Tiger Magnet

Free crochet Tiger Magnet tutorial by @sveta.toy.

With these instructions, you can crochet a tiger cub magnet. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can use the tiger as a magnet, brooch, keychain, or Christmas tree ornament.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: orange, white, and black
• Crochet hook
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Tiger Magnet Pattern

Body

Start at the top (the head). Each line below is one round.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: 12 sc
4: (5 sc, inc) x 2 (14)
5: (6 sc, inc) x 2 (16)
6: (3 sc, inc) x 4 (20)
7: (4 sc, inc) x 4 (24)
8: (5 sc, inc) x 4 (28)
9: (13 sc, inc) x 2 (30)
10-11: 30 sc
12: (11 sc, 2 dec) x 2 (26)
13: (9 sc, 2 dec) x 2 (22)
14: (4 sc, 4 dec) x 2 (14)
15: (4 sc, 2 dec) x 2 (10)
16: (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
17-21: 8 sc (5 rounds)

22: (2 sc, 2 inc) x 2 (12)
23: (3 sc, 2 inc) x 2 (14)
24: (5 sc, 2 inc) x 2 (18)
25: 18 sc
26: (6 sc, 2 inc) x 2 (20)
27-35: 20 sc (9 rounds)
36: (1 dec, 8 sc) x 2 (18)
37-38: 18 sc
39: (2 dec, 5 sc) x 2 (14)
40: (dec, 5 sc) x 2 (12)
41-42: 12 sc
43: (4 sc, 2 inc) x 2 (16)
44: (7 sc, inc) x 2 (18)
45: (8 sc, inc) x 2 (20)
46: 20 sc

Lightly stuff the head and belly, then sew them closed.

Tail

1: 6 sc in MR. Repeat for 14 rounds.

Pull the tip of the tail closed with a crochet hook and sew it to the body.

Ears

Make 2 orange pieces and 2 white pieces.

1: Ch 2, 3 sc in the second ch from the hook + 1 turning ch (3)
2: inc + 1 sc + inc + 1 turning ch (5)
3: inc + 3 sc + inc + 1 turning ch (7)
4: inc + 5 sc + inc (9)

Place one white and one orange piece together and crochet around the edge with orange yarn.

Eyes (make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR

Belly

Ch 6, starting in the second ch from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, 4 sc, inc (14)

Crochet around the edge.

Assembling the Toy

• Crochet around the head
• Crochet the shaggy cheeks
• Sew on the ears
• Sew on the eyes
• Embroider the nose and mouth
• Sew on the belly
• Embroider the legs and arms
• Draw the stripes