Tiger Cub

Free crochet tutorial for a Tiger Cub by Viktoriya Makarevich @odessaviktorytoy.

With this pattern, you can crochet a tiger with a scarf. Any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

The finished toy is about 10 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn: orange, white, brown, green
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• Thread for embroidering the face
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Tiger Cub Pattern

Head

Use orange 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 6 (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8-14: 42 sc
15: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
16: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
17: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
18: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Stuff, cut the yarn, and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing.

Muzzle

Use white yarn.

1: ch 6, start crocheting from the second chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, inc (17)
3: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc (21)

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Sew to the head between rounds 11-17. Embroider the nose, eyes, eyebrows, and stripes on the forehead and cheeks.

Ears (Make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR, ch, turn
2: 6 inc (12)

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Sew to the head between rounds 3-8.

Arms (Make 2)

Start with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc (8)
3: 8 sc
Change from white yarn to orange yarn.
4-5: 8 sc
6: change from orange yarn to brown yarn, 8 sc
7-8: crochet 2 rounds with orange yarn, 8 sc
9: change from orange yarn to brown yarn, 8 sc
Work all remaining rounds with orange yarn.
10-17: 8 sc
18: Fold the piece in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers.

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Do not stuff the piece.

Legs (Make 2)

Start with white yarn.

1: ch 6, start crocheting from the second chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, inc (17)
Change from white yarn to orange yarn.
3: 6 sc, inc, (1 sc, inc) x 2, 6 sc (20)
4: 7 sc, inc, (1 sc, inc) x 2, 6 sc (23)
5: 23 sc
6: 7 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 2, 6 sc (20)
7: 6 sc, 4 dec, 6 sc (16)
8: 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
9-10: 12 sc

Stuff the piece. Fasten off and cut the yarn. Leave a tail for sewing.

Body

Start with orange 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 6 (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9-12: 48 sc
Change from orange yarn to brown yarn.
13: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Change from brown yarn to orange yarn.
14-15: 42 sc
16: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Change from orange yarn to brown yarn.
17: 36 sc
Change from brown yarn to orange yarn.
18: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
19-20: 30 sc
Change from orange yarn to brown yarn.
21: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Change from brown yarn to orange yarn.
22-23: 24 sc
24: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
25: 18 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Stuff the piece. Sew the arms between rounds 22-23.

Tail

Start with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc (8)
3: inc, 7 sc (9)
Change from white yarn to orange yarn.
4-6: 9 sc
Change from orange yarn to brown yarn.
7: 9 sc
Change from brown yarn to orange yarn.
8-12: 9 sc
Change from orange yarn to brown yarn.
13: 9 sc
Change from brown yarn to orange yarn.
14-20: 9 sc
21: Fold in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers.

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing. Sew between rounds 5-6, counting from the bottom.

Belly

Use white yarn.

1: 8 sc in MR
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
5: 1 sc, 5 hdc, 1 sc, sl st

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing.

Scarf

Chain 65, crochet from the 3rd chain from the hook: 62 hdc.

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Make tassels.