Rainbow Hamburger Cat is a mash-up of my two favorite things – animals and food. He is always down for a snuggle session and loves to be squished. The rainbow colors are sure to brighten your spirits and his cute little cat face will make you smile – just like a good crochet cat pattern that’s free should.
You will need polyfil stuffing to make this pattern. A stitch marker and an embroidery needle are also recommended. I used Lion Brand mandala yarn because I bought way too much of it. It’s probably not proper yarning etiquette to split a gorgeous cake yarn up into its component colors but I think it was worth it! Use whatever you have on hand, in whatever colors your little heart desires. It’s really not too much yarn so you should totally be able to get away with using scrap yarn!
The original was made with a 3 weight yarn and a 4 mm hook but my testers have also made it in 4 weight yarn with a 5 mm hook. Take your pick! I love how each person who follows this crochet cat pattern that’s free creates something unique.
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Crochet Cat Pattern Free
Materials
- DK, size 3, lightweight yarn
- orange 40 g
- green 10 g
- yellow 10 g
- purple 10 g
- pink 5 g
- 4 mm hook
- Polyfil Stuffing
- Stitch Marker
- Embroidery Needle
Skill Level
Intermediate
Finished Measurements
6 x 6 in (15 x 15 cm)
Abbreviations – US Terminology
- ch = chain
- st = stitch
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- inc = increase
- dec = decrease
- flo = front loops only
- blo = back loops only
Notes
Continuous Spiral: Do not turn or sl st at the end of each round. You will be working in a continuous spiral unless otherwise indicated. Use a stitch marker to keep track of the start of the round.
Color Changes: When you have 2 loops on your hook from the last sc of the current color, draw up a loop from the new color to pull through the 2 loops and finish the sc, then proceed to the next stitch with the new color.
Crochet Cat Pattern – Free Written Instructions
Ears (Make 2)
With Orange:
Magic Circle
Round 1: ch 1, sc 4 (4)
Round 2: inc in the first sc, sc 3 (5)
Round 3: inc in the first sc, sc 4 (6)
Round 4: inc in the first sc, sc 5 (7)
Round 5: inc in the first sc, sc 6 (8)
Round 6: inc in the first sc, sc 7 (9)
Round 7: inc in the first sc, sc 8 (10)
Round 8: inc in the first sc, sc 9 (11)
Round 9: inc in the first sc, sc 10 (12)
Leave a long tail for sewing and cut your yarn.
Paws (Make 2)
With Orange:
Magic Circle
Round 1: ch 1, sc 6 (6)
Round 2: inc 6 (12)
Rounds 3-8: sc 12 (12)
Leave a long tail for sewing and cut your yarn.
Use purple yarn to sew 2 claws onto each paw.
Hamburger
With Orange:
Magic Circle
Round 1: ch 1, sc 6 (6)
Round 2: inc 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (sc 5, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (sc 6, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (sc 7, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: (sc 8, inc) x 6 (60)
Round 11: (sc 9, inc) x 6 (66)
Round 12: (sc 10, inc) x 6 (72)
Rounds 13-20: sc 72 (72)
Cut orange yarn and weave in ends.
With Green:
Round 21: flo of round 20, 2 dc in each st around. Sl st to the first stitch. (144)
Cut green yarn and weave in ends.
With Yellow:
Round 21: blo of round 20, (sc 17, inc) x 4 (76)
Round 22: (sc 18, inc) x 4 (80)
Round 23: (sc 19, inc) x 4 (84)
Round 24: (sc 20, inc) x 4 (88)
Round 25: flo of round 24, (sc 21, inc) x 4 (92)
Round 26: (sc 22, [sc, dc, sc]*) x 4, sl st to the first stich. (100) *the stitches in brackets are all worked into a single stitch
Cut yellow yarn and weave in ends.
The corners of your “cheese” will naturally curl up. Don’t worry, we’ll fix that later. 🙂
With Purple:
Round 25: blo of round 24, sc 88. (88)
Round 26: sc 88 (88)
Round 27: (sc 9, dec) x 8 (80)
Round 28: (sc 8, dec) x 8, sl st to the first stitch. (72)
Cut purple yarn and weave in ends.
With Pink:
Round 29: blo of round 28, (sc 6, hdc 6) x 6 (72)
Round 30: (sc 6, hdc 6) x 6 (72)
Round 31: flo of round 30, (sc 6, hdc 6) x 6. Sl st to the first stitch. (72)
Cut pink yarn and weave in ends.
With Orange:
Round 31: blo of round 30, sc 72 (72)
Rounds 32-35: sc 72 (72)
Round 36: (sc 10, dec) x 6 (66)
Cut orange yarn and weave in ends.
Attach the ears. The inside edges of the ears are attached 4 rounds out from the magic circle. Attach the paws inline with the ears on the last 2 rounds of your hamburger.
Use purple yarn to embroider the face. The nose is embroidered 14 rows from the magic circle and centered between the ears. The eyes are embroidered 3 rounds up and 3 stitches out from the nose.
Use yellow yarn to tie down the corners of the “cheese”
Bottom
With Orange:
Magic Circle
Round 1: ch 1, sc 6 (6)
Round 2: inc 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (sc 5, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (sc 6, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (sc 7, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: (sc 8, inc) x 6 (60)
Round 11: (sc 9, inc) x 6 (66)
*Don’t cut yarn*
Begin to slip stitch around, working through both Round 11 of the bottom and Round 36 of the hamburger until you are ¾ of the way done. Stuff with polyfil and then sl st the rest up. Cut yarn and weave in ends.
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