Christmas

Christmas
“Cat”astrophe
“Cat”astrophe

PDF
crochet
pattern

Designer Tatyana Pogosova

@mrs.crowlet
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright 3
Designer 4
Abbreviations 5
Note 5
Materials and supplies 6
Size of the toy (Testing result) 7
Read me 8
Pot 9
Tree 10
Assembling 12
Cat 15

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 COPYRIGHT

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 DESIGNER
HI! My name is Tanya Pogosova.

I am an amigurumi designer
and a dollmaker.

Thank you for your love and

support, for trusting me, and
for purchasing this pattern.

I'm sure you will succeed!

If you encounter any difficulties or

find an error in the pattern, don't hesitate to contact me!

I hope you will enjoy creating this cute Christmas Tree with a naughty Kitty.

@MRS.CROWLET

MRS.CROWLET@GMAIL.COM

MrsCrowlet

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 ABBREVIATIONS
This pattern uses US terminology

MR magic ring
sl st slip stitch
ch chain
sc single crochet
dc double crochet
inc increase
dec decrease
FLO front loops only
BLO back loops only
(...)*n repeat the combination of stitches
in parentheses "n" times
p. photo

NOTE

All parts are worked in continuous spirals (without slip stitch and ch), unless
noted otherwise.

To keep track of the rounds use a stitch marker.

I crochet using semi-X stitches:

Insert the hook into the stitch

Yarn under (place the crochet hook over the yarn)
Pull through
Yarn over
Pull through 2 loops on the hook

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 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
1. Yarn - Sport weight yarn (Fine yarn) for cotton+acrylic yarn or Fingering (Super fine
yarn) for 100% cotton yarn
Colors: mustard (approx. 10g), green (approx. 15g), brown (a few meters),
black (approx. 5g), red (approx. 1g), yellow (approx. 1g), white (approx. 5g),
pink (a few meters)

I used:
Schachenmayr Catania (50g/125m, 100% cotton):
Colors: mustard (0383 - zimt)
green (0412 - moos)
black (0110 - schwarz)
yellow (0208 - sonne)
white (0106 - weiß)

Yarn and Colors Must-have (50g/125m, 100% cotton):

Colors: brown (027 - brunet)
red (030 - red wine)

Scheepjes Catona (50g/125m, 100% cotton): pink - 408

2. Crochet hook suitable for your yarn (I used 1.75 mm Tulip)

3. Safety eyes 6 mm
4. Scissors, tapestry needle, pins
5. Brown or black embroidery or sewing thread (a few meters)
6. Stitch marker (I use a piece of yarn)
7. Fiberfill (stuffing)
8. Stuffing tool (I use wooden skewers and tweezers)
9. Wire 2 mm (I needed about 40 cm). It is best to use steel or copper wire as these
are the strongest, the most stable and durable options and bend easily
10. Strapping tape (about 1 m)
11. All-purpose glue (I used UHU)
12. A piece of plastic, to make the bottom steady (I used a lid of a plastic container)

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 SIZE OF THE TOY
If you use the materials and crochet hook indicated in the pattern, the toy will be approximately
15 cm (6 inches) tall.

TESTING RESULT

Crochet hook: 2.20 mm

Yarn: 8/4 cotton+acrylic (fine weight),
Yarn Art Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold
Size: 25.5 cm/10 inches tall
Modification: the pot string (bow) was made with 126 chains instead of 111 chains
as indicated in the pattern. Due to it, the bow is little bit bigger

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 READ ME

DECREASES 1

In order to make an invisible decrease, insert the hook only

under the FRONT loop of one stitch, then under the FRONT loop
of the second stitch (p.1,2), yarn over and pull through these
two front loops (p.3), yarn over and pull through two loops left
on the hook (p.4).

2 3 4

COLOR CHANGE
Perform the color change on the second half of the previous stitch. When you make the last
stitch of the previous color: insert the hook, yarn over, pull through, pick the new color, yarn
over (p.5), pull through both loops on the hook (p.6). Continue working with the new color (p.7).

