Here is the Amigurumi Little Fat Tiger Free Pattern for creating an adorable chubby tiger! This pattern uses cotton yarn and works up to a cute little tiger that’s about 8 cm in size.
Materials and Tools:
- Yarn:
- 100% cotton DK yarn (50g, 125m) – for example, Vita Cotton Lily or YarnArt Jeans.
- Colors needed:
- Orange: 25g
- Black: 20g
- White: 8g
- Crochet Hook: Size 1.75mm (or one suitable for your yarn)
- Other Tools:
- Yarn needle
- Sewing needle
- Black thread for embroidering the nose
- Brown thread for the eyebrows
- Safety eyes (6mm) or button eyes
- Polyester fiberfill
Abbreviations:
- MR – Magic Ring
- ch – Chain stitch
- st(s) – Stitch(es)
- slst – Slip stitch
- sc – Single crochet
- hdc – Half double crochet
- inc – Increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
- dec – Decrease (crochet 2 sts together)
- ( … ) x n – Repeat instructions in brackets n times
- rnd(s) – Round(s)
Amigurumi Little Fat Tiger Free Pattern:
Body:
- Rnd 1 (Orange): Ch 9. Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, do 1 inc, 6 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, turn and continue on the other side of the chain: 7 sc (18).
- Rnd 2 (Orange): 2 inc, 6 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, 1 inc (24).
- Rnd 3 (Orange/Black): (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 6 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 6 sc, 1 sc, 1 inc (30).
- Rnd 4 (Orange/Black): (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 6 sc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 8 sc, 1 inc (36).
- Rnd 5 (Orange/Black): (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2, 1 sc, 4 sc, 1 sc, (3 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 9 sc, 1 inc (42).
- Rnd 6 (Orange/Black): 27 sc, 15 sc (42).
- Rnd 7: 42 sc.
- Rnd 8: 4 sc, 1 inc, 20 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc (44).
- Rnd 9: 23 sc, 21 sc (44).
- Rnd 10: 8 sc, 36 sc (44).
- If using safety eyes, insert them between Rnd 10 and Rnd 11, 8 sts apart and 6 sts between the eyes.
- Rnd 11: 5 sc, 1 inc, 21 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc (46).
- Rnd 12: 46 sc.
- Rnd 13: 6 sc, 1 inc, 17 sc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc (48).
- Rnd 14: 10 sc, 38 sc (48).
- Rnd 15: 7 sc, 1 inc, 23 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc (50).
- Rnd 16: 50 sc.
- Rnd 17: 27 sc, 23 sc (50).
- Rnd 18: 11 sc, 39 sc (50).
- Rnd 19-20: 50 sc (2 rnds).
- Rnd 21: 7 sc, 1 dec, 18 sc, 5 sc, 1 dec, 16 sc (48).
- Rnd 22: 11 sc, 37 sc (48).
- Rnd 23: 48 sc.
- Rnd 24: 7 sc, 1 dec, 22 sc, 1 dec, 15 sc (46).
- Rnd 25: 26 sc, 20 sc (46).
- Rnd 26: 5 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, (cut black yarn), 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 8 sc, (3 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 6 sc (40).
- Rnd 27-28: 40 sc (2 rnds).
- Rnd 29: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32).
- Rnd 30: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24).
- Rnd 31: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16).
- Stuff the body tightly, but keep it less round.
- Rnd 32: 8 dec (8).
- Add some fiberfill and close the hole using a yarn needle. Weave the yarn through the front loops of all 8 stitches and pull tightly.