Cute Little Cat With Heart – Free Crochet Pattern

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Designer: Illmira Minekaeva
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Difficulty Level: Easy

A sweet Valentine-inspired amigurumi project to add a heartfelt handmade touch to your crochet time.
This free cat with heart amigurumi pattern is designed and photographed by @mine_mira_toys. With its soft velour texture and delicate embroidered details, this little crochet cat makes a charming option for DIY Crochet Gift Ideas, Valentine decor, or meaningful handmade surprises. You will also find inspiring cat with heart amigurumi ideas shared at the end of the pattern, and we sincerely thank @mine_mira_toys for this adorable design. It also pairs beautifully with a cute seal amigurumi for small themed gift sets.

This is a beginner-friendly amigurumi pattern written in a clear and easy format using basic stitches only. The cat is worked mainly in simple rounds with soft chenille-style yarn, which makes it comfortable to handle and enjoyable to complete. Difficulty Level: Beginner, and it fits naturally into Easy Crochet Projects and Quick to Make Amigurumi collections.

The finished size is approximately 15 cm (6″) tall when using a 2.0 mm hook. The pattern uses YarnArt Velour for the body, red polyester yarn for the heart, and cotton-acrylic yarn for facial details. You will need safety eyes, fiberfill stuffing, stitch markers, and basic tools. If you enjoy romantic animal designs, you may also like this little bunny amigurumi, another sweet project shared on our blog.

Materials:

  • Yarn: ΥarnΑrt Velour (100% polyester, 100 g/170 m): milk color #841 (less than half a skein)
  • Wolans Βunnу Βаbу (100% polyester, 100 g/120 m): red color #100-08 for a heart
  • ΥarnАrt Jеаns (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): pink color #36 for embroidering a nose, black for eyebrows, lashes, paws and whiskers
  • Hook size: 2.0 mm and 2.5 mm (I used Clover hooks)
  • 9 mm safety eyes
  • Tapestry needle
  • Stitch markers
  • Sewing pins
  • Scissors
  • Fiberfill

Abbreviations:

R = row
mc = magic circle
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
F. o. = finish off
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( )* 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

FREE CAT WITH HEART AMIGURUMI PATTERN

With 2.0 mm crochet hook:

Head

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 8: (6 sc, inc)* 6 (48)
R 9-15: 48 sc (7 rows)

Insert safety eyes between R 12 and R 13 at the distance of 8 stitches from each other.
R 16: (6 sc, dec)* 6 (42)
R 17: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 18: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 19: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
R 20: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
F. o.

Body

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 8-13: 42 sc (6 rows)
R 14: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 15: 36 sc
R 16: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
R 17: 30 sc
R 18: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
R 19: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
R 20: 18 sc
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2)

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)
R 5: 3 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)
R 6-11: 9 sc (6 rows)
Fold the top opening flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (make 2)

R 1: 8 sc in mc (8)
R 2: (inc)* 8 (16)
R 3-4: 16 sc (2 rows)
R 5: 4 sc, 4 dec, 4 sc (12)
R 6-12: 12 sc (7 rows)
Fold the top opening flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2)

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4-5: 18 sc (2 rows)
Do not stuff.
Fold the top opening flat and 8 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Inner part of the ear

With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the ear and the inner part, hide the end of the thread inside the ear.

Tail

R 1: 5 sc in magic ring (5)
R 2: (inc)* 5 (10)
R 3-17: 10 sc (15 rows)
Do not stuff.
Fold the top opening flat and 5 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

  1. Sew the head to the body. Make an eye and muzzle tightening.
  2. Sew the ears to the head between R 4 and R 8.
  3. Sew arms to body between R 19 and R 20.
  4. Sew the legs to the body between R 8 and R 9.
  5. Sew the tail to the backside of the body.
  6. For embroidering use YarnArt Jeans yarn divided into two threads.
    Embroider a nose with a pink thread on R 13. Using a black thread, embroider paws on the arms and legs, eyebrows, lashes, whiskers, and a strip from the nose (eyebrows at the level of R 8-9).

Heart

The heart consists of two parts.


Make 2 parts with 2.5 mm crochet hook:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)* 5 (10)
R 3: 10 sc
F. o.
Don’t cut the yarn when you will finish the second part.


We will join two parts together:

R 4: 5 sc on this (second) part, 10 sc on the first part, 5 sc on the second part (20)
R 5: 20 sc
R 6: (3 sc, dec)* 4 (16)
R 7: (2 sc, dec)* 4 (12)
R 8: (1 sc, dec)* 4 (8)
R 9: (dec)*4 (4)
Pull the hole closed through front loops. Fasten off and hide the yarn end.

Sew the heart to the arms.

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