Skill Level: Medium

With this description, you can crochet a small tiger cub. Any mohair or wool yarn is suitable for crocheting amigurumi. The author recommends Alize Kid Royal yarn. The nose can be molded from polymer clay or embroidered.

The size of the finished toy is about 7 cm.

Materials and Tools:

• Alize Kid Royal yarn 50: orange and white
• YarnArt Canarias yarn: black (for embroidery)
• 0.8 mm crochet hook
• 4-5 mm eyes for toys
• Toy filler
• Sewing threads
• Polymer clay (for the nose)
• 1-1.5 mm wire
• Glue
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors
• Pliers
• Wire cutters

Abbreviations:

• KA — amigurumi ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• dc — double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (…) x n — repeat n times

Description of crocheting amigurumi tigrenok

To create a tigrenok, you will need two colors — white and the main color. When using mohair, I recommend crocheting it with the addition of a simple thin sewing thread in the color of the yarn. The crochet turns out more even.

Head:
Row 1: KA, 6 sc
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Row 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Row 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rows 6-13: 30 sc
Row 14: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Row 15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Row 16: (sc, dec) x 6 (12) stuff the head with filler
Row 17: 6 dec (6) close

Muzzle:
Crochet in a circle, tight crocheting.

Row 1: chain of 6 ch
Row 2: in the second loop from the hook inc, 3 sc, 3 sc in one loop, continue crocheting the chain of ch in a circle, 3 sc, inc (13)
Row 3: 2 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc (18)
Row 4: inc, 9 sc, inc, 7 sc (20)
Row 5: sc, 2 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc, 7 sc (24)

Leave the thread, sew the muzzle.

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