A Tiger Free Crochet Pattern

The Tiger was one of my first crocheted toys. Of course, it’s not a perfect creation and need some ‘up-grade’ :-)

Body

start with orange yarn, make black stripes width of 2 rounds

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. [inc, 2 sc] around (24)
5. sc around (24)
6. [inc, 3 sc] around (30)

7-8 (2 rounds altogether): sc around (30)

9. [inc, 4 sc] around (36)

10-11 : sc around (36)

12: [inc, 5 sc] around (42)

13-16 (4 rounds altogether): sc around (42)

17: [dec, sc] around (36)

18. sc around (36)

19. [dec, 4 sc] around (30)

20-22 (3 rounds altogether): sc around (30)

23. [dec, 3 sc] around (24)

24-26 (3 rounds altogether): sc around (24)

27. [dec, 2 sc] around (18)

28-29 (2 rounds altogether): sc around (18)

stuff with filler well

30. [dec, sc] around (12)

Leave a long tail for sewing the Head

Head

begin with orange

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. [inc, 2 sc] around (24)
5. sc around (24)
6. [inc, 3 sc] around (30)
7. sc around (30)
8. [inc, 4 sc] around (36)
9. sc around (36)

Make 2 black stripes

10 - 11 (with black yarn): sc around (36)

make 2 rounds with orange yarn

12. sc around (36)

13. [dec, 4 sc] around (30)

make 2 rounds with black yarn

14. sc around (30)

15. [dec, 3 sc] around (24)

finish with orange yarn

16. [dec, 2 sc] around (18)

stuff well

17. [dec, sc] around (12)

18. dec around (6)

Cut off the thread, pull its tail through the stitches of the last round, pull well to close the hole, hide the tail inside the Head

Sew the Body and the Head using the Body thread tail (see the photo: the orange part of the Head is ‘the face’ of the toy)

Snout

with white yarn

6 ch st.

1. (in the 2nd from the hook): 4 sc, 3 sc in the last st., 3 sc, inc (12)
2. inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
3. [inc, sc], 3 sc, [inc, sc]*3, 3 sc, [inc, sc]*2 (24)
4. sc around (24)

Attach the eyes onto the Head

Attach the nose onto the Snout

Stuff and sew the Snout

Ears, 2 pieces

The ear consist of 2 details: inner white and outer orange one

The White Detail

make 6 sc in magic ring, finish with sl st. Leave a tail for sewing to the Orange Detail

The Orange Detail

1. 6 sc in magic ring, ch, turn
2. in the 2nd st.: sc, 2 inc, sc, sl st., ch, turn
3. sl st, 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc

Leave a long tail for sewing to the head

Sew the White detail inside the Orange one. Sew both ears to the head.

Add some black and white little stitches around the Snout (and black points on the Snout) using a sewing needle

White Spot

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. [inc, 2 sc] around (24)
5. 24 sc, hdc, dc, ch, turn
6. 4 sc, hdc, dc, ch, turn
7. 6 sc

Work to length you want. Make sc-row around the Spot.

Leave the long tail and sew the Spot to the Body

Arm, 2 pieces

begin with white

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. (in back loop only): sc around (12)
4. sc around (12)

stuff with filler in process

5 - 9 (orange): sc around (12)

10 - 11 (black) : sc around (12)

12 - 13 (orange) : sc around (12)

14-15 (black) : sc around (12)

16-17 (orange) : sc around (12)

18-19 (black) : sc around (12)

20-22 (orange) : sc around (12)

Leave a long  tail for sewing

Leg, 2 pieces

1. 6 sc in magic ring
2. inc around (12)
3. [inc, sc] around (18)
4. sc around (18)
5. (in back loops only): sc around (18)

In order to make Foot more stable, put a flat button inside the foot and sew it with beginning tail

6. sc around (18)

stuff in process

7. [dec, sc] around (12)

8 - 10: sc around (12)

11. inc, 5 sc, inc, 5 sc (14)

12 - 25: sc around (14)

put together the both side, make 6 sc into the opposite stitches (to close the hole).

Leave the tail for sewing to the Body

Tail

1. 4 sc in magic ring
2. inc, 3 sc (5)

3 and so on: sc around (5)

Sew the tail to the Body, embroider some black and white stripes on the Tail.

Embroider claws on the Legs and the Arms.