Skill level: Easy

With this description, you can crochet Hello Kitty in insect costumes:

• Kitty butterfly
• Kitty ladybug
• Kitty bee

Any semi-cotton yarn and appropriate hook are suitable for amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, Alize Cotton Gold, and others.

Materials and Tools:

• YarnArt Jeans: 03-milk (main)
• YarnArt Jeans: 89-lilac, 72-violet (for butterfly)
• YarnArt Jeans: 26-red, 53-black (for ladybug)
• YarnArt Jeans: 35-yellow, 70-chocolate, 88-light yellow (for bee)
• Thread for embroidering the face
• 2 mm hook
• Toy eyes 8×10 mm
• Toy nose 6×8 mm
• Toy stuffing
• Wire
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations:

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• puff st — puff stitch (4 dc with a common top, worked in one loop)
• dc — double crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (…) x n — repeat n times

Description of crocheting amigurumi Spring Kitty

Hands (2 parts)
Row 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Row 2: 6 inc (12)
Row 3: 12 sc (12)
Row 4: 6 sc, 1 puff st, 5 sc (12)
Rows 5-10: 12 sc (12)
Stuff the hands, towards the end stuff less tightly.
Row 11: 6 dec (6)

Pull and cut the thread, leaving a small tail. Using a needle, tighten the opening by threading the yarn through the front loops of the last row. Hide the end of the thread inside the part.

Legs (2 parts)
Row 1: 8 sc in MR (8)
Row 2: 8 inc (16)
Row 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rows 4-6: 24 sc (24)
Row 7: 8 sc, 4 dec, 8 sc (20)
Row 8: 8 sc, 2 dec, 8 sc (18)
Row 9: 18 sc (18)

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