Ingredients
- Worsted weight (weight 4, medium) acrylic yarn: about 320 total yards divided into approximately 240 yards of pumpkin orange, 60 yards of black, and 20 yards of cream
- H-8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook
- Yarn needle for weaving in ends
- Sharp scissors
- Two stitch markers (optional)
- Tape measure
- Polyester fiberfill: about 2 ounces (57 g)
- Two 12 mm safety eyes (or black embroidery floss for an embroidered face)
- Small amount of cream yarn for the muzzle
- Small amount of black yarn for the nose, mouth, and whiskers
- Rust-proof pins or blocking mats (optional)
Instructions
- Form a slip knot, then make 28 chain stitches.
- Skip the first two chains, then make one half double crochet (hdc) in each remaining chain. You will have 26 hdc.
- Chain 2 to turn, then make 26 hdc across. Repeat this row until you have 22 rows total.
- Check that you have 26 hdc across the top edge before beginning the ears.
- Chain 2, then work 6 hdc across the first 6 stitches for the first ear. Repeat for 4 rows total.
- Join pumpkin orange yarn to the seventh stitch from the opposite edge and repeat to make the second ear.
- Use the yarn needle and the tails from the ears to sew the small gaps at their bases.
- Join black yarn at the lower right corner. Make 1 single crochet (sc) in each stitch and along each row edge, placing 3 sc in each outer corner.
- Continue the black border around the ears, following their angled sides one stitch at a time.
- With cream yarn, make a magic ring. Work 6 sc into the ring, then pull the yarn tail to close the center.
- Pin the cream muzzle near the lower center of the panel and add the safety eyes.
- Stitch the muzzle in place with cream yarn, then embroider a small black triangle for the nose and short lines for the mouth.
- Weave in all ends with the yarn needle. Shape the cat with your hands and block it cold.
Notes
For a gift, sew the cat onto a small purchased pillow cover or frame it. If giving to a child, embroider the eyes instead of using safety eyes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 240 minutes
