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!

This pattern requires no sewing, embroidery, or accessories (such as safety eyes), other than optional catnip for the stuffing.

Materials

• Worsted/aran (#4) weight yarn in your choice of color, about 20-25 yards
• 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