Use this method unless otherwise stated.

5 6 7

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 POT
Work with mustard yarn.

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1. 6 sc in a MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18)
4. (inc, 2 sc) * 6 (24)
5. (inc, 3 sc) * 6 (30)
6. 2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) * 5, inc, 2 sc (36)
7. (inc, 5 sc) * 6 (42)
8. 3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) * 5, inc, 3 sc (48)
9. (inc, 7 sc) * 6 (54)

Cut out a piece of plastic to fit the bottom (p.9). We will need it a little bit later.
* If your plastic is too flexible, cut out 2 or 3 pieces and put them together. You can also use a
cardboard.

10. BLO (p.8) 54 sc (54) 10 11

11. 4 sc, (inc, 8 sc) * 5, inc, 4 sc (60)
12. (inc, 9 sc) * 6 (66)
13-20. (8 rounds) 66 sc (66)
21. (dec, 9 sc) * 6 (60)
22-24. (3 rounds) 60 sc (60)
25. FLO 60 sc (60)
26. (ch 2, skip 2 stitches, 2 sc) * 15 Skip
(p.10.11) (60)
27. (4 dc covering the ch (p.12,13), 2 dc) * 14, 4 sc covering the ch (p.14) (the last 2 stitches of
the round remain undone)

Cut the yarn off leaving a tail 15-20 cm to weave in the end.

Use the "straight edge" method (see the next page for instructions).

12 13 14

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 Skip one stitch and insert the needle into the 2nd one (p.15), pull it out. Insert the needle into
the last stitch of the round (between the front and the back loop of the stitch) (p.16).

Pull the needle out, tighen the thread, weave in the end (p.17)

15 16 17

TREE
Work with green yarn.
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Do NOT stuff the tree.

1. 6 sc in a MR
2-4. (3 rows) 6 sc (6)
5. inc, 5 sc (7)
6. 7 sc (7)
7. inc, 6 sc (8)
8. 8 sc (8)
9. 1 sc, inc, 6 sc (9)
10. 9 sc (9)
11. 2 sc, inc, 6 sc (10)
12. 10 sc (10)
13. 2 sc, inc, 7 sc (11)
14. 11 sc (11)
15. 3 sc, inc, 7 sc (12)
16. (inc, 3 sc) * 3 (15)
17. (inc, 4 sc) * 3 (18) 25-26. (2 rows) 36 sc (36)
18. (inc, 5 sc) * 3 (21) 27. (inc, 5 sc) * 6 (42)
19. (inc, 6 sc) * 3 (24) 28-29. (2 rows) 42 sc (42)
20. (inc, 7 sc) * 3 (27) 30. (inc, 6 sc) * 6 (48)
21. (inc, 8 sc) * 3 (30) 31-32. (2 rows) 48 sc (48)
22-23. (2 rows) 30 sc (30) 33. (inc, 7 sc) * 6 (54)
24. (inc, 4 sc) * 6 (36) 34-39. (6 rows) 54 sc (54) (p.18)

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 Before continuing to crochet, measure how much wire you will need. It should be inserted into
the tree and the pot and repeat the shape of the pot bottom. Roughly measure and cut the wire,
keep in mind that there will be also a stem and soil (p.19). Form the bottom part (p.20,21), bend
the top part (p.22). Put fiberfill around the wire and wrap it with strapping tape (p.23), the width
should be enough to fill the top of the tree.

19 20 21

22 23 24

Insert the wire, firmly stuff the tree, and continue crocheting (p.25).

Make regular decreases in the next round instead of invisible ones: pull a loop through one stitch,
pull a loop through the next stitch (p.26), yarn over, pull through 3 loops on the hook (p.27).

40. BLO (dec, 7 sc) (48)

41. (dec, 6 sc) * 6 (42)
42. (dec, 5 sc) * 6 (36)
43. (dec, 4 sc) * 6 (30)

25 26 27

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 44. (dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)
45. (dec, 2 sc) * 6 (18) 28
46. (dec, 1 sc) * 6 (12)

STEM
Change the color of yarn to brown (fasten off the green yarn).

