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Midnight Cat Basket




10/14/2024


Level of difficulty




MATERIALS

1 ball of Premium T-shirt Yarn – color: #8990 (Black)

1 ball of Amigurumi Soft – Color: #4456 (Orange)

Skeins of Maxi Mouline – Colors: #946 and #915

3.0 mm and 7.0 mm Crochet Hooks

Fabric Glue

Square MDF Base with holes – Size: 10 x 10 cm (3.94″ x 3.94″)

1 pair of 14 mm Black eyes

1 Pink nose 15 x 10 mm


ABBREVIATIONS AND STICHES

st (stitch), sts (stitches), wk (work or working), hk (hook), rep (repetition or repetitions), fo (fasten off), foll (following), ch (Chain Stitch), sl st (Slip Stitch), rnd (round), pm (place marker), yo (yarn over), sc (Single Crochet), csc (Center Single Crochet), inc (increase of 2 stitches in the same base stitch), FPsl st (Front Post Slip Stitch), dc (Double Crochet), Magic Ring, Invisible finish of the rnd (remove the loop from the hk, insert it into the first st of the rnd, pull the loop through and remove from the hk, set it aside for the next step; insert the hk into the middle of the st that formed, yo, pull through to the front, insert the hk into the loop that was set aside, yo, and pull through both loops at once).


APPROXIMATE SIZE

9 cm (3.54″) in height x 12 cm (4.72″) in width

 

Execution:

 

Diagram 1 – Side

Diagram 1 – Side

Use yarn #8990 (Black) and the 7.0 mm hk.

Rnd 1: Fill the base with 1 sc for each base hole on the side, 2 sc in the same base hole in the corner; rep from to all around the base. Make an invisible finish.

Rnd 2: Wk 1 FPsl st in each base st Note: pm on first st.

Rnd 3: Wk 1 sc in each base st and make an invisible finish.

Rnds 4 to 11 (8 rnds): Wk 1 csc in each base st and make an invisible finish.

Rnd 12: Wk 1 sl st in each base st, make an invisible finish, and fo the yarn.

Place the nose centered at the front, between rnds 6 and 7. Using Maxi Mouline thread #915, embroider the muzzle and whiskers, foll the Assembly Diagram.

 

Diagram 2 – Ear

Join the yarn #8990 (Black) at the front, in the 1st stitch of the side, and wk into the sc of the 11th rnd of Diagram 1.

Rnd 1: Ch 4, return from the 2nd ch from the hk with 1 sl st, 1 sc, 1 dc, skip 1 st of the basket, and make 1 sl st. Fasten off the yarn.

Leave a space of 4 sts and wk the other ear the same way. Fo the yarn.

 

Diagram 3 – Eye

Using yarn #4456 (Orange) and the 3.0 mm hk, start with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 7 sc into the ring.

Rnd 2: 7 inc Note: pm on first sc (14)

Fo the yarn.

Using Maxi Mouline thread #946, embroider the eye, foll the Assembly Diagram.

Insert the Black eye in the center of the magic ring.

Make 2 identical eyes.

Glue the eyes to the front part of the basket between rnds 8 and 9, 4 sts apart.



Designer: Círculo Studio


Disclaimer: Measurements are approximate due to differences between centimeters and inches, needle sizes and tension. All care has been taken to allow accurate completion of the pattern.


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