Mushroom Cat

Free crochet tutorial for Mushroom Cat by a foreign author (credited in the photo). Translation: @crochet063.

With this pattern, you can crochet a kitty in a mushroom costume. Any plush, velvet, or cotton yarn works for this amigurumi project. The whole face is embroidered. The author offers two design options: fly agaric and champignon mushroom. The toy can also be used as a keychain.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Thread for face embroidery
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Dry pastels for shading
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sl st — slip stitch
• ch — chain stitch
• sc — single crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• BLO — back loop only
• (...) x n times — repeat n times

Mushroom Cat Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Body

1. with red yarn, 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6
4. (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 6
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6
6. (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 6

7-8. 36 sc
9. (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x 6
10. 15 dec
11. with white yarn, BLO (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) x 5
12. (3 sc, inc) x 5
13. (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x 5

14-15. 30 sc
16. 15 dec
17. 7 dec, 1 sc

Ears (make 2)

1. 2 ch, in the 2nd ch from hook: 1 sc

Arms (make 2)

1. 3 ch, in the 2nd ch from hook: hdc, 1 sc

Tail

1. 9 ch, in the 2nd ch from hook: hdc, 7 sc

Top Pattern for the Mushroom Cap (Champignon)

1. in ring: (5 ch, in the 2nd ch from hook: sl st, 3 sc, sl st in ring) x 4

Glue with the wrong side facing down.