Plush Felix the Cat

Author: Anastasia Kravchenko
Difficulty Level: easy

Plush Felix the Cat crochet pattern

Free crochet tutorial for Felix the Cat by Anastasia Kravchenko.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush Felix the Cat. Any plush yarn will work well for this amigurumi project: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, and others.

Yarn usage for one toy is about 1 skein of the main black color and 0.5 skein of white.

Materials and Tools

  • Plush yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby (black), 1 skein
  • Plush yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby (white), half a skein
  • Plush yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby (80309-pink)
  • 4-5 mm crochet hook
  • 18 mm safety eyes
  • 18 mm pink safety nose
  • Synthetic poly filling
  • Strong thread for sewing the parts together (white and black)
  • Needle
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • dc - double crochet
  • hdc - half double crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n - repeat n times

Felix the Cat Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Legs and Body

Start with white yarn for the legs:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6. 18 sc
7. 2 sc, 5 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc (12)
8. 12 sc
9. change color to black, 12 sc
10-11. 12 sc
12. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
13-15. 18 sc

  • Left leg: fasten off, cut the yarn, and hide the end.
  • Right leg: crochet 4 more sc and continue working the body from the right leg. Chain 2, set the right leg aside and take the left one. On the left leg, count back 4 sc from the end of the round and join the right leg into the 4th stitch by making 1 sc, then continue with round 16:

16. 18 sc, 2 sc along the ch, 19 sc, 2 sc along the ch, 1 sc (42)
17. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
18-24. 48 sc (7 rounds)
25. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
26. 42 sc
27. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
28-30. 36 sc, start stuffing the legs and body
31. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
32-33. 30 sc
34. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
35. 24 sc
36. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18), fasten off, cut the yarn, and hide the end. The legs and body are done! =)

Belly

Using white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 2, 4 sc, inc made from 1 hdc and 1 dc, 4 dc, inc made from 1 dc and 1 hdc, (4 sc, inc) x 2 (36)
7. 36 sc

Tail

Start with white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-5. 9 sc (3 rounds)
6-23. Using black yarn, 9 sc. The tail is done! =)

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8-13. 42 sc (6 rounds)
14. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
15. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
16. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
17. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18), fasten off, cut the yarn, and hide the end. The head is done! =)

Insert the eyes between rounds 10 and 11, with 6 sc between them. Insert the nose between rounds 12 and 13.

Muzzle

Using white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc, join 2 pieces together with 2 sl st.

Lower Jaw

3 ch.

Ears (2 pieces)

Important!!! First crochet two pieces in white, then two in black! Attention!!! Work in turning rows!!!

1. 5 sc in MR
2. ch, 2 sc, inc made from 3 sc, 2 sc
3. ch, inc, 2 sc, inc made from 3 sc, 2 sc, inc
4. ch, inc, 4 sc, inc made from 3 sc, 4 sc, inc.

Cut the yarn on the white triangles and fasten off. Do not cut the yarn on the black triangles; place the pieces wrong sides together and crochet around them with sc without increases. Do not crochet across the bottom part of the ear! The ear is done! =)

Paws (2 pieces)

Start with white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 2 sc, inc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 3 sc (16)
4-5. 16 sc
6. 3 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
7-18. change color to black, 12 sc. At the end of round 18, crochet 2 more sc; do not stuff the paw all the way, just a tiny bit at the beginning of the paw! Fold the piece in half and crochet it closed with sc. The paws are done! =)

Sew all the parts together! Sew the ears on at an angle so they look more realistic!