Crochet a Cute Garden Cat
Create an adorable feline friend for your garden by crafting a charming crochet cat. With just a few simple materials like yarn, a crochet hook, and some stuffing, you can bring this cute garden cat to life. Start by crocheting the body, tail, and head separately, then assemble them together to form the perfect playful pose. Add details like whiskers, eyes, and a nose to give your garden cat personality and charm.
Materials & Tools
- Yarn Art Jeans: (50g/160m)
- Color Palette:
- Red (90)
- Milky (03)
- Dark Gray (28)
- A 1.5mm crochet hook for precise stitching.
- Eyes & Buttons: 12mm self-adhesive eyes and decorative buttons bring your cats to life.
- Stuffing
- Sewing & Embroidery Needle
Abbreviations
- “ch st” refers to aChain Stitch, a foundational technique to begin most crochet projects.
- “Sc” signifies a Single Crochet, a basic stitch creating tight and firm fabric.
- “dec” stands for Decrease, a method to reduce the number of stitches.
- “sl st” denotes a Slip Stitch used to join work in a seamless manner.
Body
(2 pcs)
Start (hook 2 mm): Yarn Art Jeans – red color (90).
Crochet turning rows.
R1 ch st 27, from the second loop from the hook sc 26, ch st 1, turn R2 sc 26, ch st 1, turn
R3 skip 1 loop, sc 2, dec 1, sc 2, dec 1, sc 2, dec 1, sc 13, ch st 1, turn
R4 sc 14, ch st 1, turn
R5 sc 11, ch st 1, turn
R6 sc 11, ch st 1, turn
R7 sc 11, ch st 4, turn
R8 from the second loop from the hook sc 14, ch st 1, turn
R9 sc 14, ch st 1, turn
R10 sc 14, ch st 3, turn
R11 from the second loop from the hook sc 16, ch st 1, turn R12 sl st 3, sc 13, ch st 1, turn
R13 skip 1 loop, sc 12, ch st 1, turn
R14-18 (5 rows) sc 11, ch st 1, turn
R19 sc 11, ch st 4, turn
R20 from the second loop from the hook sc 14, ch st 3, turn R21 from the second loop from the hook sc 16, ch st 1, turn 22 sc 16, ch st 1, turn
R23 skip 1 loop, sc 15, ch st 1, turn
R24 sl st 3, sc 10, sl st 1
Cut the thread and fix it with a knot.
Place two parts together (wrong side inward), crochet in a circle, use the “loop-to-loop” method.
Stuff the body with the filler as you crochet.
Embroider along the outline.
Embroider a face from a photo.
Glue the eyes.
Make embroidery or sew on decorative buttons.