47. FLO 12 sc (p.28) (12)

48-49. (2 rows) 12 sc (12)

SOIL
Change the color of yarn to black (fasten off the brown yarn).
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50. FLO (inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18)

51. (inc, 2 sc) * 6 (24)
52. (inc, 3 sc) * 6 (30)
53. 2 sc, (inc, 4 sc) * 5, inc, 2 sc (36)
54. (inc, 5 sc) * 6 (42)
55. 3 sc, (inc, 6 sc) * 5, inc, 3 sc (48)
56. (inc, 7 sc) * 6 (54) (p.29)

Cut the yarn off leaving a tail about 50 cm long for sewing.

ASSEMBLING
This is optional, but it will make the contraction more stable: glue the bottom wire to the plastic
circle (p.30), glue the circle to the bottom of the pot (p.31,32).

If you don’t want to use glue, just insert the plastic piece and wire inside the pot.

30 31 32

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 Stuff firmly. Sew the soil to the inner side of the pot (p.33). As we have 60 back loops left on the
inner side of the pot and 54 loops in the last row of the top, we will skip each 10th loop of the pot
(p.34). Fasten off and weave in the end.

33 34 35

Bend the top of the tree, with a black yarn create a guideline for the garland (p.36). First, we will
crochet the light bulbs on the tree following the guiding line and then embroider the string.

How to make the light bulbs:

The bulbs are made with a bobble stitch: a group of 3 incomplete double
crochet stitches into one stitch closed at the top. Turn the tree upside
down, insert your hook between the rounds and attach the yarn (p.37).
Ch 2 (p.38), yarn over, insert the hook into the same stitch, yarn over, pull
up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on the hook (p.39), repeat 2 more
times, now we have 4 loops on the hook (p.40), yarn over and pull through
all 4 loops (p.41). Scan or click
to watch the video

36 37 38

39 40 41

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 Ch 1 (p.42), cut the yarn off and pull the thread out. Tie both ends together a few times (p.43)
and weave them in (p.44).

Continue making light bulbs following the guideline. You can use any colors you wish, I chose
yellow and red (p.45)

42 43 44

Attach black yarn to the 1st light bulb, make a stitch through the top of it (p.46), go to the next
bulb, for this and all the following bulbs: make a stitch through the top of the bobble stitch twice
(p.47,48). Continue attaching black yarn this way till the last bobble stitch.

Make one long stitch to finish the garland at the top of the tree and weave in the yarn end
(p.49,50).

45 46 47

48 49 50

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 Make a string for the pot. Work with red yarn.
51
Ch 111, turn, work from the 2nd ch from hook: Scan or click
110 sl st, fasten off and weave in the ends to watch the video

(p.51).

Pull it through the holes we made in the 25th

round of the pot. I use a hook of a bigger size
(p.52) For the method I use to tie a bow the left
end should be a little shorter than the right
one. Watch this video to see how to tie a bow.

52 53 54

CAT
HEAD

Work with white yarn. 55

Do NOT stuff the head.

1. 6 sc in a MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (inc, 1 sc) * 6 (18)
4. (inc, 2 sc) * 6 (24)
5. 24 sc (24)

Stitches that are highlighted in mustard color should be worked with mustard yarn. Do not cut
the yarn off after the color change, leave it on the inside of the work till you need it again.
For the instructions on how to change yarn colors see page 8.

6. 12 sc, 4 sc, 8 sc (24)

7-8. (2 rounds) 12 sc, 4 sc, 8 sc (24)
9. (dec, 2 sc) * 3, dec, 2 sc, (dec, 2 sc) * 2 (18) (p.55)
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 Fasten off mustard yarn.
To make it easier to insert the eyes, first make holes for them. I use a wooden skewer, insert it
between the stitches and widen the hole (p.56). The eyes will be between rounds 7 and 8 at a
distance of 6 stitches. Attach the safety eyes (p.57).

