kit­ty to life.

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Choos­ing the suit­able yarn is cru­cial for the per­fect amigu­ru­mi project. Whether you opt for acrylic, cot­ton, or DK yarn, select­ing the appro­pri­ate weight and tex­ture can sig­nif­i­cant­ly influ­ence the final result. Explore using scrap yarn or exper­i­ment­ing with dif­fer­ent col­ors to add a per­son­al touch to your cre­ation. Don’t for­get to con­sid­er safe­ty eyes and stitch mark­ers to enhance the plushie’s fea­tures.

My daugh­ter loves Hel­lo Kit­ty toys, so I want­ed to make her this cute cro­chet Hel­lo Kit­ty soft­ie. She enjoyed play­ing with this cro­chet toy and her oth­er stuffed ani­mals.

G and F Hook

Head: white yarn, with G hook

Rnds 10–16. work 1 sc in each stitch around. Repeat this 7 times in each round. ‑45sc

(Now before you make a decrease on the head and stuff it, add the but­ton eyes in the mid­dle of the head about 1.5″ apart. Then sew three 3/4″ inch long black lines on the side of the eyes. Then, sew on a half-inch yel­low nose below the eyes in the cen­ter. Sew a yel­low line by sewing a hor­i­zon­tal line about 4 times.)

Rnd 18.  *2sctog in the next two stitch­es, *Repeat around, fas­ten off, and weave in the ends.

Row 6. sc around the bor­der of the bow. Take the yarn and wrap it around the cen­ter 7–8 times. Sew the bow on the left ear.

Rnd 21. 2sctog in the next two stitch­es around until it clos­es. Fas­ten off. Weave in the ends. Sew the body to the bot­tom of the head with the ruf­fles at the bot­tom.

Rnd 12. *2sctog in the next two stitch­es, *repeat until the arm clos­es, and fas­ten off.  Sew the arms on the sides of the body next to the head.