Leggy Cat crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with orange: 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(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R8[dark orange] 3 sc, inc [orange] 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 5 sc [dark orange] 1 sc, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R10–1754 sc(54)
R184 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R19(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R203 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R21(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R222 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R23(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R24(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R25dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 7.5 cm at the widest, 6.1 cm long; 25 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.
Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
→ 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 orange: 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 [orange] inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc [pink] 1 sc(13)
R5[pink] 1 sc [orange] 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc [pink] 1 sc in same st, 1 sc(16)
R6[pink] 2 sc [orange] inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc [pink] 3 sc(19)
R7[pink] 3 sc [orange] 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 4 sc [pink] 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(22)
R83 sc in pink, 15 sc in orange, 4 sc in pink(22)
Size before assembly: about 4.1 cm at the widest, 2.4 cm long; 8 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 4.7 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 41 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 1, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 0, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(16)
R416 sc(16)
Size before assembly: an oval about 2.3 × 1.9 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With cream: ch 3.
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 orange: 6 sc in MR(6)
R21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R3–148 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 5 cm long; 14 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. Bend ≈ 90° around round 8. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 8, on the centre top line). On the inner side draw rounds 7 and 9 together (2 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

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 14 mm (on the cat head and body): between rounds 15 and 16, 8 st apart (count along round 15: about 3.8 st each side of the centre front line). Iris green #9ccf5a.
Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in nose thread, a triangle about 5 mm wide and 3.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre top line .
Embroidery in brown thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 1, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line).
Embroidery in brown thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, on the centre bottom line) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).