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Tiger Cub crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 85 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineAnimals

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

A free crochet tiger pattern for a chubby sitting tiger cub in bright orange with black stripes and a white muzzle. This amigurumi tiger has big shiny eyes, little white eyebrow spots, pink cheeks, round ears with cream insides, a cream belly and a ringed tail with a black tip. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, the stripes are simple colour changes, the eyes are safety eyes and the muzzle, ears and paws are sewn on; it ends up about 11 cm (4.5 in) tall. Follow the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to check every piece.

How to crochet the Tiger Cub

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

  1. Crochet the 12 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Muzzle, Ear ×2, Arm ×2, Foot ×2, Tail, Cheek ×2 (85 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 8 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.

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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 73 rounds done

  16. Size before assembly: about 6.8 cm at the widest, 4.5 cm long; 16 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.
  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.

  28. Size before assembly: about 8.3 cm at the widest, 7 cm long; 28 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.
  29. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  30. 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.

  5. Size before assembly: an oval about 3 × 2.2 cm at the widest, 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.
  6. With cream: ch 4.
  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.

  7. Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 6 rounds.
  8. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  9. → This piece is not stuffed.
  10. 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. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–3 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 3 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 4–6 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 32 mm across.<!-- (dish 50 %) -->

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 6 rounds.
  6. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  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.

  6. Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
  7. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  8. 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.

  11. Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 6.1 cm long; 17 rounds.
  12. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  13. Change to stripe (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
  14. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
  15. Change to stripe (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
  16. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
  17. Change to stripe (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R13).
  18. Change to orange (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
  19. 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<!-- the bend spreads over 5 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 8, 0.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 0.26 left -->). On the inner side draw rounds 6 and 9 together (3 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.

  3. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. 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 12 mm (on the head): in round 15, 8 st apart (count along round 15: about 4 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Satin stitch (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in cream thread, a oval about 7 mm wide and 4.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 11 and 12, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
  • Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in nose thread, a triangle about 7 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line.
  • Embroidery in mouth 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 mouth 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 ) → (in round 2, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).

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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