Amigurumi little cat with a heart pattern

Looking for the perfect Valentine amigurumi? Create your own Valentine crochet cat with this free amigurumi pattern and share a heartfelt handmade gift with someone special. To crochet this little cat with a heart you need a chenille yarn and 2.0 mm crochet hook. The finished size of the crochet cat is about 15 cm (6″) height.

Designed and photos by @mine_mira_toys
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: ΥarnΑrt Velour (100% polyester, 100 g/170 m): milk color #841 (less than half a skein)
• Wolans Βunnу Βаbу (100% polyester, 100 g/120 m): red color #100-08 for a heart
• ΥarnАrt Jеаns (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): pink color #36 for embroidering a nose, black for eyebrows, lashes, paws and whiskers
• Hook size: 2.0 mm and 2.5 mm (I used Clover hooks)
• 9 mm safety eyes
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Sewing pins
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
F. o. = finish off
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( )* 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

Free crochet cat with a heart pattern

With 2.0 mm crochet hook:

Head
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 8: (6 sc, inc)* 6 (48)
R 9-15: 48 sc (7 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 12 and R 13 at the distance of 8 stitches from each other.
R 16: (6 sc, dec)* 6 (42)
R 17: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 18: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 19: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
R 20: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
F. o.

Body
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 8-13: 42 sc (6 rows)
R 14: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 15: 36 sc
R 16: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
R 17: 30 sc
R 18: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
R 19: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
R 20: 18 sc
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)
R 5: 3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)
R 6-11: 9 sc (6 rows)
Fold the top opening flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (make 2)
R 1: 8 sc in mc (8)
R 2: (inc)* 8 (16)
R 3-4: 16 sc (2 rows)
R 5: 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
R 6-12: 12 sc (7 rows)
Fold the top opening flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)
Do not stuff.
Fold the top opening flat and 8 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Inner part of the ear
With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the ear and the inner part, hide the end of the thread inside the ear.

Tail
R 1: 5 sc in magic ring (5)
R 2: (inc)* 5 (10)
R 3-17: 10 sc (15 rows)
Do not stuff.
Fold the top opening flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

1. Sew the head to the body. Make an eye and muzzle tightening.
2. Sew the ears to the head between R 4 and R 8.
3. Sew arms to body between R 19 and R 20.
4. Sew the legs to the body between R 8 and R 9.
5. Sew the tail to the backside of the body.
6. For embroidering use YarnArt Jeans yarn divided into two threads.
   Embroider a nose with a pink thread on R 13. Using a black thread, embroider paws on the arms and legs, eyebrows, lashes, whiskers, and a strip from the nose (eyebrows at the level of R 8-9).

Heart
The heart consists of two parts.

Make 2 parts with 2.5 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)* 5 (10)
R 3: 10 sc
F. o.
Don’t cut the yarn when you will finish the second part.

We will join two parts together:

R 4: 5 sc on this (second) part, 10 sc on the first part, 5 sc on the second part (20)
R 5: 20 sc
R 6: (3 sc, dec)* 4 (16)
R 7: (2 sc, dec)* 4 (12)
R 8: (1 sc, dec)* 4 (8)
R 9: (dec)*4 (4)
Pull the hole closed through front loops. Fasten off and hide the yarn end.

Sew the heart to the arms.