How to Crochet Funny Cat Plushie (Tutorial for Beginners)

If you are looking for an amigurumi cat that will bring smiles, DidyToys offers a step-by-step tutorial on crocheting a cute, soft, and funny cat plushie. This playful plush cat has funny features, exaggerated facial expressions, and a chubby body with no legs that make it a gift to make someone happy at first glance.

Thanks to the use of chenille yarn, this cat plushie works up very fast. So, crochet it following the complete guide at the end of this post!

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Skills Used: Skills for this cat amigurumi include making a magic ring, single crochet, increasing and decreasing stitches, invisible decreases, seamless color changes, and assembling plush parts. The proper placement of safety eyes and embroidery techniques ensure a well-defined and expressive facial appearance. Additionally, the tutorial demonstrates stuffing techniques.

Guide Span: 23 Minutes Only

Personalization Tips: If you are a beginner, you can omit the striped design and make a solid-colored cat. While the design includes no mouth, you can add the basic smiling expression.

Crochet Funny Plush Cat

This tutorial completely guides crocheting the small plush amigurumi cat, perfect for beginners. It explains constructing the head, adding stripes with seamless color changes, attaching facial features, and shaping the body without separation. The detailed demonstrations on securing safety eyes, stuffing the plush, and embroidering the nose ensure a polished finish. Here is a quick overview of this guide:

Adding Facial Features: The safety eyes are installed before continuing the body. If using an embroidered nose, it is stitched at the end.
Shaping the Body & Stripes: The body is formed without separation from the head, using symmetrical increases and color changes to create a striped pattern. The toy is stuffed as the body is closed.
Crocheting the Paws & Tail: Each paw is started with a magic ring and six single crochets, followed by increases and color changes. The tail is crocheted with a striped pattern before being attached.

Supplies Mentioned

Here are the supplies and materials you’ll need for crocheting this plush cat:

Yarn: Three colors of plush yarn (main body, stripes, nose embroidery)
Crochet Hook: 3.5mm or 4mm
Fiberfill Stuffing
Plastic Safety Eyes
Yarn Needle
Scissors

Stitches Used

Following are the crochet stitches that the tutor uses for crocheting this funny plush cat amigurumi:

SC (Single Crochet): Insert hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops.
INC (Increase): Crochet two single crochets into the same stitch.
DEC (Decrease): Crochet two single crochets together by inserting the hook into the first stitch, yarn over, pull through, insert into the next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all loops.
SL ST (Slip Stitch): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through both the stitch and the loop on your hook.
CH (Chain): Yarn over, pull through the loop on your hook.