Amigurumi Kitten Crochet Pattern

Here’s a detailed Amigurumi Kitten Crochet Pattern for a cute little kitten. This pattern is perfect for creating a small keychain, accessory, or charm for your bag, keys, or car. It also works great as a gift!

Materials:

  • Yarn: Any yarn suitable for amigurumi (e.g., YarnArt Jeans, Alize Bella, or for keychains, thinner yarn like Alpina Anabel, VITA Cotton LILY, etc.)
  • Crochet Hook: Suitable size for your chosen yarn (usually 2.0-2.5 mm)
  • Eyes: 6 mm toy eyes
  • Thread: For embroidering the nose (optional, such as embroidery floss or yarn)
  • Stuffing: For the body and head
  • Keychain hardware: For turning it into a keychain or accessory
  • Needle: For attaching parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations:

  • KА – Magic ring
  • ВП – Chain stitch
  • СБН – Single crochet (sc)
  • Пр – Increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
  • Уб – Decrease (2 sc together)
  • (…) х n – Repeat n times

Head:

  1. Row 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
  2. Row 2: [Increase] x 6 (12)
  3. Row 3: [1 sc, increase] x 6 (18)
  4. Row 4: [2 sc, increase] x 6 (24)
  5. Row 5: [3 sc, increase] x 6 (30)
  6. Row 6: [4 sc, increase] x 6 (36)
  7. Row 7: [5 sc, increase] x 6 (42)
  8. Rows 8-15: 42 sc (8 rows, no changes)
  9. Row 16: [5 sc, decrease] x 6 (36)
  10. Row 17: [4 sc, decrease] x 6 (30)
  11. Row 18: [3 sc, decrease] x 6 (24)
  12. Row 19: [2 sc, decrease] x 6 (18)
  13. Row 20: [1 sc, decrease] x 6 (12)
  14. Row 21: [decrease] x 6 (6)

Stuff the head as you go along.
Fasten off the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing it onto the body.

Ears (Make 2):

  1. Row 1: 5 sc in a magic ring (5)
  2. Row 2: [Increase] x 5 (10)
  3. Row 3: [4 sc, increase] x 2 (12)
  4. Row 4: [5 sc, increase] x 2 (14)
  5. Row 5: [6 sc, increase] x 2 (16)
  6. Row 6: [7 sc, increase] x 2 (18)

Do not stuff the ears.
Fasten off the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing the ears to the head.

PREPARATION