PATTERN: BOTTOM-UP / LEVEL: BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE

Create your own good-luck kitty with its left or right paw raised, according to your preference.

For this project you’ll need:

Suggested materials:

• 3 mm crochet hook with medium weight yarn (4/Worsted) in white
• 8 mm safety eyes, black buttons OR
• A small piece of black yarn for embroidering the eyes
• A small piece of pink yarn for embroidering the nose and paws
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing fibre
• Blush makeup (optional)
• A small piece of a thicker yarn or satin for the collar (optional)

Yarn information:
For this project, I used:
* Medium-weight yarn (4/Worsted) Bernat Super Value 100% acrylic from Yarnspirations

My abbreviations (based on US terms):

• MR - magic ring
• ST - stitch
• CH - chain
• SL ST - slip stitch
• SC - single crochet
• INC - increase (2sc in the same st)
• DEC - decrease (sc 2 together)
• BLO - back loops only (do the stitches using only the back loops of your work)
• ( )xNUMBER - number of times you have to repeat everything inside the brackets
• square brackets - total number of stitches on the row

Tips:

• If you’re unfamiliar with any crochet stitches used in this pattern, try searching YouTube for “stitch name + tutorial.” You’ll find plenty of beginner-friendly, detailed video guides.
• Rows without a mention of a chain between them are worked in continuous rounds. To keep track, use a stitch marker to mark the last stitch of each row.
• In crochet, yarn over (YO) and yarn under (YU) refer to how the yarn is wrapped around the hook when making stitches. Yarn over (bringing the yarn over the hook from back to front) is the standard technique and is used throughout all my patterns unless stated otherwise. Yarn under (bringing the yarn under the hook from front to back) creates tighter stitches and a firmer fabric. Using yarn under instead of yarn over may result in slight differences, such as a smaller final piece, more visible slip stitches, and a firmer, less soft texture.
• When working on a foundation chain, I usually prefer to use the back bumps of the chains for a neater finish with fewer visible holes.

Crochet pattern designed by Lumy Levenhagen. All Rights Reserved. Sharing, selling, re-writing, copying or translating any part of this pattern is prohibited and subjected to international copyright law.