The Crochet Cassandra Cat Amigurumi is an adorable doll pattern designed to represent the Celtic zodiac cat sign.

Design Inspiration

Similar to the Greek and Chinese zodiacs, one version of the Celtic zodiac has animal signs. The Celtic animal zodiac is based on lunar cycles, so it has thirteen signs. Cassandra is the first amigurumi of this zodiac collection and represents the cat. Cats are known for lounging, so I designed Cassandra’s outfit to reflect the cozy, comfortable fashion of the winter season. The Cat (January 21 – February 17) exhibits intelligence, intuition, and quick wit.

PATTERN

Description

A cute crochet zodiac inspired cat amigurumi pattern.

Materials

Yarn: Basic Stitch Anti Pilling Yarn (weight 4 – medium)

Color A – Honey (3.5oz/100g, 185yd/170m) – 1 skein

Color B – Ebony (3.5oz/100g, 185yd/170m) – 1 skein

Premier Cotton Sprout DK (weight 3 – light)

Color C – Cranberry (3.5oz/100g, 230yd/210m) – 1 skein

*black scrap yarn for belt and white yarn for eyes

Hook: F/5 – 3.75mm for doll, D/3 – 3.25mm for outfit

Safety eyes (8mm)

Fiberfill

Stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Pipe cleaner 

Sizing 

Finished Dimensions: Doll – 7.75” height x 5.00” length (across chest with arms outstretched) x 2.00” width (at head)

Abbreviations (US)

st – stitch
sp – space
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
sc2tog – single crochet two stitches together
blo – back loop only 

Special Stitches

Moss Stitch: *sc in the first st, ch 1, sk, repeat from * across

Notes

All parts worked in the round are continuous unless otherwise indicated

Brackets [ ] indicate directions worked in the same st. For example, sc 5 means sc 1 in five sts; [sc 5] means sc 5 in the same st

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Crochet Cassandra Cat Amigurumi Pattern – Instructions

Head/Body

In color A, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 8 into the magic circle (8)

Round 2: [sc 2] around (16)

Round 3: *sc 7, [sc 2], repeat from * once (18)

Round 4: sc around (18)

Round 5: *sc 2, [sc 2], repeat from * around (24)

Round 6: sc around (24)

Round 7: *sc 3, [sc 2], repeat from * around (30)

Round 8-11: sc around (30)

Round 12: *sc 3, sc2tog, repeat from * around (24)

Round 13: sc around (24)

Round 14: *sc 2, sc2tog, repeat from * around (18)

Round 15: sc around (18)

*add safety eyes between rounds 9 and 10 (5 sts apart), sew white yarn around the outside of each eye, add a nose one row below and across 3 sts centered between the eyes, and stuff the head firmly

Round 16: sc2tog around (9)

Round 17: [sc 2] around (18)

Round 18: *sc 2, [sc 2], repeat from * around (24) 

Round 19-23: sc around (24)

Round 24: *sc 4, sc2tog, repeat from * around (20)

Round 25-29: sc around (20)

Round 30: *sc 3, sc2tog, repeat from * around (16)

Round 31-33: sc around (16)

Round 34: sc2tog around (8)

Stuff firmly

Finish off and leave long tail for sewing the body closed

Arm (make 2)

In color A, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch1, sc 6 into the magic circle, sl st in the beginning sc (6)

Round 2-10: ch 1, sc around, sl st in the beginning sc (6)

Finish off and leave long tail for sewing to the sides of the body between rounds 18 and 20

Leg (make 2)

In color A, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 7 into the magic circle, sl st in the beginning sc (7)

Round 2-15: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in the beginning sc (7)

Finish off and sew to bottom of the body between rounds 32 and 34

Hair

Scalp

In color B, make a magic circle

Round 1: ch 1, sc 8 into the magic circle, sl st into the beginning sc (8)

Round 2: ch 1, [sc 2] around, sl st into the beginning sc (16)

Round 3: ch 1, *sc 7, [sc 2], repeat from * once, sl st into the beginning sc (18)

Round 4: ch 1, sc around, sl st into the beginning sc (18)

Round 5: ch 1, *sc, [sc 2], repeat from * around, sl st into the beginning sc (27)

Round 6-7: ch 1, sc around, sl st into the beginning sc (27)

Round 8: *ch 3, sk, st st, repeat from * four times, **ch 2, sk, sl st, repeat from ** two times, repeat the beginning from *, sl st into the sl st of the previous round (10 ch3-sp, 3 ch2-sp, 14 sl st)

Finish off and leave a long tail for sewing to the head.

Strands

To create strands for the hair, cut equal lengths of yarn (the longer the cut, the more room for trimming later). 

Separate each cut of yarn into individual strands (4 per cut).

Sew strands through the scalp in an ascending pattern (row 7 to 6, row 5 to 4, and row 3 to 2) all the way around.

After adding all the strands, sew the scalp to the head through round 8.

Trim and style as desired. 

Sweater Dress

Hem

In color C, ch 4

Row 1: sc in the second ch from the hook and in each ch across (3)

Row 2-34: ch 1, turn, sc blo across (3)

Continue work the dress without finishing off

Dress

Row 1: ch 1, turn work to continue down the long side, sc in the end of each row of the hem (34)

Row 2-15: ch 1, turn, moss st across, sc in the last st (18 sc, 16 ch-sp)

Row 16: ch 1, turn, [sc, ch 1, sk], repeat [] twice, sc, ch 4, sk 3, repeat [] six times, sc, ch 4, sk 3, repeat [] four times, sc in the last st (16 sc, 12 ch1-sp, 2 ch4-sp)

Row 17: ch 2, turn, dc 8, [sc 4] in the ch4-sp, dc 13, [sc 4] in the ch4-sp, dc 7 (28 dc, 8 sc)

Finish off and use a long tail to sew the sides together using a whip stitch (make sure the seam is turned inside before adding the sleeves) 

Sleeves (make 2)

Ch 11

Round 1: sc in the second ch from the hook and in each ch across (10)

Round 2-9: ch 1, sc around (10) 

Finish off and sew to the dress at the armholes

Ears (make 2)

In color C, ch 5 

Row 1: sc in the second ch from the hook and in each ch across (4)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc2tog twice (2)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc2tog (1)

Ch 1 and sc around the entire triangle

Finished off and weave in ends

Using two small pieces of a shaved down pipe cleaner work through the backs of the ears and gently stick into the head.

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