Tiger Cub

Free Tiger Cub crochet tutorial by Nadezhda Babunova @nadyushkiny_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a tiger. For this amigurumi, any acrylic, cotton, or blended yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work.

Finished toy size is about 14 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Acrylic yarn: orange, white, black
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Thread for sculpting
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Tiger Cub Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Muzzle-Head

Start with white yarn.

1: 5 ch; from the 2nd chain from hook: 1 inc, 2 sc, 4 sc in the first ch, 2 sc, inc (12)
2: 2 inc, 2 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (20)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 2, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 4, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 (28)
4-5: 28 sc
Change to orange yarn.
6: 4 sc, 6 hdc inc, 18 sc (34)
7: 4 sc, (1 hdc, hdc inc) x 6, 6 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 2 sc (38)
8: 24 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec (36)
9: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
10-14: 42 sc

Insert safety eyes in round 7, with 8 hdc between the eyes.

15: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
16: 36 sc
17: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30), stuff as you go.
18: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
19: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
20: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
21: 6 dec (6)

Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail.

Ear (2 pieces)

Work in turning rows.

1: 3 ch, from the 2nd chain from hook 2 sc
2: turn, ch 1, 1 sc, inc (3)
3: turn, ch 1, 2 sc, inc (4)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing. Edge with black yarn; I have 10 sc. Crochet the second ear the same way.

Upper Paws (2 pieces)

Start with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
4: 15 sc
5: 1 sc, 3 dec, 8 sc (12)
Change to orange yarn.
6: (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
7-8: 9 sc in orange (orange color), stuff the paw.
9: join black yarn (black color), 9 sc
10-11: 9 sc (orange color)
12: 9 sc (black color)
13-14: 9 sc (orange color)
15: 9 sc (black color)
16-17: 9 sc (orange color)

Or crochet rounds 6 to 17 in orange, and embroider the stripes in black later. Stuff lightly, fold in half, and crochet 4 sc through both layers, then fasten and hide the yarn tail.

Lower Paws (2 pieces)

Start crocheting with white 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: 24 sc
6: 2 sc, 6 dec, 10 sc (18)
7: 2 sc, 3 dec, 10 sc (15), change to orange yarn.
8: 15 sc
9: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12), stuff the paw.
10: 12 sc, join black yarn
11: 12 sc (black color)
12-13: 12 sc (orange color)
14: 12 sc (black color)
15-16: 12 sc (orange color)
17: 12 sc (black color)
18-19: 12 sc (orange color)
20: 12 sc (black color)
21-22: 12 sc (orange color)

Or crochet rounds 7 to 22 in orange, and embroider the stripes in black later. Stuff lightly, fold in half, and crochet 6 sc through both layers, then fasten and hide the yarn tail.

Tail

Start crocheting with white yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 sc, change to orange yarn.
3-5: 6 sc (orange color)
6: 6 sc (black color)
7-9: 6 sc (orange color)
10: 6 sc (black color)
11-13: 6 sc (orange color)
14: 6 sc (black color)
15-17: 6 sc (orange color)
18: 6 sc (black color)
19-20: 6 sc (orange color)

Or crochet rounds 3 to 20 in orange, then embroider the stripes in black later.

Fold in half and crochet 2 sc through both layers. The tail is intended to be crocheted in, but if you want to sew it on, leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Body

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: 42 sc
9: crochet in the lower paws: 3 sc, 6 sc with paw, 18 sc, 6 sc with paw, 9 sc (42)
10: 38 sc, 2 sc with tail, 2 sc (42)
11: start crocheting stripes: 1 sc (orange color), 12 sc (black color), 10 sc (orange color), 12 sc (black color), 7 sc (orange color) (42)
12-13: 42 sc (orange color)
14: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
15: 10 sc (black color), 12 sc (orange color), 14 sc (black color) (36)
16-17: 36 sc (orange color)
18: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
19: 2 sc (orange color), 9 sc (black color), 6 sc (orange color), 9 sc (black color), 4 sc (orange color) (30)
20: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
21: crochet in the upper paws: 4 sc, 4 sc with paw, 8 sc, 4 sc with paw, 4 sc (24)
22: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
23: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Finish crocheting and leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly and Finishing

• Make a face shaping pull (I used nylon thread): insert the needle into round 3-4 at the bottom of the muzzle, bring it out under one eye, go back in, then bring the needle out by the other eye and return again. Tighten slightly. Hide the thread.
• Embroider the nose and the whites of the eyes.
• Sew the ears between rounds 13-14, with 6 sc between them.
• Embroider stripes.
• Sew on the head.
• Embroider stripes.