Cat | Keep Calm and Crochet On U.K

Are you feline crafty? If so, hold onto your crochet hooks because there’s a new collection, designed in collaboration with Woolbox, that’s the cat’s meow! Three purr-fect patterns for some crochet cats!

A collection of crochet cats on a white wooden desk, they are looking to camera with friendly expressions.

Whisker your way into the world of crochet with these adorable FREE projects that will have you purring with delight. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a curious beginner, these patterns are the cat’s pajamas for anyone comfortable with working in amigurumi style.

Choose from Red Tabby, Russian Blue and Siamese – you can make a whole litter and spread the love to friends and family.

A crocheted red tabby cat sits calmly inside a woven basket on a white wooden desk alongside some plants and some balls of yarn

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For all of the cats I used Woolbox Imagine Classic DK (Double Knit / Light Worsted). If you aren’t familiar with this yarn it’s a smoothly spun 100% anti–pilling acrylic; anti-pilling just means that any project you make with this yarn should not ‘pill’ (go bobbly) over time.

Woolbox Imagine Classic DK is available in 24 different colours (and they are adding shades all the time), and I used several different colours for the cats with a 3.5mm (US size E/4) hook. Other than that you would need pairs of coloured 12mm safety eyes (blue, green and brown), some stitch markers, some toy filler, pins and a yarn needle to sew all the pieces together.

A crocheted Siamese cat is lying down with it's head up inside a woven basket on a white wooden desk. It has blue eyes and is wearing a pretty pink collar.

All the patterns are available for FREE from Woolbox as just the digital download for the pattern or as a yarn kit. I’ve added the link to my Woolbox Designer shop below where you can see all the cats (and all the other patterns I’ve designed for Woolbox).

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The patterns are written in UK terms, but shipping of kits and yarn is available worldwide. If you are not sure about UK terms then you might find my blog post British vs. American Crochet Terms: What’s the Difference? helpful.

A collection of crochet amigurumi cats and sitting on a bed with white linen. A paw-fect crew to get your hooks into - get the FREE patterns from Woolbox. — © Woolbox 2024

If you make up any of the WoolCats I hope you will share your finished project photos with me on social media (facebook, twitter or instagram), or as a project on Ravelry – I love to see what you make! And finally you may wish to sign up to blog (below) and / or my mailing list to get a reminder when new blog posts, discounts or new pattern releases are available.

Until next time folks! Happy hooking and keep calm and crochet on my friends xx

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If you like crochet and amigurumi then chances are that you have come across this pattern at some point and may even have made one of these fabulous little kitties!

I have a lovely Japanese sister-in-law so I did know that ‘neko‘ means cat in Japanese and an Amigurumi is the Japanese art of crocheting small cute stuffed animals… so ‘Amineko’ is a shortened version for amigurumi cat and they don’t come much cuter than this little fellow I think.

I’ve had this pattern saved for ages! But it wasn’t until my daughters school sent out the request for tombola items for their summer fete that I finally decided I had to give it a go.

So without further ado here is my finished kitty…

He can sit, kneel, and just chill out…

I love how pose-able these little cats are…

And then it was time for him to go off to the tombola…

The pattern for Amineko is a free on Ravelry: Amineko Crocheted Cat by Nekoyama.

I used the diagram on the linked website to create my kitty and found that it was simple enough to follow though the mouth section gave me pause – until I realised it’s worked as a solid flattened oval that you turn on it’s side.

I would say that it’s an easy enough pattern for beginners to have a go at as you only use one stitch; UK double crochet / US single crochet. For this reason it doesn’t take too long to make up a cat, I think I had mine finished within a few evenings.

I made my kitty using Stylecraft Special Double Knit (8ply yarn) in Denim and White rather than fingering (4ply yarn) using a 3.75mm / US size F hook. I was still surprised that my cat seemed to come out quite large in the end – I would say at least 8 inches (20.3cm) sitting down. That said you can easily make up a kitty with one ball of yarn or I think a cat would look equally fun with different colour head, body, arms and legs which makes the pattern a great little stash buster for oddments.

Such a fun pattern to make and I loved how my Amineko turned out in the end – I’m sure I will make more of these cats in the future.

Until next time; keep calm and crochet on my friends xx