Round Tiger Cub

Free Round Tiger Cub crochet pattern by Elena Sekerina @elenaamigurumi.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush tiger cub. You can use any plush yarn for this amigurumi, such as Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, Nako Panda Baby, or a similar yarn. You can stuff the toy with fiberfill or place a ball pit ball inside.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Dolce plush yarn in orange, white, and black
• 4-4.5 mm crochet hook
• Black thread for embroidering the stripes
• Safety eyes
• Safety nose
• 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 amigurumi round tiger cub pattern

Snout

Round 1: 7 sc in MR (ch 2 and work 7 sc into the first ch)
Round 2: 7 inc (14)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 7 (21)
Rounds 4-5: 21 sc (2 rounds)

Change yarn color and continue crocheting.

Body

Round 6: 6 sc, 9 inc, 6 sc (30)
Round 7: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rounds 8-13: 36 sc (6 rounds)

Stuff the snout with fiberfill and place a ball pit ball inside (or stuff the entire toy with fiberfill).

Round 14: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 15: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 16: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 17: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 18: 6 dec (6)

Continue crocheting the tail. Work in the front loops only.

Rounds 19-31: 6 sc (13 rounds)
Change to white or black. Work through both loops.
Rounds 32-33: 6 sc (2 rounds)

Ears (make 2)

Work in turned rows, making 1 ch at the end of each row.

Row 1: 4 sc in MR
Row 2: 4 inc (8)
Row 3: (sc, inc) x 4 (12)
Change to black
Row 4: 12 sc

Assembly and finishing

• Needle-sculpt the snout. Begin with the eyes, keeping the thread inside the snout. For the first eye, insert the needle at points 1 and 2, then bring it out at point 3. For the second eye, use points 3 and 4.
• Next, shape the mouth, keeping the thread on the outside. Work between points 4 and 5, then points 5 and 1. From point 5, pull the thread up to point 6 to define the center of the snout.
• Glue on the nose.
• Embroider the bridge of the nose.
• Glue on the half-bead eyes.
• Sew the ears between Rounds 11 and 12, folding two stitches at each edge between Rounds 10 and 11. Leave 6 stitches between the ears.