Boba Tea Cat crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with tan: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(BLO)36 sc(36)
R836 sc(36)
R9–1036 sc(36)
R11(11 sc, inc) ×3(39)
R12–1439 sc(39)
R15(12 sc, inc) ×3(42)
R16–1842 sc(42)
R19(13 sc, inc) ×3(45)
R20–2245 sc(45)
R23(14 sc, inc) ×3(48)
R2448 sc(48)
R25(BLO)48 sc(48)
R2648 sc(48)
R27(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R2842 sc(42)
R29(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R302 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R31(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R321 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R33(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R34dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 10.7 cm long; 34 rounds.
Change to caramel (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
Change to tan (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
Change to light grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R23).
Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R25).
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with mint: 12 sc in MR(12)
R2–1112 sc(12)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 4.2 cm long; 11 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with tan: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2inc ×3, 1 sc(7)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(10)
R4[pink] 1 sc [tan] inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc [pink] 1 sc(13)
R5[pink] 1 sc [tan] 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc [pink] 1 sc in same st, 1 sc(16)
R6[pink] 2 sc [tan] inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc [pink] 3 sc(19)
R72 sc in pink, 14 sc in tan, 3 sc in pink(19)
Size before assembly: about 3.5 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 7 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a spoon: push the front wall into the back wall (not down to a thin plate) — a concave spoon about 4 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 35 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with tan: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3–149 sc(9)
R152 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 1 sc(7)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 5.3 cm long; 15 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with tan: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R39 sc(9)
R4(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with coral: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with black: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×5, 1 sc(11)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 12 mm (on the cup): in round 21, 6 st apart (count along round 21: about 3 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the cup): in pink thread, a triangle about 5 mm wide and 3.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches, turned 180° clockwise (looking at that surface); centred in round 20, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup), straight stitches through: (between rounds 19 and 20, on the centre front line) → (in round 19, on the centre front line).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 19, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 20 and 21, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 20 and 21, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 20 and 21, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 19 and 20, 5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 8 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).