Crochet cat mom ➾ DIY amigurumi
Never 2 without 3, I share with you this new crochet tutorial from mom cat with a lot of emotion and hoping that we will expand the chachat family together 🙂
The little story
It was just a year ago – this coincidence of dates is so funny – for lack of lily of the valley which doesn’t grow in our gardens, the mini-octopuses in the colors of wild mallows welcomed the month of May, it was the first tutorial that I shared just for fun; followed by the DIY tawashi tutorial of a Creative Bubble crochet flower sponge which you still really like. It seems that DIYs also flourish with spring! So it is with mother cat that we welcome May together ♡
The ‘mama cat’ DIY
For a mother cat measuring 10×14 cm high, we need this material, it’s up to you to change according to your wishes 😉
- a 2.5mm hook
- a pair of scissors
- a wool pass needle
- an embroidery needle
- padding
- pins
- a pair of ø10mm safety eyes
- cotton thread for weaving, black and dark gray colors, DMC in particular
- wool like Essentials Blend Alpaca from Rico Design, white and pink colors
- markers that you will place and move at the end of each row to count your stitches if you are starting out
ABBREVIATIONS
rg: row
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dim: decrease
increase: increase
*x* repeat x times
(.) number of stitches per finished rowTHE HEAD
White thread
rg 1. 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
we will sew the muzzle on this row afterwards
rg 2. increase x6 (12)
rg 3. 12 sc (12)
rg 4. *1 increase, 1 sc* x6 (18)
row 5. *1 inc, 2 sc* x6 (24)
row 6. *1 inc, 3 sc* x6 (30) row
7. *1 inc, 4 sc* x6 (36)
row 8. *1 inc, 5 sc* x6 (42)
rows 9-13 (5 rows). 42 sc (42)
Place eyes horizontally between rows 8-9 on either side of the center of the magic circle.
row 14. *1 dim, 5 sc* x6 (36)
row 15. *1 dim, 4 sc* x6 (30)
row 16. *1 dim, 3 sc* x6 (24)
Start stuffing.
row 17. *1 dim, 2 sc* x6 (18)
This is the back of the head, do not overfill and flatten.
row 18. *1 dim, 1 sc* x6 (12)
Form the head by placing the padding, more pointed at the muzzle, flatter at the back.
rg 19. 1 dim x6 (6)
Close the magic ring with the invisible stitch technique and tuck the thread into the head.THE NOSE
Pale pink or dark gray DMC thread
(I changed later because the pink was too small),
Embroider vertically on row 1 of the magic ringTHE LEFT EAR WITH THE PINK TIP
Pink thread
rg 1. 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
rg 2. increase x4 (8)
rg 3. *1 sc, increase* x6 (12)
White thread
rg 4. *2 sc, increase* x6 (16)
row 5. *3 sc, increase* x6 (20)
row 6. *4 sc, increase* x6 (24)
row 7. *5 sc, increase* x6 (28) row
8. *6 sc, increase* x6 ( 32)
Finish with 1 sl st, cut the thread leaving enough length to sew at the head.THE RIGHT EAR
White thread
rg 1. 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
rg 2. 1 increase x4 (8)
rg 3. *1 sc, 1 increase* x6 (12)
rg 4. *2 sc, 1 increase* x6 (16 )
row 5. *3 sc, 1 increase* x6 (20)
row 6. *4 sc, 1 increase* x6 (24)
row 7. *5 sc, 1 increase* x6 (28)
row 8. *6 sc, 1 increase* x6 (32)
Finish with 1 sl st, cut the thread leaving enough length to sew at the head.Flatten each ear then place them* using pins before sewing them.
*Locate by counting the rows starting from the embroidered snout (and therefore without counting the original row 1 under the nose embroidery).
External base point of the ear (C)
With the eye placed between rows 6-7, mark rows 10-11 and shift one sc upwards, place a pin.Back of the ear (B)
Mark between rows 12-13, place a pin.Internal base point of the ear (A)
With the eye placed between rows 6-7, mark rows 8-9, place a pin.There are 6 ms between each (A)
Sew the back of each ear: start with A then B then C giving them a rounded shape.
After arriving at point C, sew (horizontal stitching) the inside of each ear, attaching it directly to the back, not to the head.THE BODY
White thread
row 1: 8 sc in a magic ring (8)
row 2: 1 increase x8 (16)
row 3: *1 sc, 1 increase* x8 (24)
row 4: *2 sc, 1 increase* x8 (32 )
row 5: 32 sc in the back loops only of each sc of row 4 (32)
row 6-9 (4 rows). 32 sc (32)
row 9: *2 sc, 1 dim * x8 (24)
row 10: 28 sc (24)
row 11: *1 sc, 1 dim* x8 (16)
row 12: 16 sc (16)
row 13: *1 sc, 1 dec* x6 (10)
Stuff.THE TAIL (11 CM LONG)
Pink yarn
row 1: 5 sc in a magic ring (5) row
2-5 (4 rows): 5 sc (5)
White thread
rg 6-17 (12 rows): 5 sc (5)
row 18-22 (5) rows): 1 inc, 4 sc (6)
Finish with 1 sl st, cut the thread leaving enough length to sew to the back just above the row crocheted in the back loop.
Secure on the back with a stitch.BOTH FRONT LEGS
Pink thread
row 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
row 2: *1 sc, 1 increase* x3 (9)
row 3-4: 9 sc (9)
White thread
row 5: 9 sc (9)
Stuff until ‘here only
row 6: *1 sc, 1 dim* x3 (6)
row 7-12 (6 rows): 6 sc (6)
Find 2 rows under the neck
and sew so that the legs touch the table.BOTH REAR LEGS
Pink thread
row 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
row 2: *1 increase* x6 (12)
White thread
row 3-6 (4 rows): 12 sc (12)
row 7: *1 dec, 2 sc * x3 (9)
Stuff
row 8-12 (5 rows) 9 sc (9)
Attach just above the row crocheted in the back loop
and shift 1 sc backwards in relation to the armsFINISHES
Embroider the details of the head, mustaches and… eyebrows if it’s a girl 😉
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