Meet the adorable Nekori kitten 🐱 This cute kitten amigurumi free pattern is perfect for creating a soft, charming, and playful handmade toy that instantly melts hearts.
With its big expressive eyes, tiny ears, and sweet face details, Nekori is a fun and satisfying crochet project for all skill levels. The step-by-step instructions make it easy to follow while helping you achieve a clean and professional result.
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🧶 Materials & Tools
- Yarn (cotton or cotton blend, similar to YarnArt Jeans)
• Main color (for body)
• Secondary color (for details, ears, tail)
• White (for eyes)
• Black (for embroidery details) - Crochet hook suitable for your yarn (recommended: 2.0 – 2.5 mm)
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Safety eyes (8–10 mm) or black beads
- Black embroidery thread (for eyelashes, nose, and mouth)
- Yarn needle (for sewing parts)
- Stitch marker
- Scissors
✂️ Abbreviations
st(s): stitch(es)
MR: magic ring
sc: single crochet
inc: increase (2 sc in same stitch)
dec: decrease (sc 2 stitches together)
sl st: slip stitch
ch: chain
🧸 Head
With gray yarn. Stuff as you go.
Ch 7, work around both sides of the chain.
1: Starting from 2nd ch: 5 sc, 3 sc in last st, 4 sc, inc (14)
2: inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
3: inc, 6 sc, 4 inc, 6 sc, 3 inc (28)
4: inc, 8 sc, inc, 1 sc, 2 inc, 1 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 1 sc, 2 inc, 1 sc (36)
5: inc, 10 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc (44)
6: 44 sc
7: inc, 12 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 3, inc, 12 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 3 (52)
8: 52 sc
9: 2 sc, inc, 10 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 5, inc, 10 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 4, inc (64)
10–11: 64 sc
12: inc, 16 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 5, inc, 16 sc, (inc, 2 sc) * 5 (76)
13–24: 76 sc
25: (2 sc, dec) * 5, 16 sc, (dec, 2 sc) * 5, dec, 16 sc, dec (64)
26: 64 sc
27: (dec, 2 sc) * 4, dec, 10 sc, (dec, 2 sc) * 5, dec, 10 sc, dec, 2 sc (52)
28: 52 sc
👉 Insert eyes between Rows 15–16
👉 Insert nose between Rows 17–18
👉 Start stuffing
29: (2 sc, dec) * 3, 12 sc, (dec, 2 sc) * 3, dec, 12 sc, dec (44)
30: 44 sc
31: sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, sc, dec, 10 sc, dec (36)
32: sc, 2 dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, 2 dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, sc, dec (24)
F.o., leave a long tail for sewing.
👂 Ears (Make 2)
One ear in gray, one in black:
1: 5 sc in MR (5)
2: 10 sc (inc in each stitch) (10)
3: 10 sc
4: (1 sc, inc) * 5 (15)
5: (2 sc, inc) * 5 (20)
6: 20 sc
7: (3 sc, inc) * 5 (25)
8: 25 sc
F.o., leave a long tail for sewing.
🧸 Body
With gray yarn. Stuff as you go.
1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: (inc) * 6 (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
8: (6 sc, inc) * 6 (48)
9: (7 sc, inc) * 6 (54)
10–11: 54 sc
12: (8 sc, inc) * 6 (60)
13–16: 60 sc
17: (8 sc, dec) * 6 (54)
18: 54 sc
19: 3 sc, (dec, 7 sc) * 5, dec, 4 sc (48)
20: 48 sc
21: (6 sc, dec) * 6 (42)
22: 42 sc
23: 2 sc, (dec, 5 sc) * 5, dec, 3 sc (36)
24: 3 sc, (dec, 4 sc) * 5, dec, 1 sc (30)
25: (dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)
F.o., hide yarn.
🐾 Front Legs (Make 2)
With gray yarn:
1: 5 sc in MR (5)
2: (inc) * 5 (10)
3–10: 10 sc
F.o., leave a long tail for sewing.
🐾 Tail
Start with black yarn:
1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: (inc) * 6 (12)
3–5: 12 sc
Change to gray yarn
6–8: 12 sc
9: (4 sc, dec) * 2 (10)
Optional: add more rounds of 10 sc to make the tail longer
10: 3 sc, hdc, sc, hdc, sc (5)
Do not finish the round.
Leave a long tail for sewing.
🧵 Assembly
Attach felt pieces for paw details if needed
Attach the head to the body
Sew the ears on the head
Attach the front legs to the body
Sew the tail to the back
Embroider facial details as desired