What does amigurumi means?
The word Amigurumi comes from Japanese. The Japanese call handicrafts knitted with crochet and needle as Ami. The Japanese call the toys that are filled with objects such as fibers or cotton as Nuigurumi. The word Amigurumi is derived as a combination of these two words.
Amigurumi knitting techniques are very easy. You can find many handcrafts prepared with these techniques on my site. What is Amigurumi for beginners in Amigurumi handwork? How to knit amigurumi? In this blog, where you can find the answers to the questions with pictures, you will be able to learn about Amigurumi in all details.
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Also I’m sharing new amigurumi free patterns every day.
Todays daily new amigurumi free crochet pattern is Cat and Mouse Free Pattern Amigurumi
I want to give you some informations about this pattern ;
Materials:
Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn (little more than ½ skein of main color) and 4.0 mm crochet hook
YarnArt Jeans yarn (yellow) and 2.0 mm crochet hook
Some embroidery floss or YarnArt Jeans yarn for nose and whiskers
8-10 mm safety eyes
Sewing needle and scissors
Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle (magic ring)
ch =chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Arms (make 2)
R 1: 7 sc in mc (7)
R 2-3: 7 sc (2 rows)
Sl st, fold top of arm flat and 3 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Legs (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 3: 9 sc
Sl st, fold top of leg flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Ears (make 2)
For mouse:
R 1: 7 sc in mc (7)
R 2: (inc)*7 (14)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*7 (21)
Sl st.
For cat:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
R 3: 10 sc
R 4: (4 sc, inc)*2 (12)
R 5: 12 sc
Sl st.
Tail
For mouse:
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: inc, 3 sc (5)
R 3-22: 5 sc (20 rows)
Sl st. Fold top of tail flat and 2 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
For cat:
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
R 3: (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
R 4: (3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
R 5-20: 10 sc (16 rows)
R 21: (3 sc, dec)*2 (8)
R 22: 3 sc, dec, 3 sc (7)
Sl st, fold top of tail flat and 3 sc through both sides across.
F.o.
Body
Make 18 ch.
Make an oval, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 16 sc, 3 sc in last st, on the opposite side of the chain: 15 sc, inc (36)
In the next row we will join legs:
R 2: inc, 15 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc together with sc of the 1st leg, 7 sc, 4 sc together with sc of the 2nd leg, 2 inc (42)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 15 sc, (1 sc, inc)*3, 15 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (48)
For cat: in the next row we will join tail (for mouse: sew tail at R 4 of the body)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, 6 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the tail, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3, 15 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (54)
R 5-9: 54 sc (5 rows)
R 10: 25 sc, dec, 25 sc, dec (52)
R 11: 52 sc
R 12: dec, 24 sc, dec, 24 sc (50)
In the next row we will join arms:
R 13: 29 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the 1st arm, 11 sc, 3 sc together with sc of the 2nd arm, 4 sc (50)
R 14: dec, 23 sc, dec, 23 sc (48)
R 15: 48 sc
R 16: dec, 22 sc, dec, 22 sc (46)
R 17: 46 sc
R 18: 21 sc, dec, 21 sc, dec (44)
R 19: 44 sc
R 20: dec, 20 sc, dec, 20 sc (42)
R 21: 42 sc
R 22: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 23: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 24: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 25: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 26: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 27: (dec)*6 (6)
Sl st. F.o.
Insert safety eyes
For mouse: between R 17 and R 18 at the distance of 5-6 st from each other.
For cat: between R 18 and R 19 at the distance of 3 st from each other.
Crochet mouse amigurumiCheese
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (inc)*4 (8)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*4 (12)
R 4: 12 sc
R 5: (2 sc, inc)*4 (16)
R 6: 16 sc
R 7: (3 sc, inc)*4 (20)
R 8: 20 sc
Sl st, fold top flat and 10 sc through both sides across.
Circles for cheese (make 3)
With YarnArt Jeans and 2.0 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 6-7 sc in mc
Sausage
Make sl st in the end of the every row and start new row with 1 ch:
R 1: 8 sc in mc (8)
R 2: (inc)*8 (16)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*8 (24)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*8 (32)
R 5: 32 sl st
Embroider some stitches with white yarn.
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