Mr Tibbles the Cat

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Mr Tibbles the Cat This pattern was inspired by a work of illustrator Richard Perez. The pattern consists of single crochet stitches (sc) and is crocheted in rows rather than in a spiral. Turn the work after each row. “sc2tog” means decreasing one stitch (st) by crocheting two stitches together. For this pattern, I used the invisible method for decreasing. There are plenty of instruction videos on YouTube, for instance this one. Yarn: Needle: Material:

Super fine, 40 grams (1.5 oz) 2.25 mm (US 1/B) green felt; filling; black thread

Ch. 40 R1: insert in 2nd st from hook, sc across (39) R2-3: ch 1, sc across (39) R4: ch 1, 32 sc, sc2tog (33) R5-7: ch 1, sc across (33) R8: ch 1, 31 sc, sc2tog (32) R9-11: ch 1, sc across (32) R12: ch 1, 30 sc, sc2tog (31) R13-15: ch 1, sc across (31) R16: ch1, 29 sc, sc2tog (30) R17-19: ch1, sc across (30) R20: ch1, 28 sc, sc2tog (29) R21-23: ch1, sc across (29) R24: ch1, 27 sc, sc2tog (28) R25-27: ch1, sc across (28) R28: ch1, 26 sc, sc2tog (27) R29-31: ch1, sc across (27) R32: ch1, 25 sc, sc2tog (26) R33-35: ch1, sc across (26) R36: ch1, 24 sc, sc2tog (25) R37-39: ch1, sc across (25) R40: ch1, 23 sc, sc2tog (24) R41-43: ch1, sc across (24) R44: ch1, 22 sc, sc2tog (23) R45-47: ch1, sc across (23) R48: ch1, 21 sc, sc2tog (22) R49-51: ch1, sc across (22) R52: ch1, 21 sc, 2 sc in last st (23) R53: ch1, 2 sc in 1st st, 22 sc (24) R54: ch1, 23 sc, 2 sc in last st (25) R55: ch1, 2 sc in 1st st, 24 sc (26) R56-74: ch1, sc across (26) R75: ch1, 8 sc (8) R76: ch1, sc2tog, 6 sc (7) R77: ch1, 5 sc, sc2tog (6) R78: ch1, sc2tog, 4 sc (5) R79: ch1, 3 sc, sc2tog (4)

R80: R81: R82:

ch1, sc2tog, 2 sc (3) ch1, 1 sc, sc2tog (2) ch1, sc across (2)

Bind off. To finish off the other ear, reattach yarn to 19th st of row 74. R83: R84: R85: R86: R87: R88: R89: R90:

ch1, sc in same st as ch1, 7 sc (8) ch1, 6 sc, sc2tog (7) ch1, sc2tog, 5 sc (6) ch1, 4 sc, sc2tog (5) ch1, sc2tog, 3 sc (4) ch1, 2 sc, sc2tog (3) ch1, sc2tog, 1 sc (2) ch1, sc across (2)

Bind off. To finish off the tail, reattach yarn to 34th st of row 4. R91: R92: R93: R94: R95: R96: R97:

ch1, sc in same st as ch1, 5 sc (6) ch1, 5 sc (5) ch1, sc across (5) ch1, 4 sc, 2 sc in last st (6) ch1, sc across (6) ch1, 5 sc, 2 sc in last st (7) ch1, sc across (7)

R98: R99: R100: R101: R102: R103-105: R106: R107-109: R110: R111-113: R114: R115-121: R122: R123-125: R126: R127: R128: R129: R130: R131:

ch1, 6 sc, 2 sc in last st (8) ch1, sc across (8) ch1, 7 sc, 2 sc in last st (9) ch1, sc across (9) ch1, 8 sc, 2 sc in last st (10) ch1, sc across (10) ch1, 9 sc, 2 sc in last st (11) ch1, sc across (11) ch1, 10 sc, 2 sc in last st (12) ch1, sc across (12) ch1, 11 sc, 2 sc in last st (13) ch1, sc across (13) ch1, 11 sc, sc2tog (12) ch1, sc across (12) ch1, 10 sc, sc2tog (11) ch1, sc across (11) ch1, 9 sc, sc2tog (10) ch1, sc2tog, 8 sc (9) ch1, 7 sc, sc2tog (8) ch1, sc2tog 3 times, 2 sc (5)

Bind off and weave in all ends. Follow the same pattern to crochet another piece. Before sewing both pieces together, make a face using needle and black thread. To make a bow tie, see the instruction below, which is from the Lovesome Blog. Fasten the bow tie to the body with needle and thread. Next, sew both pieces together. I used the mattress stitch, which is a nice way of seaming without having to turn the work inside out. Make sure to stuff the tail while you can still reach inside. Stuff the entire cat before closing up. Finally, sew the bottom half of the tail to the body. This pattern was created by http://www.ravelry.com/people/Claudia1980