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Cat:Sitting
(byRoswithaMueller)
Materials
Yarn:
Worstedyarn,ca100ginfurcolour,abitof
pinkforstitchingthenoseandmouth
optionally,asmallamountoffingeringyarn
inabrightcolourforthebow
2safetycateyes(12mm)
pipecleanerforthetail
stuffing
3mmhook
Finishedmeasurements:ca25cminheight
Abbreviations
scsinglecrochet
dcdoublecrochet
chchain
ststitch
slstslipstitch
incincrease
decdecreasebycrochetingtwostitches
together
ThispatterniswrittenusingUSnotation.
IMPORTANTNOTICE
Thispatternisforpersonalandprivateuseonly.Neitheritnortheproductsmadefromitmaybesold.
Commentsandcorrectionsareappreciated.
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Head
inaspiral,beginningatthetipofthenose
Noofst
inrow
1)MC66
2)inceveryst12
3)3x(inc,3sc)15
4)sc
5)3x(inc,4sc)18
6)3x(inc,5sc)21
7)7x(inc,2sc)28
8)7x(inc,3sc)35
9)sc
10)7x(inc,4sc)42
11)–15)sc
Stuffnoseandattacheyesbetweenrounds7and8,leavingabout6stitches
betweenthem.Ideally,theeyesandthenoseshouldformanequilateral
triangle.
Note:Ifyouattachtheeyesataslightangletowardsthenose,theywill
straightenupwhentheeye-socketsareformed.
16)6x(dec,5sc)36
17)sc
18)6x(dec,4sc)30
19)sc
20)6x(dec,3sc)24
21)6x(dec,2sc)
Stuffhead.
18
22)6x(dec,sc)12
23)6xdec,closeandf.o.6
Withalengthofyarn,formtheeye-sockets.Forthis,inserttheyarnwitha
needledirectlyunderoneeyeandpullitthroughtheheadtothecorresponding
spotundertheothereye(takecaretoleaveataillongenoughtoknot).Turn
theneedlearound,insertagainasclosetotheexitpointaspossibleandpull
theyarnthroughtothefirsteye,againemergingascloseaspossibletothetail
oftheyarn.Pulltheyarntightandknotthetwoendssecurely.
Ears
Eachrowendswithch+turn.Maketwo
1)ch2,4scinto2ndchfromhook.DoNOTclose!4
2)sc,2xinc,sc6
3)2sc,2xinc,2sc8
4)3sc,2xinc,3sc10
5)4sc,2xincw3scintoeachst,4sc14
6)6sc,2xincw3scintoeachst,6sc,f.o.18
Attachearstoheadbetweenrounds12(frontends)and17(backend)ofthe
head.
Stitchnoseandmouthwithpinkyarn.
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Body
Inaspiral
1)ch18,close18
2)–4)sc
5)6x(inc,2sc)24
6)–7)sc
8)6x(inc,3sc)30
9)6x(inc,4sc)36
10)6x(inc,5sc)42
11)sc
12)6x(inc,6sc)48
13)–21)sc
22)6x(dec,6sc)42
23)–31)sc
32)6x(dec,5sc)36
33)6x(dec,4sc)30
34)6x(dec,3sc)24
35)6x(dec,2sc)18
36)6x(dec,sc)12
37)6xdec,f.o.6
Stuffbodyandattachatasteepangle(ca45deg)tothehead.
Forelegs
Inaspiral;stuffasyougo,butleavethelast5–6roundswithoutstuffing.Make
two
1)MC66
2)incevst12
3)6x(inc,sc)18
4)–5)sc
6)4xdec,10sc14
7)sc,2xdec,9sc12
8)–13)sc
14)sc,inc,5sc,inc,4sc14
15)–16)sc
17)2sc,inc,6sc,inc,4sc16
18)–20)sc
21)4sc,inc,7sc,inc,3sc18
22)–23)sc,f.o.
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Hindlegs
Firstinroundsclosedwslst+ch,theninaspiral.Onlythepartofthelegon
whichthecatissittingwillbestuffed.Maketwo
1)8ch(withdoubledyarn),1ch(singleyarn)
2)Ononesideoffoundationchain7sc,inlastch5sc,onother
sideoffoundationchain6sc,inlastch4sc,closewslst+ch
22
3)8sc,inc,sc,inc,8sc,inc,sc,inc,slst+ch26
4)–6)sc,slst+ch
7)8sc,dec,sc,dec,12sc24
8)8sc,5tog,turninsideout,crochetsidestogetherwith5slst,
turnrightsideoutagain.
Fromhere
inaspiral
9)12scaroundremaininghole(onescmaybetakenfromslst)
Fillwithstuffing;therestofthelegwillnotbefilled.
12
10)sc
11)inc,10sc,inc14
12)sc
13)–14)sc,inc,3sc,2xdec,3sc,inc,sc14
15)–16)sc
17)1sc,slst,f.o.
Attachlegstobodyinasittingposition.Bynotstuffingtheupperpartsofthe
legs,thosecanbefoldedtogethersothelegmaybeattachedinthe
anatomicallycorrectpositionformammals(i.e.underthebody).
Tail
Inaspiral.Donotmaketwo
1)MC44
2)sc
3)2x(inc,sc)6
4)sc
5)2x(inc,2sc)8
6)–37)sc
38)2x(inc,3sc)10
39)sc
40)2x(inc,4sc),f.o.12
Attachtail.Ifyouinsertalengthofpipecleaner,thetailmaybeformedinto
manypleasingshapes.
BowWithfingeringyarn,ch100,dctworows.
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