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It is time for another little farm animal for Day 4 of the Spring Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Today's animal might be a little more of a stretch than some of the others, but coming up with 12 animals that you might find on a farm was more of a challenge than I thought. Today we have a little cat.
My kids weren't so sure about me including a cat since they think of it as more of a pet than a farm animal, but I figured every barn needs a barn cat to keep the mice at bay.
This is one of the animals that I feel like has a ton of different color options, I chose to make a little orange cat with white accents, but you could make your cat black, white, gray, even a variegated yarn with a mixture of those colors would make a really cute little cat.
Like the others the cat is about 3" tall sitting. It has little pointy ears, a long tail, and an embroidered face.
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How to Crochet a Little Cat
Finished Size: about 3" tall sitting
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in desired colors (sample made in Red Heart Super Saver in Soft White and Carrot)
- G crochet hook (4 mm)
- 2- 6 mm safety eyes
- Polyfil fiberfill
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
- black and white embroidery floss and needle
Instructions:
Body
Make 1 with orange yarn (or desired color), beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Muzzle
Make 1 with white yarn (or desired color), beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Embroider a small triangle nose with a line coming down
Use white embroidery floss to make little whiskers on each side of the muzzle, to do this I made a little stitch to secure it, and then pulled the thread out away from the muzzle and clipped it
Sew the muzzle to the head just below the eyes
Ears
Make 2 with orange yarn
ch 3
sl st in first ch from hook, sc in next ch, dc in last ch
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Sew ears to the sides of the head towards the top
Legs
Make 4 with beginning with white yarn and changing to orange where directed (or using the colors you have for the main and contrasting colors), beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
change to orange yarn
Round 3: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Rounds 4-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the 2 of the legs/arms to the side of the body between the body and head, sew the other 2 to the bottom side of the body in a sitting position
Tail
Make 1 beginning with white yarn and changing to orange where directed (or using the colors you have for the main and contrasting colors), beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Rounds 2-3: 1 sc in each st (4 sc)
change to orange yarn
Rounds 4-7: 1 sc in each st (4 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the tail to the back of the body
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