Difficulty Level: Intermediate
With this description, you can crochet a kitten hanging on a branch using a crochet hook. The master class also includes a pattern for crocheting sausages. Any yarn and a suitable hook are suitable for crocheting amigurumi. Stripes can be embroidered with thread or cut out of felt.
Materials and Tools:
- Yarn
- Thread for embroidering the face
- Crochet hook
- Toy eyes
- Stuffing for toys
- Felt
- Ribbon
- Polymer clay
- Acrylic paints
- Brush
- Needle for sewing parts
- Scissors
- Everything you need can be bought here.
Abbreviations:
- CA — amigurumi ring
- ch — chain
- sc — single crochet
- inc — increase
- dec — decrease
- (…) x n — repeat n times
Amigurumi Kitten Crocheting Description
Body
- Chain 6 ch.
- Row 1. Starting from the 2nd chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in 1, on the other side of the chain: 3 sc, inc (12)
- Row 2. (5 sc, inc) x 2 (14)
- Row 3. (6 sc, inc) x 2 (16)
- Row 4. (7 sc, inc) x 2 (18)
- Row 5. (inc, 6 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 2 (22)
- Row 6. (inc, 7 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 2 (26)
- Row 7. 1 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 2 sc (30)
- Row 8. 18 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 4, 4 sc (34) – belly
- Row 9. 14 sc, inc, 18 sc, inc (36)
- Row 10. 36 sc (36)
- Row 11. 15 sc, inc, 18 sc, inc, 1 sc (38)
- Row 12. 2 sc, (inc) x 3, 4 sc, (inc) x 3, 3 sc, inc, 20 sc, inc, 1 sc (46) – bottom
- Row 13. 46 sc (46)
- Row 14. 22 sc, inc, 21 sc, inc, 1 sc (48)
- Row 15. 23 sc, inc, 22 sc, inc, 1 sc (50)
- Rows 16-18. 50 sc (50)
- Row 19. 23 sc, inc, 24 sc, inc, 1 sc (52)
- Row 20. 30 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 4, 10 sc (48)
- Row 21. 48 sc (48)
- Row 22. 3 sc, (dec) x 3, 4 sc, (dec) x 3, 29 sc (42)
- Row 23. 18 sc, inc, 20 sc, inc, 2 sc (44) mark the 12th, 23rd, and 34th stitches with markers
Legs (2 pieces)
- Row 24. 7 sc, next stitch in the 34th marked stitch – 8 sc, inc, 2 sc (19)
- Row 25. 5 sc, (dec) x 2, 7 sc, inc, 2 sc (18)
- Row 26. 3 sc, (dec) x 3, 4 sc, (inc) x 4, 1 sc (19)
- Row 27. 2 sc, (dec) x 3, 11 sc (16)
- Row 28. (dec) x 4, 8 sc (12)
- Row 29. 12 sc (12)
- Row 30. (dec) x 6 (6)
Pull the stitches tight, secure the thread, cut, hide the end. Stuff the leg. For the second leg, secure the thread on the wrong side near the 23rd stitch, start with it and make ch (in the next row, ignore it), crochet:
- Row 24. 7 sc, next stitch in the 12th marked stitch – 8 sc, inc, 2 sc (19)
- Rows 25-30. according to the description of the first leg.
Pull the stitches tight, secure the thread, cut, hide the end. There are 4 stitches left between the legs on each side. Stuff the body and leg through this hole. Sew up the hole.
Ears (2 pieces)
- Row 1. 4 sc in CA (4)
- Row 2. (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
- Row 3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
- Row 4. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
- Row 5. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
- Row 6. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Secure the thread, cut, hide the end.
Head
- Row 1. 6 sc in CA (6)
- Row 2. (inc) x 6 (12)
- Row 3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
- Row 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
- Row 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
- Row 6. (4 sc, inc) x 2, inc, 8 sc, inc, (inc, 4 sc) x 2 (36)
- Row 7. 4 sc, (inc) x 2, 5 sc, (inc) x 3, 9 sc, (inc) x 3, 4 sc, (inc) x 2, 4 sc (46)
- Row 8. 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 3, 9 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 3, 6 sc, inc, 5 sc (54)
- Row 9. 6 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 5 sc (62)
- Rows 10-11. 62 sc (62)
In the 12th row, we crochet the ears in, for this, we place them top-down in front of the head, first insert the hook into the ear stitches, then the head, and crochet them together.
- Row 12. 6 sc, 9 sc with ear stitches, 32 sc, 9 sc with ear stitches, 6 sc (62)
- Row 13. 6 sc, 9 sc along the ear stitches, 32 sc, 9 sc along the ear stitches, 6 sc (62)
- Row 14. 62 sc (62) crochet 1 offset stitch
- Row 15. 6 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 12 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 7 sc (54)
- Row 16. 6 sc, dec, 6 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 3, 9 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 3, 6 sc, dec, 5 sc (46)
- Row 17. 4 sc, (dec) x 2, 5 sc, (dec) x 3, 9 sc, (dec) x 3, 4 sc, (dec) x 2, 4 sc (36)
- Row 18. (4 sc, dec) x 2, dec, 8 sc, dec, (dec, 4 sc) x 2 (30)
- Row 19. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
- Row 20. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
- Stuff the part with filler.
- Row 21. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
- Row 22. (dec) x 6 (6)
Tighten the hole, secure the thread, cut, and hide the end. Sew the head to the body.
Embroider stripes and a face. Glue eyes. You can make the eyes yourself from polymer clay, paint them with acrylic paints, or buy ready-made ones.
Make a bow around the neck and tie it with a ribbon.
Author: Galina Pisarenko
