Create a cute amigurumi doll in tiger costume with this free crochet pattern. The adorable doll is the perfect gift for any little girl or boy. The legs and body are made as one piece with the head sewn on separately. The finished amigurumi toy is about 20 cm (7.8″).

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

Abbreviations

• R = row
• mc = magic circle
• ch = chain
• st = stitch
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
• dec = decrease (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

Free Crochet Doll in Tiger Costume Pattern

Arms (make 2)

With orange yarn:

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3-5: 12 sc (3 rows)
R 6: dec, 10 sc (11)
R 7: dec, 9 sc (10)
R 8: dec, 8 sc (9)
R 9-12: 9 sc (4 rows)

Stuff the bottom of the arm with fiberfill.
Fold top of arm flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o.

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Cheeks (make 2)

With pink yarn:

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)

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

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Legs and Body

First Leg

With white yarn:

Make 5 ch.
Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.

R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 2 sc, inc (10)
R 2: inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)

Change to orange yarn:

R 3: BLO 16 sc
R 4: 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
R 5: 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
R 6: 8 sc only

Stuff with fiberfill.
F.o.

Second Leg

With white yarn:

Make 5 ch.
Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.

R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 2 sc, inc (10)
R 2: inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)

Change to orange yarn:

R 3: BLO 16 sc
R 4: 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
R 5: 4 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc (10)
R 6: 10 sc
R 7: 2 sc only

Stuff with fiberfill.
Don’t cut the yarn.

Body

From the second leg: 2 ch, join with the first leg.

Continue crocheting the body in the round:

R 1: (3 sc, inc) * 2, 2 sc on the 1st leg, 1 sc, inc on chains, (3 sc, inc) * 2, 2 sc on the 2nd leg, 1 sc, inc on chains (opposite side) (30)
R 2: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) * 5, 2 sc (36)
R 3: 36 sc
R 4: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
R 5-7: 42 sc (3 rows)
R 8: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
R 9-10: 36 sc (2 rows)
R 11: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
R 12: 30 sc
R 13: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
R 14-16: 24 sc (3 rows)

Align the stitch marker in the middle of the back.

R 17: 4 sc, 4 sc together with sc of the 1st arm, 8 sc, 4 sc together with sc of the 2nd arm, 4 sc (24)
R 18: 24 sc

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

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Face

With skin tone yarn:

Make 8 ch.
Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.

R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 6 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 5 sc, inc (16)
R 2: inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc (22)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, (1 sc, inc) * 3, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc) * 2 (28)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) * 3, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc) * 2 (34)
R 5: 2 hdc, change to hair color yarn (brown): 1 hdc, 2 dc in one st, 7 dc, 2 dc in one st, hdc, change to skin tone yarn: 2 hdc, 18 sc, sl st

Cut the brown yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Cut the skin tone yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Insert safety eyes between R 4 and R 5 (count the rows from the hair) at the distance of 4-5 st from each other.

Embroider the mouth on the face with black floss.
Sew the cheeks to the face.

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Head

With orange yarn:

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) * 5, 1 sc (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
R 6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) * 5, 2 sc (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
R 8: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) * 5, 3 sc (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc) * 6 (54)
R 10-19: 54 sc (10 rows)

Insert safety eyes with the face between R 16 and R 17 of the head at the distance of 4-5 st from each other.

R 20: (7 sc, dec) * 6 (48)
R 21: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) * 5, 3 sc (42)
R 22: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
R 23: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) * 5, 2 sc (30)
R 24: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)

F.o.

Sew the head to the body.

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Tail

With orange yarn:

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc) * 3 (9)
R 3-5: 9 sc (3 rows)
R 6: dec, 7 sc (8)

Stuff the bottom part firmly.

R 7-9: 8 sc (3 rows)

Change to brown yarn:

R 10: dec, 6 sc (7)
R 11: 7 sc

Change to orange yarn:

R 12-14: 7 sc (3 rows)

Change to brown yarn:

R 15-16: 7 sc (2 rows)

Change to orange yarn:

R 17-25: 7 sc (9 rows)

Stuff gently with fiberfill.
Fold top of tail flat and 3 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the tail to the back of the body between R 4 and R 5.

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Ears (make 2)

With orange yarn:

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4-6: 18 sc (3 rows)

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

Sew the ears on the head, starting from R 5.

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Nose

With brown yarn:

Make 5 ch.
Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.

R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in last st, 2 sc, inc (10)
R 2: 10 sc

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

Sew the nose between R 6 and R 9 of the head.
Embroider the tiger’s eyes with brown yarn.

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Snood Scarf

Make 5 ch.

R 1: From the 3rd ch from hook: 3 dc, 2 ch, turn work
R 2: 3 dc, 2 ch, turn

Crochet so many rows as you need.

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Final Details

Embroider three stripes on the both sides of the head with brown yarn:

• 1st one – between R 13 and R 14,
• 2nd – between R 15 and R 16,
• 3rd – between R 17 and R 18.