Toy Mouse for Cats Free Amigurumi Pattern

We have a new addition to our already full house – little Deet! Although he’s tiny, he’s holding his own, even with our two dogs, Daisy and Storm. Storm is pretty keen on the new comer, happily playing with him and following him around the house. Daisy, however, is less than impressed. In fact, she refused to even make eye contact with him for the first week! Which is exactly what Storm did when we brought Daisy home. Daisy does seem to be coming around to the idea now though, so I hope soon they’ll be just as good friends as Daisy and Storm are.

Deet is a rescue kitten (just like all our animals) and something I thought was very sweet is he came with his own knitted toy mouse. And he loves it! However, it quickly started looking worn out, so I thought I’d have a go at making him another (and drop a few extras off to the cat rescue centre).

The pattern for the mouse is great for using up little oddments of yarn – it only takes 18 m/20 yards of DK/light worsted weight yarn and you can always make them with stripes to use up even smaller amounts of left overs. Also, the body and tail are all one piece, just the ears are made separately, so very little sewing is needed (I really don’t like sewing things together!).

Feel free to use this pattern as you wish – maybe its for making toys for your own pets, maybe for friends, maybe for your local animal shelter, or maybe to sell – entirely up to you!

Finished Size:

Approximately 7 cm long (not including tail) using DK/Light Worsted Weight yarn and 2.75 mm crochet hook. Using light worsted weight/DK yarn and a 2.75 mm hook you will need approximately only 18 m (20 yards) of yarn – a great way to use up little leftovers!

You can use any yarn and hook combination that gives you good tension. Normally this would be a hook at least two sizes smaller than that recommended on the yarn label.

Materials:

• Yarn (see “Finished size”)
• Crochet hook
• Sewing needle
• Stuffing

Crochet Abbreviations:

US Teminology

sc – single crochet

dec – decrease

inc – increase

ch – chain

The numbers in brackets at the end of each round indicate either:

• how many stitches you should have at the end of the round e.g. (6) means 6 stitches at end of round
• the number of rounds the instructions are repeated for e.g. (8 rounds) means there are 8 rounds worked the same

Body (starting at head):

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (8)

Round 3: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (10)

Round 4: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (12)

Round 5: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (14)

Round 6: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (16)

Round 7: (7 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (18)

Round 8: (8 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (20)

Round 9: (9 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (22)

Round 10: (10 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (24)

Rounds 11-15: 24 sc (5 rounds)

Round 16: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)

Round 17: (1sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Stuff mouse.

Round 18: 6 dec (6)

ch 30 for tail

Fasten off.

Ears (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Rounds 2-3: 6 sc (2 rounds)

Fasten off.

Flatten ears. Attach ears to head between rounds 7 and 8 with 3 stitches in between the ears.

Embroider eyes.

Done!