Designer: Lena Guselnikova
Instagram: @ami_toys_elena
Hello my crafty friends…
Looking for your next irresistibly cute crochet companion? Meet Cat Kira, a charming and cuddly amigurumi cat designed by the talented Lena Guselnikova from @ami_toys_elena. This free amigurumi pattern brings together soft stitches and delightful details to create a toy that’s perfect for cat lovers of all ages.
Whether you’re crafting a gift or adding to your own handmade collection, Cat Kira is sure to bring warmth and joy to every hook-and-yarn session. Designed with love and a touch of whimsy, this pattern is beginner-friendly and ideal for anyone who enjoys crocheting adorable animals.
A heartfelt thank you to Lena for sharing this lovely creation with the amigurumi community!
At the end of the pattern, don’t miss our curated gallery featuring even more inspiring amigurumi cat designs to spark your next project!
Necessary materials
• Yarn
– YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color: white (01) – less than half a skein
– YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color: gray (49) – 1.5 skeins
– YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color: blue (15) – half skein
– YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color: pink (36) – a little for the tongue
– YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color: black (53) – for spout
• Filler
• Tools: hook number 2, scissors, needle
• Eyes 16 mm
• When using these materials, the size of the toy is 25 cm.
Abbreviations
MR: Magic ring
Sc: Single crochet
Inc: Increase
Dec: Decrease
Slst: Slip stitch
Note
• Crochet in continuous rows spirals, do not join at the end row with connecting posts and do not rotate unless indicated in description.
• At the beginning of the row, use a marker or thread of a different color.
AMIGURUMI CAT FREE PATTERN
Legs and body
We start crocheting with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5-6: 24 sc
Change color to grey.
Rnd 7-13: 24 sc
Fasten, cut the thread.
We crochet the second one in the same way, only the thread is not cut and crochet further.
Rnd 14: Cast on 3 ch, connect to leg 1, crochet 24 sc, 3 sc in air loops, 24 sc in leg 2, 3 sc in back of chain (54)
I put a marker.
Rnd 15: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (60)
Rnd 16-17: 60 sc
Rnd 18: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
Rnd 19-22: 66 sc
Rnd 23: 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*5, 5 sc (72)
Rnd 24-28: 72 sc
Rnd 29: 5 sc, dec, (10 sc, dec)*5, 5 sc (66)
Rnd 30-32: 66 sc
Rnd 33: (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
Rnd 34: 60 sc
Rnd 35: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec)*5, 4 sc (54)
Rnd 36: 54 sc
Rnd 37: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
Rnd 38-39 rows: 48 sc
Rnd 40: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 41: 42 sc
Rnd 42: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
We stuff.
Rnd 43-45: 36 sc
Rnd 46: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 47: 30 sc
We fix, cut off and leave the thread for stitching.
Arms
We start crocheting with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4-5: 18 sc
Change the thread color to grey.
Rnd 6-22: 18 sc (17 rows)
Rnd 23: (7 sc, dec)*2 (16)
Rnd 24-25: 16 sc
We stuff.
Put together and crochet 8 sc, leave the thread for stitching.
We sew the handles to the body between 45 and 46 rows (This is desirable to do at the end, when we collect the whole cat)
Head
Grey colour.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc)*5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 8: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (48)
Rnd 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
Rnd 10: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (60)
Rnd 11: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
Rnd 12: 5 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*5, 5 sc (72)
Rnd 13: (11 sc, inc)*6 (78)
Rnd 14-25: 78 sc (12 rows)
Rnd 26: (11 sc, dec)*6 (72)
Rnd 27: 5 sc, dec, (10 sc, dec)*5, 5 sc (66)
Rnd 28: (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
Rnd 29: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec)*5, 4 sc (54)
Rnd 30: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
Rnd 31: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42)
Rnd 32: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
Rnd 33: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30)
Fasten, cut and hide the thread.
If you use eyes on a secure mount, then we make them between the 16th and 17th rows.
Between the eyes we leave a gap of 9 sc (after we will make a small tightening). At my eyes are glued.
Tail
We start crochet with white yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
Rnd 3-5: 9 sc
Change the thread color to grey.
Rnd 6-22: 9 sc (17 rows)
Put together and crochet 4 sc.
