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Mouse with Cheese crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 87 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

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Difficulty
2/3
Time
~3 h
Size
12.6 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

A free crochet mouse pattern for a little grey amigurumi mouse who sits up and hugs a wedge of yellow cheese. Big round ears lined in pink, a pink button nose, rosy cheeks and a long pink chain tail give this amigurumi mouse its charm, and the cheese even has embroidered holes. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook and stands about 13 cm (5 in) tall, with 13 mm safety eyes, cupped ears and a stuffed, pressed-flat cheese sewn to the tummy. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes.

How to crochet the Mouse with Cheese

Intermediate · 13 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Ear ×2, Nose, Foot ×2, Cheese wedge, Arm ×2, Cheek ×2 (87 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 9 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. 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

Tick things off as you gather them.

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

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0 of 73 rounds done

  1. Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 5.7 cm long; 19 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  1. Size before assembly: about 8 cm at the widest, 5.8 cm long; 25 rounds.
  2. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 4.8 cm at the widest, 2.1 cm long; 11 rounds.
  2. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
  3. → This piece is not stuffed.
  4. 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. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–5 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 5 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 6–11 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 48 mm across.<!-- (dish 50 %) -->

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 3 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: an oval about 2.4 × 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 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.
  2. With pink: ch 4.
  3. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
  4. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 2.8 cm at the widest, 4.3 cm long; 13 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (moderately) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. Press the piece flat to about 1.4 cm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 50 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 10 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2.7 cm long; 8 rounds.
  2. 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.

  1. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

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    1. Body is the base; its magic ring is at the bottom.
    1. Head onto the body. Stuff the body firmly. Hold the head's closing point (last round) at the centre of the body's opening (R19) and sew the edge of the opening all round to the head: the seam runs along round 19 of the head (all the way round). Top up the neck with stuffing before closing the seam so the head does not wobble. Press it into the base by about 14 mm.
    1. Ear → head (make 2). Centre: in round 8, 9.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Stand the dish on its rim, hollow side forward, and sew it on by the lower arc of the rim — about 8 st of round 7, catching the back layer too; the seam covers rounds 6–12 of the head, about 4 st wide. Press it into the base by about 9 mm.
    1. Nose → head. Centre: in round 17, on the centre front line . Sew the piece on by its closed end (last rounds); it touches rounds 15–17 of the head, about 2 st wide. It points forward.
    1. Foot → body (make 2). Centre: between rounds 4 and 5, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Sew around the opening (12 st); the seam covers rounds 4–6 of the body, about 5 st wide. It points forward and slightly outward.
    1. Cheese wedge → body. Centre: in round 6, on the centre front line. Sew the piece on by its closed end (last rounds); it touches rounds 6–15 of the body, about 10 st wide. It points up and forward. Press it into the base by about 5 mm.
    1. Arm → body (make 2). Centre: in round 15, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Sew around the opening (8 st); the seam covers rounds 14–16 of the body, about 3 st wide. It points forward and slightly down and slightly inward.
    1. Tail: with pink, ch 32 (≈ 95 mm), then sl st back along the chain starting in the 2nd ch from hook. Sew its start to the body: in round 5, on the centre back line.
    1. Cheek → head (make 2). Centre: in round 16, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left (the one on the toy's left is described; sew the other as its mirror image). Sew it flat all round its edge; it covers rounds 14–18 of the head, about 3 st wide.

    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 13 mm (on the head): in round 14, 9 st apart (count along round 14: about 4.5 st each side of the centre front line).
    • Embroidery in cocoa thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 18 and 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 19 and 20, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 19 and 20, 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 ).
    • Satin stitch (on the cheese wedge): in mustard thread, a oval about 7 mm wide and 6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, on the centre front line.
    • Satin stitch (on the cheese wedge): in mustard thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 4 and 5, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
    • Satin stitch (on the cheese wedge): in mustard thread, a oval about 5.5 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 10, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right .
    • Satin stitch (on the cheese wedge): in mustard thread, a oval about 5 mm wide and 4 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 7, on the centre back line.

    Body · R1–R5

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done
    Weirdness
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