Description
Learn how to crochet a cat using worsted weight yarn.
Are you a cat lover or do you know someone who loves cats? This cat crochet pattern makes a great decoration that you can either hang on the wall or sit him on a shelf or the mantel.
Use our simple crochet pattern to make a gift for someone special.
Materials and Supplies
Craft Supplies:
- Crochet hook size G
- 5oz White Worsted weight yarn *
- Small amount pink worsted weight yarn
- Small amount Bernat Happy Holidays Christmas Silver Red or Green yarn
- Yarn needle
- 3" Styrofoam ball
- Black button thread
- 1/4" Pink pompom
- Two 20mm oval wiggle eyes
- Tacky glue
*Feel free to substitute the white yarn with any other color of your choice.
Abbreviations:
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- slst = slip stitch
- sk = skip
- rem = remaining
Craft Instructions
Legs (make 2):
- With white (or color of your choice) chain 37; turn
- Row 1: 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook, 3 dc in rem ch; ch 2 turn
- Row 2: 2 dc in 1st dc, 3 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next 2 dc, *3 dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next 2 dc; repeat from * to end of row; fasten off and weave loose ends back into your work.
Arms (make 2):
- With white chain 25; and follow instructions for rows 1 and 2 of legs.
Scarf:
- With silver red or green chain 68
- Dc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1 turn
- Dc in each dc.
- Fasten off and weave loose ends in.
Head:
- With white yarn, chain 4, join to form a ring; work 10 sc in ring
- Round 2: *1 sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc; repeat from * around (15)
- Round 3: *1 sc in each of next 3 sc, 2sc in next sc; repeat from * around (18)
- Round 4: *1 sc in each of next 4 sc, 2sc in next sc; repeat from * around (21)
- Round 5: *1 sc in each of next 5 sc, 2sc in next sc; repeat from * around (24)
- Round 6 through 13: work even
- Round 14: *sk 1, 1 sc in each of next 5 sc; repeat from * around. Insert Styrofoam ball before finishing.
- Round 15: *sk 1, 1 sc in each of next 4 sc; repeat from * around.
- Round 16: *sk 1, 1 sc in each of next 3 sc; repeat from * around.
- Decrease to close
- Fasten off and weave loose ends back into your work.
Ears (make 2):
- With white Ch 6, turn
- Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each of next 2 ch; change to pink, ch 1, turn
- Sc in each sc, change back to white, ch 1, turn
- Sc in each sc and in next ch from the original ch then slst in next ch.
- Fasten off and weave loose ends back into your work.
Finish:
- Sew arms and legs together with yarn needle and a matching piece of yarn.* Make sure the legs are on the inside and the arms on the outside.
- Stitch the arm/leg assembly to the bottom of the head.
- Stitch one ear on either side of the top of the head as pictured. Only stitch the bottom portion of the ear.
- Tie the scarf around the cat's neck.
- To make the whiskers, cut three 5" strands of black button thread. Holding the three of them as one, tie a knot in the center of the thread. Glue the knot to the center of the cat's face and glue a pink pompom on top of the knot. Glue on the two oval wiggle eyes slightly above the nose and whiskers. Trim the whiskers to the desired length.
- Work a chain of desired length (about 8 stitches long) to form a loop and attach it to the back of the head to hang him on the wall.
*I have found the easiest way to join the arms and legs together is to line up the top of the arms and legs altogether and whip stitch the top 1 1/2" or so with a yarn needle and matching yarn. Be sure to put the two legs between the arms.