Crochet Kitten Amigurumi Free Pattern

Designer: Oksanka Hita
Instagram: @oksankakhita

Hello everyone…
One of the free amigurumi crochet patterns we will share today is the amigurumi plush kitten, whose photos and design belong to Oksanka Hita. You can learn how to crochet these kitten using the free amigurumi pattern. Thanks to dear Oksanka Hita for this cute plush kitten.

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You will need:

• For Pusheen the cat: Ayaz Babyfine yarn (180 m/100 g): grey #1195, dark grey #1130
• For other kittens: YarnArt Dolce Baby (85 m/50 g): orange #852 or milk #745
• YarnArt Jeans yarn: black or pink
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• 6×8 mm safety nose (optional)
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:

R – row
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec – decrease (2 sc together)
[…] – number of stitches you should have at the end of the row
(…) – repeat whatever is between the brackets the given number of times

AMIGURUMI KITTEN FREE PATTERN

Tail

With dark grey yarn:
R 1: 8 sc in magic ring [8]
R 2: 8 sc
Change to grey yarn:
R 3-4: 8 sc (2 rows)
Change to dark grey yarn:
R 5-6: 8 sc (2 rows)

Change to grey yarn:
R 7-8: 8 sc (2 rows)
Change to dark grey yarn:
Cut the grey yarn and fasten off.
R 9: 8 sc
R 10: only 1 sc
Do not stuff the tail.
Fold the top opening flat and 4 sc through both sides.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Legs (make 2)

With grey yarn:
R 1: 7 sc in magic ring [7]
R 2-3: 7 sc (2 rows)
R 4: only 1 sc
Do not stuff the leg.
Fold the top opening flat and 3 sc through both sides.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Arms (make 2)

With grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2-3: 6 sc (2 rows)
R 4: only 1 sc
Do not stuff the arm.
Fold the top opening flat and 3 sc through both sides.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body

With grey yarn:
Make 7 ch
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: inc, 4 sc, 4 sc in last st, 4 sc, inc [16]
R 2: 2 inc, 4 sc, 4 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc [24]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 2 times, 4 sc, (1 sc, inc) repeat 4 times, 4 sc, (1 sc, inc) repeat 2 times [32]
R 4: (2 sc, inc) repeat 2 times, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) repeat 4 times, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc) repeat 2 times [40]

In the next row we will crochet the legs and tail onto the body.
R 5: 5 sc , 3 sc with sc of the 1st leg, 4 sc, 3 sc with sc of the 2nd leg, 13 sc, 4 sc with sc of the tail, 8 sc [40]
R 6-11: 40 sc (6 rows)
R 12: (3 sc, dec) repeat 8 times [32]
R 13-16: 32 sc (4 rows)
If you use a safety nose, insert it in R 16.
R 17: (6 sc, dec) repeat 4 times [28]

Insert safety eyes in R 17 at the distance of 5-6 sc from each other.
R 18-20: 28 sc (3 rows)
In the next row we will crochet the ears on. They must be on the sides of the head.
R 21: 4 hdc, 10 sc, 4 hdc, 9 sc, sl st (28)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

With dark grey yarn:
For the grey cat (Pusheen the cat) crochet stripes with 8 surface slip stitches. The first strip between R 13 and R 14, the second one between R 15 and R 16.

Stuff the body with fiberfill.
Sew the top opening edge closed.

Embroider a mouth and whiskers using a black YarnArt Jeans yarn, 3 stripes on the head using a dark grey plush yarn.
Sew the arms to the body between R 11-14.

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