A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face
Free crochet coffee cup pattern: a Sleepy Coffee Cup in a Nightcap amigurumi, about 12 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a white takeaway cup with a kraft sleeve, a brown lid and a blue nightcap with stars and a cream pompom, closed eyes, lilac eye bags and a big yawn.
You need about 55 m of yarn: 15 m dark blue, 10 m tan, 10 m white, 10 m brown, 5 m cream and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 2 hours.
A fitting gift for a tired coffee lover or a desk buddy for early mornings. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Sleepy Coffee Cup in a Nightcap
Beginner-friendly · 12 cm tall · about 2 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
Crochet the 5 pieces in rounds: Cup, Nightcap, Pompom, Cheek ×2 (53 rounds in all).
Stuff and put it together in 4 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.
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.
Size before assembly: about 5.8 cm at the widest, 7.3 cm long; 25 rounds.
Change to tan (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R15).
Change to brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R18).
→ 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.
Size before assembly: about 4.6 cm at the widest, 5.8 cm long; 20 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.
Bend ≈ 55° around round 9<!-- the bend spreads over 4 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's left on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 9, 9 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 6 to round 12, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 6 rounds) and fasten off inside.
Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 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.
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing.
Do not stuff.
The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 13, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Satin stitch (on the cup): in lavender thread, a oval about 9 mm wide and 3.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 11 and 12, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Satin stitch (on the cup): in lavender thread, a oval about 9 mm wide and 3.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 11 and 12, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the cup): in dark brown thread, a oval about 6 mm wide and 9 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 9 and 10, on the centre front line .
Satin stitch (on the cup): in pink thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.5 mm wide and 3.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 9, on the centre front line.
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cup), straight stitches through: (in round 24, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 24, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 24, on the centre back line ) → (in round 24, 0.5 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 24, 1 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right ).
Satin stitch (on the nightcap): in yellow thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 5, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right .
Satin stitch (on the nightcap): in yellow thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left.
Satin stitch (on the nightcap): in yellow thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 3, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the nightcap): in yellow thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 7, 2 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's left.
Satin stitch (on the nightcap): in yellow thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 5, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right.
Satin stitch (on the nightcap): in yellow thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 6, 4 st from the centre back line, toward the toy's right.
× scV incΛ dec
Abbreviations
MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
