Materials

Plush yarn – orange, white
4 mm crochet hook
Safety nose 15 мм
Safety eyes 12 мм
Yarnart Jeans 53 (or any other black cotton yarn) for head decoration and stripes.
Toy stuffing material
Sewing needle, scissors
Stitch Markers

The height of the toy is approximately 20 cm.

Abbreviations

MR: Magic ring
Inc: Increase
Dec: Decrease
Sc: Single crochet

Head

Start with white color.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1sc,inc)x6 (18)
Rnd 4. 18 sc (18)
Change color to orange.
Rnd 5. 6 sc, 6 inc, 6 sc (24)
Rnd 6. 6 sc, (inc,1sc)x6, 6 sc (30)
Rnd 7. (inc,4sc)x6 (36)
Rnd 8-12. 36 sc (36)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6, 4 inc apart.
Insert safety nose between rounds 2 and 3.
Rnd 13. (4sc,dec)x6 (30)
Rnd 14. (3sc,dec)x6 (24)
Rnd 15. (2sc,dec)x6 (18)
Rnd 16. (1sc,dec)x6 (12)
Rnd 17. 6 dec (6)
Make head decoration.

Legs (make 2)

Start with white color.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. (inc)x6 (12)
Rnd 3. (1sc,inc)x6 (18)
Rnd 4. (5sc,inc)x3 (21)
Change color to orange.
Rnd 5-6. 21 sc (21)
Rnd 7. 1 sc, (1sc,dec)x6, 2 sc (15)
Rnd 8. 3 sc, (1sc,dec)x3, 3 sc (12)
Rnd 9-13. 12 sc (12)
Fold in half and crochet 5 sc through both sides.
We’ve completed the tiger’s legs, now its arms are next.

Arms (make 2)

Start with white color.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. (inc)x6 (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc (12)
Change color to orange.
Rnd 4. 12 sc (12)
Rnd 5. 3 dec, 6 sc (9)
Rnd 6-12. 9 sc (9)
Fold in half and crochet 4 sc through both sides.

Body

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2. (inc)x6 (12)
Rnd 3. (1sc,inc)x6 (18)
Rnd 4. (1sc,inc)x9 (27)
Rnd 5. (2sc,inc)x9 (36)
Rnd 6. 36 sc (36)
Rnd 7. 5 sc with leg, 12 sc, 5 sc with leg, 14 sc (36)
Rnd 8. 36 sc (36)
Rnd 9. (2sc,dec)x9 (27)
Rnd 10. 27 sc (27)
Rnd 11. (1sc,dec)x9 (18)
Rnd 12-13. 18 sc (18)
Rnd 14. (4sc,dec)x3 (15)
Rnd 15. 1 sc, 4 sc with hand, 4 sc, 4 sc with hand, 2 sc (you may have a different offset of the loops, so make sure that the feet are knitted symmetrically)
Leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew head to the body. Make stripes. Sew the tail in rnd 8.

Having completed her body, we embroider her ears and fix them on her head.

Ears (make 2)

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. (inc)x6 (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc (12)
Fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both sides.
Leave long tail for sewing.

Finally, let’s make the crochet tiger’s tail and pin it to its body. Thus, we will have completed the cute tiger.

Tail

Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2-3. 6 sc (6)
Change color to orange.
Rnd 4-12. 6 sc (6)
Fold in half and crochet 3 sc through both sides.

Designer: fennec_toys