10. (dec, 1 sc) * 6 (12) 56 57

Cut the yarn off leaving 30-40

cm for sewing.

Embroider the nose with pink

yarn between rounds 8 and 9.
Make 2 horizontal stitches
(p.58). Embroider a mouth with
brown/black embroidery or sewing thread as shown in the p.59-63).
With the same thread embroider eyelashes (p.64-66) (there should be no ears at this moment,
thought you can see them on the photos))

58 59 60

61 62 63

64 65 66

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 EARS 67
Mark the places for ears with pins (between rounds
3 and 4 - p.67).

Watch this video before starting.

Scan or click
to watch the video

Left ear
68
Insert your hook into the marked point (p.68), attach black
yarn (p.69), make 1 sc, ch 2, from the 2n ch from the hook
1 sl st, make 1 sc into the same stitch on the head. Pull up
a loop, insert the needle one round above (between rounds
2 and 3), pull it out at the point where you starting (where
you have a yarn tail left) (p.70). Tie the ends together a few
times and weave them in (p.71).

69 70 71

Right ear

The right ear is done almost in the same way, but we insert the hook 1 round above the pin
(p.72) and after crocheting the ear insert the needle into the marked point (p.73,74).

Stuff the head firmly.

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 LEGS
75
Right leg
Work with black yarn.

1. 6 sc in a MR (6)
2-3. (2 rounds) 6 sc (6)

Cut the yarn off and weave in the end using the "straight edge"
method (p.75).

Left leg

Work with white yarn. Make the second leg in the same way but do not cut the yarn off, continue
to crochet the body.

BODY
4. Continue crocheting on the second leg 6 sc, ch 2 (p.76), attach the 1st leg (p.77), make 6 sc on
the 1st leg, put a marker of the beginning of the row (16)
5. 2 inc along the chain (p.78,79), 6 sc, 2 inc along the chain, 6 sc (p.80) (20)
6-7. (2 rounds) 4 sc, 16 sc (20)
Fasten off mustard yarn.
8-11. (4 rounds) 20 sc (20)
12. (2 dec, 6 sc) * 2 (16) (p.81 - back of the body)

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 ARMS 82
Stuff the body.

Find the middle stitches on both sides of

the body and mark them (p.82). Make sure
there are 7 stitches for each arm (do not
count the marked stitches).
Scan or click
to watch the video
Watch this video before proceeding.

Make as many sc as you need to reach the marked stitch (I had 1 sc), insert
your hook through the marked stitches (p.83) and make a sl st (p.84). This sl st will not be
counted as a stitch, it only divides the body in half.

Turn the work and crochet the right arm (p.84,85).

13. 7 sc (7)
14. dec, 5 sc (6)
15. 6 sc (6)

Cut the yarn off leaving a tail for closing the opening. Insert the yarn tail into a needle, go under
the front loops of all 6 sc (p.86) and tighten the thread. Fasten off and weave in the end (p.87).

If needed, stuff the body a little more through the remaining hole (p.88).

83 84 85

86 87 88

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 Attach yarn to the 12th round
of the body (p.89) (leave a 10-15 89 90
cm tail to sew the hole that may
appear between the arms).

13. 7 sc (7)
14. dec, 5 sc (6)
15. 6 sc (6)

Cut the yarn off and close the

opening. Sew the hole between the arms if needed (p.90).

TAIL
Attach mustard yarn to the 7th round on the body (right in the middle of the mustard spot on the
back (p.91). Ch 7, from the 2nd ch from the hook: 6 sl st (p.92), tie 2 ends together a few times
and weave them in (p.93).

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ASSEMBLING 94

Pin the head to the body between rounds 6 and 9 as shown in

the p.94. Sew the head to the body grabbing a stitch on the
body (p.95) and a stitch on the head (p.96).

Pin the arms of the cat to the tree and sew them on (p.97).

Weave in the ends.

95 96 97

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