Cat Latte Art Pattern

There are quite a few versions of coffee/tea/latte crochet patterns out there, but I decided there wasn’t one quite like what I wanted! As always, if you use this pattern, please link back to my page, and tag me here on tumblr or @ erin.gurumi on instagram! I love to see what people make!

Technical stuff:

Unfortunately, the blue and cream yarns I used both came from the stash I inherited from my grandma, and I don’t know exactly what they are! The blue yarn is definitely thicker than Red Heart Super Saver, so much so that I used a 4mm hook for the blue yarn, as opposed to the 3mm yarn I used for the cream (unknown, but very similar to Red Heart Super Saver) and brown (Red Heart Super Saver in Cafe Latte).

^Cup

I was not the most happy with the shaping on the cup, but I think it turned out ok in the end! Keep in mind again this was with a thicker yarn than what I usually used (ie thicker than Super Saver yarns), so trying this with a thinner yarn will make it end up smaller!

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• (1 sc, inc) 6x to make 18 stitches
• (2 sc, inc) 6x IN THE BACK LOOPS to make 24 stitches
• (3 sc, inc) 6x to make 30 stitches
• (4 sc, inc) 6x to make 36 stitches
• 6 rows of 36 stitches
• Finish off and weave in end - I didn’t use the tail because i only needed the brown tail from the coffee!
• NOTE! Before stuffing, I put a small circle of cardboard at the bottom of the cut, about the size of the 18 stitch circle. This just helps the bottom to hold its shape better! AND I made a cardboard circle the size of the opening, but you don’t need to put that in until you make the coffee surface!

^Coffee:

I think it makes sense to do the surface “coffee” next, so that you can stuff the cup and have something to hold while attaching the handle and cat! Like I mentioned, my yarn sizes did not match, so this was very much just crocheting a flat circle until it filled the walls of the cup - here is how many rows it took me, but it might be different for others!

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• (1 sc, inc) 6x to make 18 stitches
• (2 sc, inc) 6x to make 24 stitches
• (3 sc, inc) 6x to make 30 stitches
• (4 sc, inc) 6x to make 36 stitches
• (5 sc, inc) 6x to make 42 stitches
• (6 sc, inc) 6x to make 48 stitches
• Finish off with a long tail. Add cardboard to bottom of cup, stuff fairly lightly. Begin sewing brown circle to the inside of the blue stitches, slightly below the lip. As you start to secure the coffee surface, you may want to add more stuffing, but try not to add enough to puff it out! ALSO don’t forget to add in the cardboard circle (I slide it in when I’m about half way around sewing them together), as this will really help keep the surface flatter!

^Cup handle:

Very simple, just a small tube! I really eyeballed it until I got the desired length I wanted, so I would recommend the same! You can see in this pic I didn’t attach the handle until I added the surface of coffee and was experimenting with the size of the foam mound, so also don’t feel like you need to sew it on at a particular time - it’s probably easier to add once the cup is shaped!

• chain 6
• sc into the first chain to make a loop
• ~10 rows of 6 sc
• leave a tail, sew to the body of the cup!

^Cat head:

Just a big lump! I kinda think this could have been smaller, but it’s totally up to you just how big a pile of “foam” you want! I didn’t want it to be perfectly round, so I had several repeat rows where I didn’t increase, and at the end I did a more extreme increase to make the last row kinda flatten out.

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• (1 sc, inc) 6x to make 18 stitches
• one row of 18 stitches
• (2 sc, inc) 6x to make 24 stitches
• one row of 24 stitches
• (3 sc, inc) 6x to make 30
• one row of 30 stitches
• one row of 30 stitches
• (sc, inc) 15x to make 45 stitches
• OPTIONAL: I used a pet slicker brush to fluff out this yarn so that it would have more of “foamy” look, and so that the needle felted parts were more likely to stick, but this is not necessary and I’m sure it would look cute with smooth stitches!
• leave a long tail to sew into the coffee surface, being sure to leave a bit of room in front for the paws!

Cat ears:

I started from a smaller magic circle so they are a bit pointier, and I used the hook to really press the tips into a point!

• 4 sc in a magic circle
• inc 4x to make 8 stitches
• attached to head with tail, use slicker brush if you would like them to also be fluffy!

^ Needle felting:

I definitely don’t think needle felting the features of the cat is necessary - and if you want this to be a toy for a child or animal I would probably recommend against it in favor of using something like embroidery and safety eyes! I used brown felt so it would look like the cocoa powder details that people sometimes add to latte art! I’m not very good at needle felting so I didn’t do a lot of detail, but how much you add is up to you!

^ Paws:

I couldn’t decide between a paw facing up (so you can see the cute pawprint!), and the folded over paw (as if the foam is dripping over the side of the cup!) I’ve seen both in irl latte art, and decided I can do whatever I want! The only difference is the folded over paw is slightly longer, and the upright paw has a bit more needle felting that needs to be done!

Upright paw:

• 6 sc in magic circle
• 2sc, inc 2x to make 8 stitches
• ~1 row of 8 sc
• press it flat, use slicker brush, needle felt the pawprint, and use tail to sew into coffee!

