Amigurumi Little Cat with a Heart

Looking for the perfect Valentine amigurumi? Create your own Valentine crochet cat with this free amigurumi pattern and share a heartfelt handmade gift with someone special.

To crochet this little cat with a heart, you will need chenille yarn and a 2.0 mm crochet hook. The finished crochet cat measures approximately 15 cm (6 inches) in height.

Designed and photos by: @mine_mira_toys
Translated by: Amiguroom Toys

Materials

• YarnArt Velour (100% polyester, 100 g/170 m): Milk color #841, less than half a skein
• Wolans Bunny Baby (100% polyester, 100 g/120 m): Red color #100-08 for the heart
• YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): Pink color #36 for embroidering the nose and black for eyebrows, lashes, paws, and whiskers
• 2.0 mm and 2.5 mm crochet hooks
• 9 mm safety eyes
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Sewing pins
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations

• R = Row
• mc = Magic circle
• sc = Single crochet
• inc = Increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
• dec = Decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
• F. o. = Finish off
• (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

Free Crochet Cat with a Heart Pattern

Use a 2.0 mm crochet hook unless otherwise stated.

Head

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)

R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)

R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)

R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)

R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)

R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)

R 8: (6 sc, inc)* 6 (48)

R 9-15: 48 sc (7 rows)

Insert safety eyes between R 12 and R 13 at a distance of 8 stitches from each other.

R 16: (6 sc, dec)* 6 (42)

R 17: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)

R 18: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)

Stuff with fiberfill.

R 19: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)

R 20: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)

F. o.

Body

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)

R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)

R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)

R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)

R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)

R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)

R 8-13: 42 sc (6 rows)

R 14: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)

R 15: 36 sc

R 16: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)

R 17: 30 sc

R 18: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)

R 19: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)

R 20: 18 sc

F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Arms – Make 2

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)

R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)

R 5: 3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)

R 6-11: 9 sc (6 rows)

Fold the top opening flat and work 4 sc through both sides across.

F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs – Make 2

R 1: 8 sc in mc (8)

R 2: (inc)* 8 (16)

R 3-4: 16 sc (2 rows)

R 5: 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)

R 6-12: 12 sc (7 rows)

Fold the top opening flat and work 6 sc through both sides across.

F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears – Make 2

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)

R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)

R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)

Do not stuff.

Fold the top opening flat and work 8 sc through both sides across.

F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Inner Part of the Ear

With pink yarn:

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the ear and the inner part together. Hide the end of the thread inside the ear.

Tail

R 1: 5 sc in magic ring (5)

R 2: (inc)* 5 (10)

R 3-17: 10 sc (15 rows)

Do not stuff.

Fold the top opening flat and work 5 sc through both sides across.

F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

• Sew the head to the body.
• Make an eye and muzzle tightening.
• Sew the ears to the head between R 4 and R 8.
• Sew the arms to the body between R 19 and R 20.
• Sew the legs to the body between R 8 and R 9.
• Sew the tail to the back side of the body.

For embroidering, use YarnArt Jeans yarn divided into two threads.

Embroider a nose with pink thread on R 13. Using black thread, embroider paws on the arms and legs, eyebrows, lashes, whiskers, and a strip from the nose. Place the eyebrows at the level of R 8-9.

Heart

The heart consists of two parts.

Use a 2.5 mm crochet hook.

Heart Parts – Make 2

R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)

R 2: (inc)* 5 (10)

R 3: 10 sc

F. o. after completing the first part. Do not cut the yarn after completing the second part.

Join the Heart Parts

R 4: 5 sc on the second part, 10 sc on the first part, 5 sc on the second part (20)

R 5: 20 sc

R 6: (3 sc, dec)* 4 (16)

R 7: (2 sc, dec)* 4 (12)

R 8: (1 sc, dec)* 4 (8)

R 9: (dec)* 4 (4)

Pull the hole closed through the front loops. Fasten off and hide the yarn end.

Sew the heart to the arms.