Growing up, my husband
remembers having a stuffed black cat that his mom had made as a Halloween
decoration. Long story short, he loved that thing. He told me about it our
first Halloween together and ever since then I have been looking for a stuffed
black cat we could call our own. 5 Halloweens later and I have had no luck! I
looked everywhere. Apparently snugly black cats are not something in high
demand here. Finally this year I realized, hey, I can crochet a black cat! So
away I went to search online for some ideas. I'm really big on free patterns
and when I can't find one that I like, I usually just end up looking at
pictures, and make it up as I go. I wasn't having a ton of luck there either.
Until I found this little guy. The pattern was a little
bigger than what I wanted, so I adjusted it, and this is what I came up with.
We decided to not add eyes and a mouth, for some reason it seemed more
fun.
This was a surprise for my husband, so when I finished it I let
my kids give it to him. After which they took it right back and played with it
the rest of the night. My husband loved it! It doesn't really look anything
like the cat he had growing up, but the memory of loving it and seeing our kids
love this one was exactly what he was looking for. Success!!
Materials needed
Needle size K
Lion brand Super bulky
100% acrylic yarn, two 5oz skeins
Yarn Needle
Stitch Marker (optional)
Ribbon to tie around
neck
Stuffing- you can use
anything really, rice beans, beads. I didn't want to make an extra bag to put
those in so I just used Poly-Fil Polyester Fiber-Fil. After a
month or so of little monsters playing with it, no stuffing has been pulled
yet. :)
Terms
sc(s)- single crochet(s)
st(s)- stitch(s)
sc2tog- single crochet 2 together
Pattern
(Starting from the bottom and working up)
*If using a stitch marker, place it in the first sc of each row.
Make 6 sc in magic ring OR
ch2, 6 sc in 2nd chain from hook.
1. 2sc in each sc (12 sts)
2. 2sc in each sc (24)
3. Sc 24
4. (Sc 1, 2scs in next st) repeat around (36)
5. Sc 36
6. (Sc 3, 2scs in next st) repeat around (45)
7-21. sc 45 around.
Start stuffing at this
point and continue to add stuffing as you go.
22. (Sc 2, sc2tog) repeat around,
sc1. (34)
23. Sc 2, (sc2tog,
sc 3)* repeat to last 2 sts, sc2tog. (27)
24. (Sc 1,
sc2tog) repeat around (18).
25. Sc 18
26. (Sc 1, 2scs in
next st) repeat around (27)
27-28. Sc 27
29. (Sc 5, 2scs in
next st) repeat around, sc last 3 (31).
30-33. Sc 31
34. (Sc 5, sc2tog)
repeat around, sc last 3. (27)
35.Sc 25, sc2tog. (26)
36. Sc 26
Don't forget to keep
stuffing.
Ear 1
To make the ears, you will work both 'halves' of the head
separately
37.
Sc 6, turn (meaning go across to other side of head), sc 7 (13)
38. Sc2tog, sc 3,
sc2tog, sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog (9).
39. Sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog, sc 3 (7)
40. Sc2tog, sc 1, sc2tog around (4)
Finish Stuffing
Sew closed.
Ear 2
Repeat rows 37-40
You will have a slight gap between the ears, which can be sewn
closed at the end.
Tail
Make 6 sc in magic ring OR
ch2, 6 sc in 2nd chain from hook.
1. (Sc 1, 2scs in next st) repeat around (9)
2. Sc 9
3. (Sc 2, 2scs in next st) repeat around (12)
4. Sc 12
5. (Sc 1, 2scs in next st) repeat around (18)
6-9. Sc18
10. (Sc 1, sc2tog) repeat around (12)
11. Sc 12
12. (Sc2, sc2tog) repeat around (9)
13-14. Sc(9)
Add Stuffing
Fasten off, leaving 12 inches yarn for sewing tail onto body
later.
Finishing off
Sew the tail to the side of the body.
Add a ribbon to neck.
Sew the gap between the ears closed.
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