Easy Sushi Roll Cat crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with white: 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)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R10(BLO)54 sc(54)
R11–2054 sc(54)
R21(BLO)54 sc(54)
R224 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R23(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R243 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R25(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R262 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R27(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R28(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R29dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 7.7 cm at the widest, 7.7 cm long; 29 rounds.
Change to dark green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R21).
→ Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R26).
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: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R411 sc in orange, 1 sc in peach(12)
Size before assembly: about 1.8 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 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. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 1.5 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 18 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with orange: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(8)
R38 sc(8)
R4dec ×2, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc(5)
Size before assembly: about 1 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 4 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 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight 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 8 mm (on the cat head): in round 3, 6 st apart (count along round 3: about 3.1 st each side of the centre top line).
Satin stitch (on the cat head): in pink thread, a triangle about 4.5 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre bottom line.
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cat head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the cat head), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 2, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ).