If you’re seeking a fast and straightforward crochet project, ideal for utilizing your leftover yarn or adding a last-minute item to your market collection, consider this no-sew small cat keychain pattern.
With this super quick and easy design, you can create a batch of these small cat keychains quickly. They’re a perfect choice to enhance your craft fair display, filling empty spaces and capturing the attention of those passing by. So if you have a market coming up soon, grab you hook and start making some cute fat kitties!
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What will you need to make this cat keychain?
I used Charity DK from Elle yarns
Any acrylic, cotton or velvet yarn will work just fine with this patterns as amigurumi is very versatile and don’t need to be a specific weight.
Double knit: Light worsted weight yarn/ Weight 4 yarn – 40m
You will need a 3mm hook, stuffing and 10/8mm crochet eyes.
About this pattern
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PATTERN INFO:
YARN:
Double knit/ Light worsted weight yarn
HOOK:
3mm Crochet hook
OTHER TOOLS:
- Scissors
- Stuffing
- 8mm safety eyes (optional)
- Stitch marker
- Tapestry needle
- Keyring
IMPORTANT: Safety eyes are a choking hazard to any child under 5, please inform your customer of this if they request safety eyes.
ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS:
Stitch terms:
- MC: Magic Ring
- SC: Single Crochet
- PUFFst: Puffstitch
- HDC: Half double crochet
- INC: INCrease
- DEC: DECrease
- SLP: Slip stitch
- CH: Chain
Repeat the stitch sequence between (…..) by the amount stated next to it. The pattern is written in US terms
The amount of each stitch at end of each round is shown in the […] Working in continuous rounds with your stitch marker
THE PATTERN
THE BODY:
Colour A:
1: MC, 6 SC [6]
2: INC x6 [12]
3: (SC, INC) X6 [18]
4: (1SC, INC, 1SC ) X6 [24]
5: (3 SC, INC) x6 [30]
6: (2 SC, INC, 2 SC) x6 [36]
7: SC in next 2sts, PUFFst,SC in the next 28sts, PUFFst, SC in last 4sts [36]
Insert the safety eyes between rounds 3-4, across from each other, and make sure the puff stitches are at the bottom
**Don’t cut the yarn between colour changes**
Colour B:
8-9: SC in each stitch around [36] *2 Rounds*
Colour A:
10-11: SC in each stitch around [36] *2 Rounds*
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Colour B:
12-13:SC in each stitch around [36] *2 Rounds*
Colour A:
14: SC 2, PUFFst, SC in next 29sts, PUFFst, SC in the last 3sts [36]
15: (2SC, DEC, 2SC) x6 [30]
16: (3 SC, DEC) x6 [24]
17: (1 SC, DEC, 1 SC) x 6 [18] – stuff the body fully at the point.
18: (1 SC, DEC) x6 [12]
Slip stitch and cut the yarn leaving a longish strand of yarn to close up the bottom and attach the keychain to the center of the cat’s back between the two striped lines.
Cross-weave around the 12 stitches with your tapestry needle and pull tight. bring the yarn tail up to the top of the cat and attach the keyring
Make a cute little no-sew whale to match your Octopus keychain. Find the free pattern HERE.
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Pattern / blog Disclosure: My blog contains Google ads, these ads support me financially so that I can keep on giving you free patterns. These ads are at no extra charge to you. Thank you for the support. Please share the direct link of the blog link and don’t make screen-prints of the pattern. Although the pattern is free it still remains the property of Yarn Over with Natasha.
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My new Octo keychain pattern is also now FREE HERE on my blog.
TAIL: (No stuffing required)
Colour B:
1: MC, 5 SC [5]
2-3: SC in each stitch around [5] *2 Rounds*
Colour A:
4-10: SC in each stitch around [5] *7 Rounds*
Slpst and leave a short strand of yarn to attach the tail in the center of the body at the back.
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EARS: (Make two)
Colour A:
1: MC, 2 SC, HDC, CH x3, HDC, 2 SC [9]
Pull tight and end with an SLPst, Cut a long enough strand of yarn to attach the ears on top of the head above each eye between rounds 7/8.
Facial Features:
Make a small T in the center of the face between the eyes for the nose details. knot and weave in the end
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