Free Crochet Cat Keychain With Donut | Amigurumi Pattern
Learn how to crochet a cat amigurumi keychain with a cute donut attached to it with this step-by-step pattern for beginners. It will be your soft, small, and adorable companion; you can attach it to the keys, bag, car roof, or anything else or gift to kids.
There will also be guides for each technique used in the pattern, and also learn how to attach the keyring to amigurumi using a tapestry needle. You will certainly love this, so let’s get started!
Designer: Crafty Lacey On Instagram
Supplies Used
Make sure you have below crochet supplies in hand:
- Yarn – The designer uses yellow, white, brown, and red cotton yarn in worsted-weight
- Crochet Hook – Smaller hook size of 4mm
- Stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Keyring
- Stitch Markers
- Safety eyes
Abbreviations Used
You will only find the following abbreviations while following the crochet cat keychain pattern, and below are the little tutorials for each:
- Chain (ch): yarn over and pull through the loop on the hook.
- Single crochet (sc): Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through both loops on the crochet hook.
- Half-double crochet (hdc): yarn over and insert the hook into the stitch (where you want to make hdc), yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all three loops on the hook.
- Increase (inc): Increase needs to work on specific crochet stitches in the same stitch. It starts with doing two crochet stitches in one stitch. For example, single crochet 1 inc means working two stitches in one stitch.
- Decrease (dec): It means working a particular stitch incompletely in many stitches and then pulling through the loops at once.
- Stitch/es (st)s
How to Attach the Keyring?
Here is a quick guide for attaching the keyring to the cat amigurumi:
- Cut a piece of yarn about 10-12 inches long that matches the cat amigurumi color (here, white).
- Thread the yarn through your tapestry needle.
- You will want the keyring on the head of the cat.
- Insert the tapestry needle into the top of the head and out from another spot nearby.
- Remove the needle and thread the yarn (from both ends) through the keyring.
- After the keyring is on the yarn, re-thread the tapestry needle, then stitch back into the same spot where the yarn is coming out of your amigurumi and back out again.
- Pull the yarn snugly (but not too tight!) and tie a double (or triple, for extra security) knot with the ends of the yarn. Your keyring will be attached!
How to Crochet Cat and Donut Amigurumi Keychain
In this section, you will find the complete crochet cat and donut amigurumi keychain pattern:
Skill Level: Beginner
Note: The pattern is written in the US instructions
Pattern:
Head:
1-6 sc in ring 2- inc (12) 3-1sc, inc (18) 4- 2sc, inc (24) 5- 3sc, inc (30) 6- 4sc, inc (36)
7–12- sc in all
Attach safety eyes Between rows 9-10 with 6 st apart
13- 4sc, dec (30) 14-3sc, dec (24)15- 2sc, dec (18)
16- 1 dec, 10sc, 1dec, 4sc (16)
Body
1- 6sc in ring 2- inc (12)
3- 1sc, inc (18)
4- 2sc, inc (24) 5- 3sc, inc (30) 6–10- sc in all 11-4sc, dec (25) 12- 3sc, dec (20) 13- sc in all
14- 3sc, dec (16) 15–16- sc in all
Ears x2
1- 4sc in ring
2-1sc, inc (6) 3- 2sc, inc (8) 4- 3sc, inc (10)
5- 4sc, inc (12)
6- 5sc, inc (14)
7- sc in all
inner ears x2
Pink yarn
1- 4sc in ring, turn
2- inc, sc 2, inc
Nose
1-6 sc in ring
2- inc (12)
3- sc in all
Legs x2
Ch 5 and start from second ch From hook
1- 3sc, 3sc in last st, 2sc, inc 2- inc, 2sc, 3inc, 2sc, 2inc
3- 4sc, 3dec, 4sc, dec
4-4sc, 2dec, 4sc
5–10-sc in all
11- 3sc, dec
Belly
Brown yarn
Ch 5, start from second ch from hook
1- inc, 2sc, 3sc in last st, continue on Other side, 2sc, inc
2- inc, 3sc, 3inc, 2sc, inc
Arms x2
1-6sc in ring 2–8- sc in all
DONUT
Ch 15, starts from the second ch from hook 1-1sc in all, ch 1 turn
2- inc in all, ch 1 turn
3–5- sc in all, ch 1 turn
6- dec in all, ch 1 turn
7–8- sc in all
Sew the sides together and stuff.
Then, sew the ends together
ICING
Ch 15 and sl st in first st
1- 1sc, inc
2- SC in all
3- 2sc, inc
4- SC in all
5- icing drip= *(ch 3 and start
In the second ch from hook, 2 hdc, Slst in next st)* make as many drips As you want
