This cute little mouse is the perfect size to tempt your feline friends! Add dried catnip to the stuffing to make it even more irresistible. This pattern works up very quickly, so you can create a fun crochet cat toy in no time!
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Materials
- Worsted/aran (#4) weight yarn in your choice of color
- 3.75 mm crochet hook
- Polyester fiber fill stuffing
- Dried catnip (optional)
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
Skills used
- single crochet, increase, and decrease (your choice of either single crochet 2 together or invisible decrease)
- chain
- half double crochet
- double crochet
- magic ring
- crocheting in front loop only and in back loop only
- stitching an amigurumi closed
Abbreviations
- blo: back loop only
- ch: chain
- dc: double crochet
- dec: decrease (single crochet 2 together or invisible decrease)
- flo: front loop only
- hdc: half double crochet
- inc: increase (2 single crochet in one stitch)
- MR: magic ring
- sc: single crochet
Instructions
Round 1: in a MR, sc 6. (6)
Round 2: (sc, inc) ×3. (9)
Round 3: sc around. (9)
Round 4: (sc 2, inc) ×3. (12)
Round 5: sc around. (12)
Round 6: sc (both loops), in flo of next st (hdc, 2 dc, hdc) to form first ear, sc 3 (both loops), in flo of next st (hdc, 2 dc, hdc) to form second ear, sc 6 (both loops). (18)
Round 7: sc (both loops), bend first ear forward and sc in blo of st from round 5, sc 3 (both loops), bend second ear forward and sc in blo of st from round 5, sc 6 (both loops). (12)
Round 8: (sc, inc) ×6. (18)
Rounds 9-10: sc around. (18)
Round 11: (sc 5, inc) ×3. (21)
Rounds 12-13: sc around. (21)
Round 14: (sc 6, inc) ×4. (24)
Rounds 15-17: sc around. (24)
Round 18: (sc 2, dec) ×6. (18)
Round 19: (sc, dec) ×6. (12)
Add catnip and stuffing.
Round 20: dec 3, ch 15, starting in 2nd ch from hook sc across chs, dec 3. (20)
Finish off and sew closed.
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