Caramel the Tiger

Free crochet pattern for Caramel the Tiger by Svetlana Bolotova @svetlana_kids_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a tiger wearing a scarf. You can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn suitable for amigurumi, along with an appropriately sized crochet hook.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: orange, white, and brown (for the tiger)
• Yarn in any color (for the scarf)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Pattern for Amigurumi Caramel the Tiger

Arms (make 2)

Start with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc x 6 = 12 sc
3: (sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
4: (5 sc, inc) x 3 = 21 sc
5-7: 21 sc
8: (5 sc, dec) x 3 = 18 sc
9: (4 sc, dec) x 3 = 15 sc

Change to orange yarn.
10: 15 sc
11: 15 sc
12: 15 sc
Change to brown yarn.
13: 15 sc
Change to orange yarn.
14: 15 sc
15: 15 sc
Change to brown yarn.
16: 15 sc
Change to orange yarn.
17: 15 sc
18: 15 sc
Change to brown yarn.
19: (3 sc, dec) x 3 = 12 sc
Change to orange yarn.
20: Fold the piece in half across the top and work 5 sc through both layers.

Legs (make 2)

Start with white yarn. Ch 6 and begin working in the second chain from the hook.

1: 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch (at the end of the chain), 3 sc, inc = 12 sc
2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc = 18 sc
3: sc, inc, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 = 24 sc
4: 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 = 30 sc
5-8: (4 rounds) 30 sc
9: 6 sc, 8 dec in a row (work through the front loops of the previous round), 8 sc = 22 sc
10: 22 sc
Change to the main color (orange).
11: 6 sc, 4 dec in a row (work through the front loops of the previous round), 8 sc = 18 sc
12: 18 sc
13: 18 sc
Change to brown yarn.
14: 18 sc
Change to orange yarn.
15: 18 sc
16: 18 sc
Change to brown yarn.
17: 18 sc
Change to orange yarn.
18: 18 sc
19: 18 sc
Change to brown yarn.
20: 18 sc
Change to orange yarn.
21: 18 sc
22: Fold the piece in half across the top and work 8 sc through both layers.

On the right leg, work about half of Round 22, fold the top in half, and work 8 sc through both layers.

Body

Start with the main color.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc x 6 = 12 sc
3: (sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24 sc
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30 sc
6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36 sc
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42 sc
8: Join the legs as you crochet: 8 sc through the first leg (left), 13 sc, 8 sc through the second leg, 13 sc = 42 sc

Change to brown yarn.
9: 42 sc
Change to orange yarn.
10: 42 sc
11: 42 sc
Change to brown yarn.
12: 42 sc
Change to orange yarn.
13: 42 sc
14: 42 sc
Change to brown yarn.
15: 42 sc
Change to orange yarn.
16: (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36 sc
17: 36 sc
Change to brown yarn.
18: 36 sc
Change to orange yarn.
19: 42 sc
20: (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30 sc
Change to brown yarn.
21: 30 sc
Change to orange yarn.
22: 30 sc
23: Join the arms as you crochet: 2 sc, 5 sc through the first arm, 11 sc across the center of the body, 5 sc through the second arm, 7 sc = 30 sc
Change to brown yarn.
24: (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc
Change to orange yarn.
25: (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18 sc

Muzzle and Head

Insert the eyes between Rounds 10 and 11, leaving 13 stitches between them. Start with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc x 6 = 12 sc
3: (sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24 sc
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 = 30 sc
6-8: 30 sc
Change to the main color.
9: 12 sc, 6 inc in a row, 12 sc = 36 sc
10: 12 sc, (sc, inc) x 6, 12 sc = 42 sc
11: 42 sc
12: 42 sc
13: 42 sc
14: In brown: 42 sc
15: In orange: 42 sc
16: In orange: 42 sc
17: In brown: 42 sc
18: In orange: 42 sc
19: In orange: 42 sc
20: In brown: 42 sc
21: In orange: 42 sc
From this point on, work only in the main color.
22: (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36 sc
23: (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30 sc
24: (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24 sc
25: (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18 sc
26: (sc, dec) x 6 = 12 sc
27: dec x 6

Tail

1: In brown: 6 sc in 1 stitch
2: In brown: inc x 6 = 12 sc
3: In brown: 12 sc
Continue alternating colors: 2 rounds in orange, then 1 round in brown.
Work 18 rounds.
22: (2 sc, dec) x 3 = 9 sc
23: Fold the piece in half across the top and work 4 sc through both layers.

Ears (make 2)

Inner ear, work in the contrasting color.

1: 5 sc in 1 stitch, ch 1, turn
2: inc in each stitch.

Cut and fasten off the yarn.

Outer ear, work in the main color.

1: 5 sc in 1 stitch, ch 1, turn
2: inc in each stitch.

Do not cut the yarn. Place the two halves together, one on top of the other, and join them with sc using the main color.

Sew the ears to Round 20 of the head. When sewing the head to the body, position it so the three brown stripes on the head are centered above the toy's neck.