Cute Crochet Kitten Amigurumi Tutorial For Beautiful Gift & Decor

Crochet your very own kitten amigurumi and add a touch of handmade charm to your home or gift it to someone special. This delightful project lets you work with soft yarn to stitch up a cute, cuddly cat. With basic crochet techniques like single crochet and increasing, you can bring this adorable kitten to life.

Crochet Kitten Amigurumi

Materials Needed:

• 5 mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• 12 mm safety eyes
• Chunky yarn (primary color such as cream, and secondary color such as toffee)
• Stuffing

Head:

• Create a magic ring using the cream (or primary color) yarn.
• Work 6 single crochets (sc) into the magic ring.

Round 2:

• Work 6 increases (2 sc in each stitch) around.
• Change color to toffee (or secondary color) on the last stitch by pulling through a loop of toffee yarn and tie the yarn ends together.
• Continue with toffee yarn, work a single crochet, increase (2 sc in the next stitch) repeat times 5.
• Switch back to cream yarn, work a single crochet, increase repeat times 5.
• Work 4 sc in toffee yarn, 20 sc in cream yarn. After this round, cut off toffee yarn.

Rounds 6-9:

• Single crochet around in cream yarn.

Round 10:

• 2 single crochets, decrease repeat times 6 (down to 18 stitches).
• Insert safety eyes between rounds 8 and 9, approximately seven stitches apart, ensuring the left eye aligns with the end of the head patch.

Final round of the head:

• Single crochet, decrease repeat times 6.
• Leave a long tail for sewing the head to the body. Fill the head with stuffing.

Front Legs (Make 2 - one in each color):

• Start with a magic ring.
• Work 6 sc into the magic ring.

Round 2:

• 2 sc, increase repeat times 2 (up to 8 stitches).

Rounds 3-5:

• Single crochet around.
• Leave a small tail; this will be crocheted onto the body rather than sewn.

Back Legs (Make 2 - one in each color):

• Begin with a magic ring.
• Work 6 sc into the magic ring.

Round 2:

• 2 sc, increase repeat times 2.

Rounds 3-4:

• Single crochet around.
• Leave a longer tail for sewing onto the body.

Ears (Make 2 - one in each color):

• Start with a magic ring.
• Work 4 sc into the magic ring.

Round 2:

• Work 4 increases (up to 8 stitches).
• Single crochet around for one round.
• Leave a tail for sewing onto the head.

Body (Use cream yarn):

• Begin with a magic ring.
• Work 6 sc into the magic ring.

After Round 2:

• Work 6 increases (up to 12 stitches).

Round 3:

• Single crochet, increase repeat times 6 (up to 18 stitches).

Rounds 4-6:

• Single crochet around.
• Attach front legs by folding them and single crocheting them to the body as specified in the video.
• Continue with 10 sc around the rest of the body.

Next rounds:

• Single crochet around.

Final round of the body:

• Single crochet, decrease repeat times 6.
• Add stuffing to the body, leave a tail for sewing the body parts together, and sew the bottom of the front legs down.

Finishing:

• Sew the back legs to the body, ensuring they're placed evenly and opposite to the front legs.
• Attach the ears to the head and sew them securely.
• Embroider a mouth and nose between the eyes using thin black yarn.
• Sew the head onto the body, aligning the stitches and securing them well.
• Optionally, add a bow around the neck.