summer

Hey Lovelies! I saw strawberries around in the stores already, and that always gives me the feeling of Summer is near. I love strawberries and cats so I combined them xD.  Here are some adorable BerryCat! Ready to jump into the pattern?!

For this Pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in Pink and Light Green (Or Red and Green). (I used Budgetyarn.com)
♥ Extra White or Light Yellow yarn, around 30-40cm, for the ‘seeds’.
♥ Black Felt or Yarn for the nose.
♥ Crochet Hook, 2,5mm.
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Stitch Markers.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Sewing Pins.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
HDC = Half Double Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
Bobble = For 1 Bobble Stitch you work 5 DC in one stitch, but without finishing the last loop of each DC, after you have 6 loops on your hook, yarn over and pull through all 6 loops.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern BerryCat

Work in continues rounds, use a stitch marker to mark your first stitch of every row. This is for every part, unless stated otherwise.

Body
Use Pink colored yarn.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: 12SC. [12]
4: 1SC, Ch8, insert in second ch from hook, 7SlSt, continue working on the ‘base’, 2SC, inc, (Bobble, 2SC, inc) 2 times. [15]
5: 15SC. (You skip working in the ‘tail’) [15]
6: (4SC, inc) 3 times. [18]
7: (5SC, inc) 3 times. [21]
8: 6SC, inc, (Bobble, 5SC, inc) 2 times. [24]
9: (7SC, inc) 3 times. [27]
10: (8SC, inc) 3 times. [30]
11: 30SC. [30]
12: 30SC. [30]
13: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
14: (4SC, dec) 6 times. [18] stuff here and place the eyes between row 10 and 11, about 2cm apart.
15: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
16: (dec) 6 times. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Ears (Make 2)
Use Pink colored yarn.

Ch4, insert in second Ch from hook, 1SC, 1HDC, 1DC.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Stem
Use the light Green colored yarn.

Ch7, insert in second Ch from hook, 6SlSt.
Fasten off and leave along tail for sewing.

Crown
Use the light Green colored yarn.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: (Ch4, insert in second Ch from hook, 1SlSt, 2SC, 1SlSt in Base) 6 times.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembling

Whenever I start assembling amigurumi’s, I prefer to use sewing pins first. This way I can position and reposition all parts until I am happy with how it looks. I recommend you do so as well.

Start sewing the stem to the crown, and then the crown to the top of the strawberry.
Then position the ears and sew them on.
Last with the extra white yarn you can stitch on the ‘seeds’.  With black felt or yarn create a small nose.

That was it already for today’s pattern! I hope you liked this BerryCat! I can imagine them hanging around everywhere!

Have a wonderful day!

Love
Danielle