Tiger Cub

A free crochet tutorial for Tiger Cub by Olga Askarova @by_olik_ask.

With this pattern, you can crochet a tiger with a scarf. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project.

The finished toy measures about 14 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Lana Grace Classic yarn (75% acrylic, 25% merino, 100 g / 300 m), black and orange
• YarnArt Jeans yarn (for the scarf)
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Sewing needle for attaching parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Tiger Cub Pattern

Ears (make 2)

With orange yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: 9 sc

Head

With orange yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rounds 9-11: 48 sc (3 rounds)
Round 12: with black yarn: 36 sc, with orange yarn: 12 sc (48)
Rounds 13-14: with orange yarn: 48 sc
Round 15: crochet as Round 12
Rounds 16-17: with orange yarn: 48 sc
Round 18: crochet as Round 12
Round 19: with orange yarn: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 20: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 21: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 22: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 23: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Tail

With black yarn:

Rounds 1-3: 6 sc
Rounds 4-5: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 6: with black yarn: 6 sc
Rounds 7-8: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 9: with black yarn: 6 sc
Rounds 10-11: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 12: with black yarn: 6 sc
Rounds 13-14: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 15: with black yarn: 6 sc
Rounds 16-17: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 18: with black yarn: 6 sc
Round 19: with orange yarn: 6 sc

Fold the piece in half and crochet a joining row of 3 sc.

Arms (make 2)

With orange yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc
Round 2: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rounds 3-4: 8 sc
Round 5: (2 sc, dec) x 2 (6)
Round 6: 6 sc
Round 7: with black yarn: 6 sc
Rounds 8-9: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 10: with black yarn: 6 sc
Rounds 11-12: with orange yarn: 6 sc
Round 13: with black yarn: 6 sc
Round 13: 6 sc

Fold the piece in half and crochet a joining row of 3 sc.

Legs (make 2)

With orange yarn:

Rounds 1-4: 5 sc (4 rounds)
Round 5: with black yarn: (1 sc, inc) x 2, 1 sc (7)
Rounds 6-7: with orange yarn: 7 sc
Round 8: with black yarn: 7 sc
Round 9: with orange yarn: (2 sc, inc) x 2, 1 sc (9)

Do not cut the yarn on the second leg. Chain 4 (the distance between the legs), join both legs, and start crocheting the body.

Body

Round 1: 26 sc (9 sc along one leg, 4 sc along the chain, 9 sc along the second leg, 4 sc along the chain)
Round 2: 9 sc, 4 inc, 9 sc, 4 inc (34)
Round 3: 34 sc
Round 4: 12 sc, 2 inc, 15 sc, 2 inc, 3 sc (38)
Round 5: 38 sc
Round 6: 38 sc, crochet the tail in
Rounds 7-8: 38 sc
Round 9: 15 sc, dec, 17 sc, dec, 2 sc (36)
Round 10: 36 sc
Round 11: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 12: 30 sc
Round 13: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 14: 24 sc
Round 15: 24 sc, crochet the arms in. Distance between the arms: 9 sc
Round 16: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Scarf

Rows 1-5: BLO: 75 sl st