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Shark Cat crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 97 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineSea creatures

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

Free crochet shark pattern: a Shark Cat amigurumi, about 11 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. An orange cat face peeks out of a grey shark costume with a red mouth lined with white teeth, cat ears and a shark fin on top and a white belly. You need about 100 m of yarn: 55 m grey, 15 m red, 15 m orange, 5 m white, 5 m cream and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 3 hours. A fun gift for cat lovers who also like sharks, or a quirky shelf friend. You can spin the 3D model and work through the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Shark Cat

Advanced · 11 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 14 pieces in rounds: Costume body, Head (shark hood), Shark mouth, Cat face, Dorsal fin, Sleeve ×2, Paw, Tail fin, Ear ×2, Muzzle, Cheek ×2 (97 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 11 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 11 gathered

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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 82 rounds done

  15. Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 4.1 cm long; 15 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.
  16. Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
  17. 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.

  21. Size before assembly: about 8.2 cm at the widest, 6.1 cm long; 26 rounds.
  22. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  23. 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.

  11. A flat oval about 10.2 × 7.4 cm; 10 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 4 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  12. With red: ch 9.
  13. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  9. A flat oval about 8.7 × 5.9 cm; 8 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 4 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  10. With orange: ch 9.
  11. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Do not stuff.

  9. Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 3 cm long; 9 rounds.
  10. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 6 mm thick.<!-- flattened 70 % -->

  6. Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.4 cm long; 10 rounds.
  7. 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.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 3 mm thick.<!-- flattened 70 % -->

  6. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  7. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 4 mm thick.<!-- flattened 70 % -->

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  6. 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 1 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 13 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.<!-- (spoon 35 %) -->

  4. A flat oval about 2.6 × 2.2 cm; 3 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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.
  5. With cream: ch 3.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  2. A flat circle about 0.6 cm across; 1 rounds.
  3. 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 10–12 mm (on the cat face): in round 3, 15 st apart (count along round 3: about 7.6 st each side of the centre top line).
  • Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in pink thread, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches, turned 180° clockwise (looking at that surface); centred in round 1, on the centre top line .
  • Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 2, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (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 right ) → (in round 2, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ).
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 11.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right .
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 9 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right .
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 6 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right .
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 3 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right .
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, on the centre top line.
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 3 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 6 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 9 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .

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

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  • Satin stitch (on the shark mouth): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 6 mm wide and 6.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 8, 11.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .