Sometimes you need to crochet a cat. Sometimes you need to crochet a small cat. Sometimes you need to crochet a cat quickly. Sometimes you wanna crochet a bunch of cats! Sometimes you just want to use up some extra yarn. This is the pattern for you! I designed it to be super quick and simple. It works up quickly and looks cute every time.
Crochet Mini Cat Pattern Notes
I made these little bad boys using continuous rounds. The legs are joined together to form the body, and the body leaves holes for you to attach the arms to. I used a 3.5 mm hook with medium weight yarn, and they worked up to be about 4.5 inches tall. Feel free to mix it up with different sizes of hooks and yarns to make an extra mini or not so mini cat!
Stitches and Abbreviations
Here are the crochet stitches and abbreviations used in this pattern. Click the link if you need a refresher on how to do them!
- magic ring – mr
- chain -ch
- single crochet – sc
- slip stitch – slst
- increase – inc
- decrease – dec
Any parts of the pattern written in brackets [ ] will tell you that this part needs to be repeated. It will be followed by an ‘x’ to let you know how many times it should be repeated.
Materials
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- scissors
- tapestry needle
- stitch marker
- yarn for body (I used LoveCrafts Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran in Blood Orange, but any yarn will work!)
- yarn for stripes ( I used LoveCrafts Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran in Marine Blue)
- fiberfill for stuffing
- hot glue gun or fabric glue
- materials for the face (I used puffy fabric paint because I wanted to have more control over what the face looked like, but you could also use safety eyes or buttons and embroidery thread)
Crochet Mini Cat Pattern
Start with the legs, fasten off the first one but continue on to the body on the second one.
Legs
Make 2
With main yarn color, create a magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
Rounds 2-4: sc around (6)
Fasten off the first leg. DO Not fasten off the second leg. Instead, continue to the body. Stuff the legs firmly. I like to use the back of my crochet hook to really push the stuffing in there.
Body (continued from legs)
Round 5: ch 6, 6 sc around the first leg, 6 sc across ch, 6 sc around second leg, 6 sc across other side of ch (24)
Round 6: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 7: [2 sc, inc, 2sc] x 6 (36)
Rounds 8-14: sc around (36)
In the next round, you are going to be creating holes where the arms will be attached. If you crochet much tighter or looser than I do, you might need to adjust where you put the chains and skipped stitches. Simply crochet more or less single crochets at the beginning of the round to make sure that the arm holes are centered in front of the body.
Round 15: 7 sc, ch 3, skip 3 stitches, 7 sc, ch 3, skip 3 stitches, 16 sc
Round 16: 7 sc, 3 sc in ch, 7 sc, 3 sc in ch, 16 sc (36)
Rounds 17-20: sc around (36)
Begin stuffing the body, and continue stuffing along the way. Be sure to really stuff down into the legs as well.
Round 21: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6 (30)
Round 22: [3sc, dec] x 6 (24)
Round 23: [sc, dec, sc] x 6 (18)
Round 24: [dec, sc] x 6 (12)
Round 25: dec x 6 (6)
Fasten off. Make sure the body is stuffed firmly to the top. Use the tail to close the opening, and hide the end.
Arms
Make 2.
With the main color yarn, attach to the corner of the opening for the arm.
Round 1: 6 sc around the opening of the arm (6)
Rounds 2-3: sc around (6)
Fasten off. Push as much stuffing into the arm as you can. I use the back of my crochet hook to do this. Use the tail to pull the hole closed, and hide the end.
Ears
Make 2.
With main color yarn, create a magic ring.
Round 1: 4 sc in mr (4)
Round 2: [inc, sc] x 2 (6)
Round 3: [inc, sc] x3 (9)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew to the body. Do not stuff.
Tail
With main color yarn, create a magic ring.
Round 1: 4 sc in mr (4)
Rounds 2-15: sc around (4)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew to the body. Do not stuff.
Stripes
Make 3.
Ch 16. In second ch from the hook, sl st across.
Fasten off, and weave in ends.
Putting it Together
Flatten the ears and sew them to the top of the head. Sew the tail to the back of the body. Using a glue gun, glue the stripes on the back of the cat
Finally, create a face! I used fabric paint to give my cat some rosy cheeks, eyes,, whiskers, nose and mouth.
And just like that, your mini crochet cat is done! Don’t leave him lonely! Make him some friends. Try making them in different sizes and colors! And if you want more mini patterns, you can find them here.
Thanks for choosing this pattern, and feel free to let me know if you have any questions!
