PATTERN: BOTTOM-UP / LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Create your own flexible cat doll, with her fully removable outfit and adorable accessory for endless dress-up fun!

For this project you’ll need:

Suggested materials:

• 2 mm crochet hook with fine weight yarn (2/Sport) in the colours of your choice for the whole doll
• Any size of crochet hook and yarn of your preference for the doll’s clothes. Super fine weight yarn (1/fingering) or fine weight yarn (2/Sport) are the most recommended options
• 1 pair of 8 mm safety eyes or buttons
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing fibre
• Blush makeup (optional)

Yarn information:

For this project, I used:

• Fine weight yarn (2/Sport) Bella 100% cotton from Fios Pingouin

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)
• DC - double crochet
• BOB ST - bobble stitch (yarn over, insert the hook into the st, yarn over and pull it through, yarn over and pull it through 2 loops. Repeat it 3 more times and you should have 5 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull it through all 5 loops.)
• TR BOB ST - treble bobble stitch (the treble bobble stitch is a bobble with 2 yarning overs before inserting the hook on the st, as if you’re going to do a treble stitch: wrap the hook on the yarn twice, insert the hook into the next st, yarn over and pull it through, yarn over and pull it through 2 loops, yarn over and pull it through 2 loops again. Repeat it 3 more times and you should have 5 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull it through all 5 loops.)
• 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.
• To make the paw pads in pink (or any colour different from the rest of the paw) as I did, change to pink yarn on the first bobble stitch and work only the bobble stitches in pink, carrying the yarn tail along the back of your work while using the main colour for the other stitches. Each time you reach a bobble stitch, use the yarn tail to switch to pink, then switch back to the main colour afterward. Continue carrying both yarn tails along the back of your work until all the bobble stitches for the paw are complete.
• 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.