Ears
Grey colour.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
Rnd 5: (4 sc, inc)*3 (18)
Rnd 6: (5 sc, inc)*3 (21)
Rnd 7: (6 sc, inc)*3 (24)
Rnd 8: (7 sc, inc)*3 (27)
Rnd 9: 27 sc
Put together and crochet 13 sc.
We fix the thread and leave for stitching.
Muzzle
We crochet with white yarn. We make 5 ch.
Rnd 1: in the 2nd loop from the hook 3 sc, 3 sc in the last loop, 2 sc, inc (10)
Rnd 2: inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)
Rnd 3: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)*3, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (22)
Rnd 4: 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3, 2 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (28)
Rnd 5: 3 sc, inc, 2 sc, (3 sc, inc)*3, 2 sc, (3 sc, inc)*2 (34)
Rnd 6: 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, (4 sc, inc)*3, 2 sc, (4 sc, inc)*2 (40)
Rnd 7-9: 40 sc (3 rows)
We fix and leave a long end of the thread for sewing. We do not stuff tightly. We fix the muzzle on the head of the cat with needles.
Tongue
Pink color.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
We fix the thread. Sew tongue to muzzle.
Snout
We crochet with black yarn.
Rnd 1: 9 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 1 ch, 3 sc in one loop, 2 sc, 3 sc in one loop, 2 sc, 3 sc in one loop, 2 sc, slst.
Rnd 3: 1 ch, 3 sc in one loop, 4 sc, 3 sc in one loop, 4 sc, 3 sc in one loop, 4 sc, slst.
Fasten, leave the thread for stitching. Sew the nose to the muzzle. Making a pull for peephole.
Sew on the ears.
We sew the handles to the body between 45 and 46 rows.
Sew on the tail.
Bow
Make 15 ch.
Rnd 1: We start crocheting from the 2nd loop from the hook 14 sc, turn (14)
Rnd 2-7: 1 ch up, 14 sc, turn (14)
Tie sc around the bow, cut the thread and hide the tip.
Take a bow-colored thread, make a knot on the wrong side. Wrap yarn around the middle of the bow, fasten the thread on the wrong side and sew the bow to the neck cat.
Shorts
We make 75 ch, we close in the ring.
Rnd 1: 3 ch lift, 74 dc over the ch.
Rnd 2: 3 ch lifts, 74 dc
Rnd 3: 3 ch lifts, 3 ch, skip 3 loops in the 4th, start crocheting 71 dc.
Rnd 4: 3 ch lifts, 3 dc in ch, 71 dc
Rnd 5-8. 3 ch, 74 dc
Leave the thread for sewing. We sew the bottom, the middle of the shorts.
We make suspenders in 10 sc, we put in a loop and we crochet 43 ch. We connect slst in 45 sc.
Turn, 1 ch lift, we crochet sc along the ch 43 sc. We connect slst. A thread cut and hide.
Second strap: attach the thread to the 10th loop from the end of the row. We also make 43 ch, and after 1 ch lifting and tying 43 sc along the chain, sl st.
Where the hole turned out, then at this level we sew the tail.
Hat
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
Rnd 9. 48 sc BLO
Rnd 10-14: 48 sc (5 rows)
Rnd 15: (7 sc, inc)*6 FLO (54)
Rnd 16: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
Rnd 17: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
Rnd 18: (10 sc, inc)*6 (72)
Basket
I crocheted a basket from Camtex Isadora yarn 50g/185m in two strands, color beige (005).
But you can use any yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 8-16: 42 sc (9 rows
We crochet 30 ch for the handle. Sew the handle to the basket.
Underlayment (inside the basket)
We crochet with green yarn (YarnArt Jeans, 160m, 50g)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
Rnd 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
Sew to the basket. Loosely fill the basket with filler.
Crocheting pattern for flower and leaf.
Overalls
We make 75 ch, we close in the ring.
Rnd 1: 3 ch lift, 74 dc over the ch
Rnd 2: 3 ch lift, 74 dc
Rnd 3: 3 ch lifts, 3 ch, skip 3 loops in the 4th, start crocheting 71 dc
Rnd 4: 3 ch lifts, 3 dc in ch, 71 dc
Rnd 5-8: ch 3 reps, 74 dc
We fasten and cut the thread. Next, we crochet the top of the overalls and straps (see photo).
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