Free pattern cat

I am slowly starting to pick up some projects again after the birth of my daughter. That’s why I thought it would be a good time to start working on a free pattern. This time I chose a kitten. It looks a bit like the bear from my previous blog, but with slightly different details😉. It is a pattern that is quite easy to make. Good luck!

Materials:

Yarn: I used scheepjes Catona in the following colors:
- Bridal white 105 A little more then 1 ball
- Ginger gold 383 about 10 grams
- Jet black 110 Nose and whiskers
Crochethook: 2 mm
Safety eyes (be careful with babies/toddlers when using beads due to the risk of suffocation)
Scissors and needle
Stuffing/fiberfill

Abbreviations

Mr = Magic ring

sc = Single crochet

sl.st. = Slip stitch

dec = Decrease

Inc = Increase

Ch = Chain

St(s) = Stitch(es)

This pattern is copyrighted, so please do not copy/publish it in any way. There is a lot of work in devising and writing out all the patterns, so please respect this 😊 Posting the bear itself on your socials, with a reference to me, is of course very much appreciated!

Lets begin!

Body (white)

We crochet the legs first because we are going to crochet the body as a whole. We will crochet the arms, tail, etc. separately. So, you crochet the first part twice and then attach it together. I will show this with the help of photos.

1.	6 sc in the mr	6
2.	Inc in each st	12
3.	Sc in all 12 sts	12
4.	(1 sc, inc) x6	18
5-7	Sc in all 18 sts	18

We will crochet this part a second time. You close the first part with a sl.st. and fasten off. With the second part you do not fasten off, because with this we will attach the parts together. For clarification I speak about part 1 and part 2 (so you crocheted part 2 last and is still on your crochet hook).

Work 9 sc on part 2, then chain 3. Now we are going to attach Part 1 to Part 2. Slide your needle through any stitch of part 1 (while part 2 is still on your hook) and make a sc to join the parts together (see pictures below)

Now you crochet:

– Sc in all 18 sts (Part 1)

– On the 3 chains work 3 sc

– The remaining 9 sc from part 2

The photos below are from one of my other patterns, but the principle is the same

Now it has become one. Because you work inthe round, you will of course pass the chain-3 twice. Both times you also work 3 sc’s (so i twill be 6). This way you will end up with a total of 42 sts (18 x 2 + 6 chain stitches).

9.	Sc in all 42 sts	42
10.	(6 sc, inc) x6	48
11.	7 sc, inc) x6	54
12.	(8 sc, inc) x6	60
13-21	Sc in all 60 sts	60

22.	(8 sc, dec) x6	54
23.	Sc in all 54 sts	54
24.	(7 sc, dec) x6	48
25.	(6 sc, dec) x6	42
26-27	Sc in all 42 sts	42
28.	(5 sc, dec) x6	36
29.	Sc in all 36 sts	36
30.	(4 sc, dec) x6	30
31.	Sc in all 30 sts	30

Fill the body firmly, also make sure you fill the legs firmly. Continue filling as you crochet

32.	(3 sc, dec) x6	24
33.	Sc in all 24 sts	24
34.	(3 sc, inc) x6	30
35.	(4 sc, inc) x6	36
36.	(5 sc, inc) x6	42
37.	(6 sc, inc) x6	48
38.	(7 sc, inc) x6	54
39.	(8 sc, inc) x6	60
40.	(9 sc, inc) x6	66
41-46	Sc in all 66 sts	66
47.	(9 sc, dec) x6	60
48.	Sc in all 60 sts	60
49.	(8 sc, dec) x6	54
50.	Sc in all 54 sts	54
51.	(7 sc, dec) x6	48
52.	Sc in all 48 sts	48

Place the safety eyes in round 43, with 8 sts gap between them.

53.	6 sc, dec) x6	42
54.	(5 sc, dec) x6	36
55.	(4 sc, dec) x6	30
56.	(3 sc, dec) x6	24
57.	(2 sc, dec) x6	18
58.	1 sc, dec) x6	12
59.	Dec x6	6

Close the round by working all single crochets together and neatly hide the threads.

We are now going to make the details for the eyes.

At first I always put a thread along the eyes so that they are deeper in the head. I do this with the same color as the head. I show this below with photos from the bear’s blog. The principle is the same.

Insert the brown thread in the back of the head all the way past the eye

Pass the thread in front of the eyelet and insert it again on the other side next to the eye

Pull the thread through the head back to the back of the head. Make sure that you end up in the same place as where you inserted the thread in step 1. Then you pull the threads slightly, so that the eye is more in the head. Tie a small knot to keep them in place and neatly tuck away the threads.

With black thread you can make a nose and whiskers on the cats head.

Ears (yellow)

Make two

1.	6 sc in the mr	6
2.	(1 sc, inc) x3	9
3.	Sc in all 9 sts	9
4.	(2 sc, inc) x3	12
5.	Sc in all 12 sts	12
6.	(1 sc, inc) x6	18
7.	(2 sc, inc) x6	24
8.	Sc in all 24 sts	24

Press the ends together and crochet the opposite single crochet stitches together to close the ear. When attaching, make sure to bend the bottom of the ears a little, so that the inside of the ears get a little shape. See the photo below.

I then placed them slightly in front of the center of the head with 4 single crochet spaces in between at the top. I lowered the other end of the earpiece at an angle 4 rounds. But above all, see what you like!

Arms (white)

Make two

1.	6 sc in the mr	6
2.	Inc in each sts	12
3.	(1 sc, inc) x6	18
4-8	Sc in all 18 sts	18
9.	(1 sc, dec) x6	12
10-13	Sc in all 12 sts	12

Fill the arm, but make sure that it is not filled too tightly at the top, so you can attach it easily.

Press the ends together and crochet the opposite sc’s together to close the arm. Leave a long thread to attach the arms to the body. Then attach them to the sides of the body in round 28.

Tail (yellow/white)

Start with yellow. Fill the tail very lightly while crocheting

1.	6 sc in the mr	6
2.	Inc in each sts	12
3-5	Sc in all 12 sts	12
	Fasten off yellow and continue with white
6-20	Sc in all 12 sts	12

We attach the tail open to the body in rows 13-16 of the back.

Now you’ve made the whole kitten! I hope the description was clear enough and the pattern is useful to you 😊. Have fun with the cat!

Love, Margo

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