Crochet Amigurumi Cat Pattern: Farm Animal Crochet Series

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Ben the Barn Cat is the latest pattern in my Farm Series! He is my 12th pattern in my Farm Series!  You can make your own little farm with all of these free patterns. You can checkout most of my Farm Series patterns right here on my blog or purchase the PDFs with hints and tips for all through my Etsy. The free blog patterns don’t contain all my hints/tips or photographs like my paid patterns, but they do give the basics.  Ben is free here now, but you can find my PDF on Etsy HERE. 

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Sugarcane the Sheep was the pattern before this one – #11! – and she can be found HERE. for free or you can purchase the PDF HERE.  Before that, I released Ginger the Goat and  Polly and Puff Chicken. Ginger is my 10th animal and can be found on Etsy HERE and Polly and Puff are the 9th in my Farm Series and on Etsy right HERE. . Amigurumi just makes me so happy – each animal has their own personality at the end and making them is so joyful!

Did you meet Haybelly the Horse? Or Digger the Donkey? I also have Barley the Beagle and Butterbean the Bunny with a free addition to her pattern for her baby, Clover. And the three patterns before those were the sweet Dixie the Duckling, Cocoa the Cow, and Peaches the Pig. And don’t miss Lambert the Llama – he’s my most visited pattern to date here on my blog.

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Materials:

Yarn: I have used 3 different yarns for this project so that I could get him “furry.” I find some of the fur and fuzzy yarns difficult to use sometimes on their own, so I typically pair them with another strand. I wanted to use some of what I had in my stash as well – so, I went with these three:

Big Twist Rainbow Classic #5 Bulky yarn (but to me it works up like a #4 yarn) in Black

Buttercream Angel Hair yarn in Black. This is also a #5 yarn and works up as a #5 yarn. So, that is two, bulky yarns – and I held them together. The Buttercream is so soft and a little fuzzy.

I also used some Lion Brand Fun Fur yarn in Black.

Now, I chose these three for “fuzzy” and for “black” and it’s what I had in my stash – You can easily just use any TWO of these – so, hold two strands together of the Big Twist and one of the other yarns. In that case you will need one big roll of the Big Twist (it’s a big roll – 615 yds) and two rolls of your second choice. Or you can do like me – I used the Buttercream held with the Big Twist for the body and switch when I ran out of that at the head and used the Fun Fur with the Big Twist. The legs are all just single ply Big Twist yarn.

I also used some scraps of white on the neck and tip of tail and to outline the eyes a little and a pink scrap for the nose.

My cat is almost 30” tall – so, if you want a smaller cat, I recommend going down to a #3 or #4 yarn held with the Fun Fur yarn.

-Hooks: I used several sizes hooks for this pattern. I used my H, I and J for this pattern, but if you are using different materials please adjust your hook size accordingly. I used a J for the body and head because I held two #5 yarns together – but, this is a big hook for amigurumi, so, if you use smaller yarn please go down a size. You want nice, tight stitches with NO gaps to see the polyfill when stuffed. I used my I hook for the ears and my H hook for the cheeks and legs. I will note more on this in those sections.

-These are the hooks I use exclusively now. They have helped end any hand pain I had.

-Safety Eyes or buttons (or yarn to embroider if you choose) and needle to embroider face. These are the ones that I used:

-Stuffing. I have used Poly-Fill brand stuffing, but feel free to use what you prefer.

– I don’t use Stitch markers, but if you do you will want those to keep track of your rounds. As a “free” stitch marker you can loop a bright colored piece of scrap yarn through your stitch to act as a marker – then just pull it out when you get back around to it and move it up one row. Easy marker!

Stitch Glossary:

Chain: Ch

Single Crochet: SC

Inc Sc: make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch as indicated

Invisible Decrease: inv. dec. – this is an invisible single crochet decrease

Hdc: Half double crochet

Dc: double crochet

Tr: treble crochet

Slip Stitch: sl st

FO: finish off

This is a simplified pattern as stated – a chart with the numbers – you need to have knowledge of crochet amigurumi and how to do rounds and increases to read. If you do it will be pretty straight forward.

I start my work with a chain 2 and then sc in second chain from hook, but you can also start with a magic ring if you prefer that start.

This pattern starts at the bottom of body and then changes to the head.

Please see my notes in the materials section to aid you with your body/head material selection. I held two strands of #5 yarn so my hook size is bigger (J) – please adjust your hook to your material. This will change the finished size of your cat.

Head/Body:

Row/Round	Stitch Count/Number
1	6
2	12
3	18
4	24
5	30
6	36
7	42
8	48
9	54
10-19	54
20	48
21-22	48
23	42
24-25	42
26	36
27-28	36
29	30
30	24
31	24
32	30
33	36 -this is the round I switched to my fun fur yarn.
34-42	36 – I placed my eyes between rounds 37-38. This is where I also stopped to embroider my nose.
43	30
44	24
45	18
46	12
47	12

 

Cheeks: (make 2)

I used a single strand of the Big Twist yarn and my H hook.

After making them I used a little white to embroider whiskers.

Row/Round	Stitch Count/Number
1	6
2	12
3	18
4	24
5	24 – leave a little bit of a tail to sew on the face. I added a tiny bit of fill to puff them out.

Feet/Legs (make four):

I used a single strand of the Big Twist yarn and my H hook.

Row/Round	Stitch Count/Number
1	6
2	12
3	18
4	24
5-14	24 – I stopped right here and added the “toenails” with white yarn so that I could tie off the ends inside the feet. I only stuffed this part of each foot.
15	18
16	18
17	12
18-47 (30 rounds)	12 *FO leave long tail to sew

I sew the back legs between rounds 5-7 and sewed the “arms” or front legs between rounds 27-28.

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Ears(make 2): *I used my I hook for these to get them bigger and floppier. I also used one strand of the Big Twist with one strand of the Fur yarn.

Row/Round	Stitch Count/Number
1	6
2	8 *this is (sc, sc, inc) 2
3	10*this is (sc, sc, sc, inc) 2
4	12*this is (sc, sc, sc, sc, inc) 2
5	15*this is (sc, sc, sc, inc) 3
6-8	15
9	18*this is (sc, sc, sc, sc, inc) 3
10-11	18 *FO leaving long tail to sew

Tail:

For the tail, I used my I hook and used two strands. I started with two strands of furry white and then changed to two strands of black. I used the Big Twist and the Fun Fur for the black.

Row/Round	Stitch Count/Number
1	6
2	12
3	15
4-15	15
16	12
17- ++ to length	12 – just repeat round 17 to length of tail you want. I ended up doing 25 rounds after I did round 17.

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