No-Sew Crochet Gray Tabby Cat Free Pattern & Photo Tutorial

The Little Chonkers family just got a new member! A playful gray tabby cat! 🐾 This free no-sew crochet cat pattern is made with plush yarn, making it extra soft, cuddly, and quick to finish. Just like the first Little Chonkers cat, this design requires no sewing at all, so it’s perfect for beginners or anyone who loves a fast and satisfying crochet project. Keep reading for step-by-step photo instructions, plus a sneak peek at the next Little Chonkers coming soon: a tuxedo cat!

More Crochet Animals with Plush Yarn

If you love working with plush yarn, there are plenty more crochet animals to try! From the cozy Winter Penguin to the adorable No-Sew Blue Whale, and from sweet treats like the No-Sew Cupcake to the squishy No-Sew Octopus, these patterns are fast, fun, and perfect for adding a little handmade charm to your collection.

And, if you’re looking for even more crochet inspiration, I recommend starting here with the other free crochet patterns available on the blog.

Grab your yarn and hook, and let’s crochet this adorable cat together!

No-sew Crochet Cat

List of Materials:

• 6mm crochet hook,
• Chenille yarn of your preference. I used Hobbii Baby Snuggle, colors gray and black. A little bit of light pink for the nose.
• Sewing needle,
• Stuffing material hypoallergenic polyester,
• Scissors

Finish size

7 cm (2.6 inches) high, and 12cm (5 inches) with the tail up.

Gauge

You don’t need to worry too much about the gauge for this pattern. Just choose a hook that works well with your yarn. I always like to use a slightly smaller hook than the yarn label suggests—this helps keep the stitches nice and tight, so the stuffing doesn’t poke through. If your stitches look a bit loose, try going down a hook size.

But if you’d like to check the gauge I got with my yarn, here it is:
Using super bulky chenille yarn and a 6 mm hook, 4 rounds (ending with 24 stitches) measure about 2.5″ (5 cm) across.

Cat Pattern Instructions

Body

With gray yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1in) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1in) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

• For the next round, we will work with gray and black.

5 rnd  [gray] chain 2, skip 2 st, 2sc, [black] 5sc, [gray] 8sc, [black]   5sc, [gray] 2sc

6 rnd  2sc on the chains, 22sc

• You will now be left with a hole of 4 stitches total (two on each side).
• Stop crocheting the body for now. Don’t cut the yarn, you will come back here later. Add a stitch marker to prevent it from unraveling.
• We will now pause to crochet the tail.
• Introduce the black yarn in one of the remaining stitches and start crocheting.
• Make 8 rounds of 4sc, alternating between black and gray to create the stripes.
• Cut both yarns and fasten off, leaving a tail from each color. We will use it later.
• Now, pick up the stitch from the body where you stopped and continue

7 rnd  3sc gray, 6sc black, 6sc gray, 6sc black, 3sc black

8 rnd    24sc

• Cut the black yarn and fasten off.
• Now you will crochet the paws using the bobble stitch.
• When working the bobble stitch, grab only the front loop of the stitch. For the single crochet, grab both loops normally.

9 rnd  3sc, (1FLbo, 5sc) repeat 3 times, 1bo, 2sc

10 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

11 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

Cut the yarn and fasten it off.

Ears

Introduce the orange yarn in one stitch of the 3rd round of the head.

• Chain 3. Skip the first chain, make 1sc and 1hdc. Cut the yarn and fasten off by bringing the yarn inside the second round of the head.

Repeat on the other side of the head.

Tail Curve

To make the cat tail curve, introduce the leftover yarn into a tapestry needle.

Bring the yarn from the top to one stitch in the center of the tail (around round 4), then bring it back inside the tail and out through the top of the body.

Gently pull the leftover yarn to curve the tail slightly. Repeat the process with both colors.

Fasten off the yarn by tying it together the gray and black leftover yarn.

Embroidering the face

1. With black thread, embroider the eyes in round 5, leaving 3 stitches between them.
2. With a bit of light pink plush yarn, embroider the nose using 1 stitch in length.
3. With a bit of black plush yarn, embroider three lines, similar to the letter M, on top of the cats head.

Congratulations!

You finished your Crochet Cat amigurumi!

If this free pattern was useful to you and you are happy with your results, post a picture and tag me on social media so I can see your final product!

Take a look at other patterns here for your next WIP!

Happy crocheting!

Ana

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