Tabby Cat. Colorful and original, absolutely Purrfect.

This pattern (27 sheets) contains a step by step description of the work with 105 detailed pictures and it’s available in English or Russian languages.

** Level: intermediate, advanced. Advanced skills of amigurumi crocheting are needed. The toy has wireframe and thin pieces.

Materials (are needed):
1) Fingering weight acrylic (or any equivalent yarn)/ 4 ply (14 wpi) (250 meters/50 gr), e.g. “Acacia” by Troitsk Yarn, Baby Solids by Bernat, Lusy by Eliah – black, violet, lilac, orange or any colors you like (1 skein is enough for a body)
2) Main hook = US Steel Size 4 (2.0 mm), hook = US Steel Crochet Hook 12 (1.0 mm) – for the paw pads and crochet eyes
3) Thin wire (d = 0,6-0,8 mm) – for a wireframe, scotch tape – to secure the wire
4) Super thin wire (d = 0,3-0,4 mm) – for whiskers
5) Stuffing/Fiberfill
6) For eyes: acrylic paints or embroidery floss or lace weight cotton / 2 ply (125 meters / 25 gr) or felt pieces

The height is 7” (18 cm)

Legend and used stitches:
Magic ring (amigurumi ring) – make a double adjustable ring
Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet (on a scheme – l)
Hdc – half-double crochet
(24) - the number of stitches in a crocheted round (row)
“Dec” – decrease – crochet two stitches of the previous round (row) together
“Inc” – increase – crochet two stitches into one stitch of the previous round (row)
(1 Sc, 1 Inc) rep 8 times – repeat instructions in parenthesis 8 times