Tiger Cubs

Free Tiger Cubs crochet tutorial by Evgeniya Lukomskaya @evgenka_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a boy tiger and a girl tiger in a skirt. For this amigurumi, any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn will work.

Finished toy size: about 15 cm.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt BABY yarn in orange
• Alize Softy yarn in white for the muzzle
• YarnArt BABY yarn in pink for the dress
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Black and white thread for embroidery
• Toy stuffing
• Pins for holding parts before sewing
• Stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round
• Sewing needle for joining parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Tiger Cub Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Legs and Arms (4 pieces)

Start with white yarn. Work in a spiral.

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3-5: 12 sc - 3 rounds without changes (12)
6: switch to orange yarn and crochet 12 sc (12)
7-15: 12 sc - 9 rounds without changes (12)

Stuff only the lower part. Fold and crochet through both layers with 6 sc. For the girl version, crochet 2 pieces with pink yarn in rounds 13-15.

Tail

Crochet with orange yarn. Do not stuff. Work in a spiral.

1: 4 sc in MR (4)
2-14: 4 sc - 13 rounds without changes (4)

Body-Head

Crochet with orange yarn in a spiral. Stuff as you go.

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (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: 36 sc - round without changes (36)
8: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
9: 8 sc, 6 sc together with one leg, 18 sc, 6 sc together with the second leg, 4 sc (42)
10: 22 sc, 2 sc together with the tail, 18 sc (42)
11-14: 42 sc - 4 rounds without changes (42) - for the girl version, work round 12 in back loop only.
15: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
16-17: 36 sc - 2 rounds without changes (36)
18: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
19-21: 30 sc - 3 rounds without changes (30)
22: 6 sc, 6 sc with one arm, 10 sc, 6 sc with the second arm, 2 sc (30)

If needed, use shift stitches so the arms sit proportionally on the sides of the body.

23: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
24: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
25: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
26: (sc, inc) x 6 (36)
27-29: 36 sc - 3 rounds without changes (36)
30: (2 sc, inc) x 12 (48)
31-33: 48 sc - 3 rounds without changes (48)
34: (4 sc, dec) x 8 (40)
35-39: 40 sc - 5 rounds without changes (40)
40: (4 sc, dec) x 6, 4 sc (34)
41: (2 sc, dec) x 8, 2 sc (26)
42: (sc, dec) x 8, 2 sc (18)
43: 9 dec (9)

Make a sl st. Close the opening. For the girl version, use pink yarn from rounds 1-23, then switch to orange.

Muzzle

Crochet with white yarn in a spiral. Stuff before sewing on.

1: 3 ch, starting in the 2nd chain from hook: sc, 3 sc in the 1st chain, sc (5)
2: sc, 3 inc, sc, 2 inc (12)
3: sc, (inc, sc) x 3, sc, (inc, sc) x 2 (17)
4-5: 17 sc - 2 rounds without changes (17)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Ears (2 pieces)

Crochet 2 pieces with orange yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: Edge the ear with brown yarn: 24 sc - round without changes (24)

Skirt

Attach pink yarn to round 12. Work into the remaining front loops.

1: (dc, inc made with dc) x 21 (63)
2: (tr, inc made with tr) x 31, tr (94)

Fasten off. Sew all parts together. Add final details.