Folded over paw:

• this one is longer:
• 6 sc in magic circle
• 2sc, inc 2x to make 8 stitches
• ~4 rows of 8 sc
• press it flat, use slicker brush, sew bottom of paw to coffee, fold over and use remaining tail to secure it over the lip of the cup!

This is a nice simple pattern with not too many bits to sew together! I hope you like it, and don’t forget to tag me here on tumblr or @ erin.gurumi on instagram if you end up using the pattern! Happy crocheting!

Nonbinary Flower Lion Pattern

This is a fairly simple pattern, and I’m sure it could be adapted to be many kinds of colors (dare i say… a whole PRIDE :D). As always, if you use this pattern, please link back to my page, and tag me here on tumblr or @ erin.gurumi on instagram! I love to see what people make!

Technical stuff:

I used a 3mm hook and these yarns:

• Red Heart Super Saver in Bright Yellow (body)
• Red Heart Super Saver in Pale Plum, Lavender, Amethyst, and Medium Purple (petals)
• Loops and Threads Woolike in Rose (tail tuft)

Of course, I don’t think matching the colors is necessary, since I think many color combos would be cute! It should be noted though, that the yarn I used for tail is super-fine weight unlike the others that are worsted, so if you want to use a thicker yarn you should probably modify that part!

^ Head

This is a very straight forward amigurumi head! A couple bits of advice: I made the ears a bit taller than I would have otherwise, and set them a bit further back on the head since I wanted the ears to go behind the mane/petals.

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• (1 sc, inc) 6x to make 18 stitches
• (2 sc, inc) 6x to make 24 stitches
• (3 sc, inc) 6x to make 30 stitches
• (4 sc, inc) 6x to make 36 stitches
• (5 sc, inc) 6x to make 42 stitches
• 6 rows of 42 stitches
• 5 sc, dec) 6c to make 36 stitches
• (4sc, dec) 6x to make 30 stitches
• (3sc, dec) 6x to make  24 stitches
• (ADD EYES/STUFFING)
• (2sc, dec) 6x to make 18 stitches
• (sc, dec) 6x to make 12 stitches
• dec, until closed, finish stuffing and finish off

Ears

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• 4 rows of 12
• flatten, sew to head

^Muzzle:

I made the muzzle out of felt and embroidered the nose/mouth Also, while I worked on the muzzle bit early on, I didn’t attach it until near the very end, since I was afraid it would get messed up with all the other sewing I had to do!

^ Petals

Make 8 of these! I would recommend making all 8 at once and then pinning them to the head before sewing - that way if they are a bit too big (which I think I ended up having) you can slightly curve them so that they fit! (If they are too small, either space them out evenly, or if it really looks bad you may need to increase to more stitches)…

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• 2 rows of 12
• flatten, pin, and sew to head

^ Body:

Pretty straight-forward, I made them a bit taller than a usual amigurumi because I wanted them to be sitting like a cat rather than a teddy bear!

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• (1 sc, inc) 6x to make 18 stitches
• (2 sc, inc) 6x to make 24 stitches
• (3 sc, inc) 6x to make 30 stitches
• (3sc, dec) 6x to make 24 stitches
• 1 row of 24 stiches
• (2sc, dec) 6x to make 18 stitches
• 4 rows of 18 stitches
• (1sc, dec) 6x to make 12 stitches
• finish with a long tail, sew onto head

^ Haunch and legs

I think a haunch/leg combo is often cuter than the usual amigurumi “sitting teddy bear” pose, but they are both applicable in different circumstances!

Haunch:

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• inc 6x to make 12 stitches
• 1 row of 12 stitches
• stuff lightly as you sew it on

Leg:

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• 3 rows of 6
• flatten, sew under the haunch

^ Arms

First, depending on the shaping of the body and where it was sewn relative to the head, it might take a slightly different number of stitches to get the arms to touch the ground! Here’s the number it took for me, but you may need less or more! Secondly, I took a bit of spare yarn and sewed the two “paws” together at the bottom so that they would sit more daintily!

• 6 sc in a magic circle
• 8 rows of 6
• finish off, sew to the body

^ Tail:

For the length of the tail, I used foundation single crochets. If you don’t know how to make these, there are some good tutorials online, and they’re a great trick for your crochet bag as I find them more consistent and nicer than starting projects that would normally start as a chain. Or, you’re probably fine to just chain out and sc back to the length of tail that you want!

Length of tail:

• foundation sc 10
• sew one end to backside

For the tuft at the end of the tail, I definitely winged it, and I used a much thinner yarn than the rest of the project… I think this is what I did but I am honestly not sure of the exact numbers, the idea was to have one end round and the other taper by decreasing slowly. See if this works for you??

• 4 sc in a magic circle
• (2sc, inc) x2 to make 6
• dec to make 5
• dec to make 4
• dec to make 3
• dec to make 2
• finish off, attach round end to tail

I think they turned out cute! If you have any questions please feel free to ask me! Again, if you make them, tag me here or on instagram @ erin.gurumi - Good luck and happy crocheting! ^_^