Baby Kitten

Free Baby Kitten crochet pattern by Olga Piliponis @danart_est.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small plush kitten. For this amigurumi project, any plush yarn will work: YarnArt Dolce, Himalaya Dolphin Baby, Nako Bonbon Panda Baby, and others.

Finished toy size: about 17 cm.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Dolce plush yarn in any color (less than one skein)
• 4 mm crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• 10x11 mm safety nose (can be replaced with yarn)
• Yarn-matching thread and thread for shaping the muzzle
• Fiberfill
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Baby kitten amigurumi crochet pattern

Lower legs (2 pieces)

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook (6)
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3-4: 12 sc (2 rounds)
5: 4 dec, 4 sc (8)
6-9: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Stuff from the bottom. Fold the edges together and crochet 4 sc through both layers. Leave a short tail.

Upper legs (2 pieces)

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook (6)
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-4: 9 sc (2 rounds)
5: 3 dec, 3 sc (6)
6-9: 6 sc (4 rounds) + 1 sc to shift the round start

Stuff from the bottom. Fold the edges together and crochet 3 sc through both layers. Leave a short tail.

Body

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook (6)
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: Crochet in the lower legs: 4 sc across the first leg, 7 sc, 4 sc across the second leg, 9 sc (24)
6-7: 24 sc (2 rounds)
8: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
9: 18 sc (18)
10: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
11: 2 sc, 3 sc catching the upper leg, 4 sc, 3 sc catching the second upper leg, 3 sc (15)
12: 15 sc (15)

Head

1: 2 ch, 6 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook (6)
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-8: 30 sc (3 rounds)
9: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
10: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
11: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
12: 15 sc (15)

Ears (2 pieces)

1: 2 ch, 3 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook (3)
2: (inc) x 3 (6)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
4: 9 sc

Do not stuff. Fold the edges together and crochet them closed. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail

1: 2 ch, 5 sc in the 2nd chain from the hook (5)
2-8: 5 sc (7 rounds)

Do not stuff.

Toy assembly

• Attach the eyes and nose.
• Stuff the body and head.
• Sew the head to the body.
• Sew on the ears and tail.
• Shape the muzzle: secure the thread at the neck, bring the needle out to the right of the eye and insert it to the left of the eye, bringing it back out at the starting point. Pull tight; repeat if needed. Tighten as much as you like. Repeat for the other eye.
• Only after that, make the mouth: attach plush yarn where the mouth starts and work single crochet stitches across the muzzle. Fasten off, hide the tails inside, and reinforce these points with regular sewing thread.
• Then add whiskers and eyebrows.