Winnie-the-Pooh with a Honey Pot
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the Cheshire Cat from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865), a classic character now in the public domain, as a cute crochet amigurumi: a pink-and-purple striped cat with a huge toothy grin. About 10 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A free pattern with every round counted, a 3D model to turn around and a printable PDF.
How to crochet the Cheshire Cat with a Big Grin
Beginner-friendly · 10 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 9 pieces in rounds: Body, Ear ×2, Tail, Arm ×2, Foot ×2, Grin (66 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 6 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 9 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 51 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 7.7 cm at the widest, 8.7 cm long; 31 rounds.
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R16).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R18).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R20).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R22).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R24).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R26).
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R28).
- 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.
- 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.<!-- (spoon 55 %) -->
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 6.4 cm long; 18 rounds.
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R16).
- 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. Bend ≈ 280° around round 8<!-- the bend spreads over 8 rounds --><!-- coil 2 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.8 turns) from round 8 to its tip: after stuffing, roll it up starting from the tip (round 1) toward the side that faces up on the finished toy; the turns lie close, each wider than the last. From the tip to round 8 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- 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.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Change to purple (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 8 mm thick.<!-- flattened 50 % -->
- Flat motif — crescent (worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 2.3 × 4.3 cm; 1 row.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
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