Here's the pattern to make a tiny little cat - only 1.5" tall - that's the perfect pet for my mini amigurumi Witch. Make in the traditional black, or use and colours you like for a different type of cat.

See the previous post for general instructions and abbreviations for the pattern, and details on how to make a mini owl.

Witch's Cat Small amount of black yarn.
1 Pair of 7.5mm green safety eyes, or green yarn to embroider them.
Small amount of stuffing.
3.5mm (E) hook.

Special stitch instructions:
3 dc pop: popcorn stitch for ears. Work 3 dc into 1 st, take hook out leaving loop, put hook through 1st dc & pull loop through.

Start at top of head:
Round 1: Ch2, work 6 sc into 1st ch - 6 st.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around – 12 st.
Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, 3 dc pop in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st] 2 times - 18 st.
Round 4 - 7: (4 rounds) Sc in each st around – 18 st.

Fit eyes between rounds 5 and 6, treating the start of the round as the back of the cat.

Round 8: [Sc2tog, sc in next st] 6 times – 12 st.
Round 9: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] 6 times – 18 st.
Round 10 - 13: (4 rounds) Sc in each st around – 18 st.
Round 14: Sc in each st around until you get to the middle back, [tail: ss in next st, ch 10, ss into 2nd ch from hook, ss in next 8 ch, ss back into original st], sc in each st to the end of the round – 18 st.
Round 15: Sc in each st around (work into the first ss of the tail, not the second) – 18 st.
Round 16: [Sc2tog, sc in next st] 6 times – 12 st.
Round 17: [Sc2tog] 6 times – 6 st.

FO, leaving a length of yarn. Embroider eyes if you haven't used safety eyes. Stuff and use length yarn to sew up hole at bottom, pulling it tight up through the body to ensure that the cat will sit on a flat surface. Posted by LucyRavenscar at 14:57 Labels: amigurumi, animal, cat, crochet, cute, fantasy, free pattern, geek, halloween, magic, owl, pussycat, witch, wizard Jane Blogs said...

Oh Lucy! That little cat is adorable!

I love your designs. Thank you for sharing your free patterns with us all, too :)

19 November 2010 at 04:03 LucyRavenscar said...

19 November 2010 at 18:36 Annemarie's Blog said...

That cat is sooooo cute! Thanks for sharing!

22 November 2010 at 18:40 Awww! That little kitty is the best thing I've seen in such a long time. I want one!

28 November 2010 at 15:46 Thanks for the nice comments!

12 January 2011 at 17:43 I'm going to make the wee kitty for my boyfriend for his birthday. It looks like our kitten who was hit by a car recently. Incidentally his name was Lucy too.

29 January 2011 at 07:34 Oh, this kitty was so cute I had to make one, too! You can find it here: http://lauranvirkkaus.blogspot.com/2011/02/virkattu-oto-musta-kissa.html
I like all your crocheted creatures, they are so lovely. :)

2 March 2011 at 09:49 Yours looks so cute - good idea to make it into a keyring. Love the bright green eyes too!

2 March 2011 at 11:17 kazpaz said...

Loved this pattern - added your blog name to the cat I made on Ravelry :)

28 September 2012 at 02:54 Thanks kazpaz!

28 September 2012 at 09:29 debbe russell said...

Love your patterns! Do you have the pattern for the cute witch available?

11 November 2012 at 15:37 Thank you! Yes, the pattern for the witch (and you can make a wizard with it too) is available in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/63378835/pdf-of-witch-and-wizard-mini-amigurumi

11 November 2012 at 17:05 Catfewd27 said...

Do you have ant tips for embroidering the eyes? I have the little guy all done, except for the eyes and then stuffing him. I don't live close enough to anywhere to buy eyes so i was gonna embroider them, but I have never done it before.

23 January 2013 at 22:36 It's very hard to embroider something round, but you can try to make a cat-shaped eye. Sew a few horizontal lines in green or yellow, whatever colour you want the eyes to be, then do a vertical line or two in black across the middle.

25 January 2013 at 14:10 Bec said...

This is so cute! I'm going to make a handful to sell at the feline charity shop I volunteer at! And I think a few people will be getting other tiny crocheted beasties for Christmas presents since I want to make so many of your patterns...

17 October 2015 at 19:58 Thanks! Have fun with them.

19 October 2015 at 23:47 DraGunnTiss said...

LOVE your designs! On this one, I had mistakenly made bobble stitches instead of popcorn...looks like a Scottish Fold kitty...lol TY for the patterns

4 August 2016 at 03:26 4 August 2016 at 07:55 Amy Mills said...

Thank you! Here's how I used your pattern:
A sad-away birthday gift for my gal pal! http://iob.imgur.com/uYGg/1GI0ja0SPy

4 December 2016 at 16:48 Aww, they look really cute in different colours.

4 December 2016 at 17:45
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