little cat in nightie

This nightie will fit any of my little animals, though the tension on this may need to be looser for than the other garment as it's slightly smaller.

Difficulty:

Medium

You will need:

• 2.5mm crochet hook
• 2mm crochet hook
• dk yarn in black, pink and whatever colour you want to make you cat
• 4ply yarn in whatever colour you want to make the nightie
• toy stuffing
• a darning needle

For the cat:
use dk yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook

For the head and body (starting from the base):
Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in teh first st, 2sc in the next st, rep  to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (24sc)

Rounds 4 - 8: (5 rounds) sc in each st (24sc)

Round 9: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)
Round 10: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)

Round 11: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (8sc)
Round 12: 2sc in each st (16sc)
Round 13: sc in each st
Round 14: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (20sc)
Round 15: sc in each st
Round 16: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Rounds 17 - 18: (2 rounds) sc in each st

Round 19: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)
Round 20: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)
Round 21: sc2tog to end (6sc)
Fasten off

For the arms (make 2):
Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (9sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)
Round 4: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (6sc)
Rounds 5 - 9: (5 rounds) sc in each st (6sc)
Fasten off

For the legs (make 2):
Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first 3 sts, 2cs in the next st, rep to end (15sc)
Rounds 3- 4: (2 rounds) sc in each st (15sc)
Round 5: sc2tog 3 times, sc in the last 9 sts (12sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (9sc)
Rounds 7 - 10: (4 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)

Fasten off

For the cat ears (make 2):
Make a magic loop with 4sc
Round 1: sc in each st (4sc)
Round 2: 2sc in each st (8sc)
Fasten off

For the muzzle:

Make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in each st (12sc)

Fasten off

Sew the arms, legs muzzle and tail onto the body. The ears should be flattened and then sewn onto the sides of the head

Finally use black yarn to embroider facial features such as eyes and  use the pink yarn to embroider a nose.

For the tail:
Make a magic loop with 4sc
Rounds 1 - 9 : (9 rounds) sc in each st (4sc)
Fasten off

For the dress:
Use 4ply yarn and a 2mm hook
fsc40
Round 1: sc in the first st, sc in each st to end (40sc)
Rounds 2 - 12: (11 rounds) sc in each st (40sc)
Round 13: sc2tog to end (20sc)
Rounds 14 - 18: (5 rows) ch1, turn. sc in each st (20sc)
Round 19: slip the first 4 sts, ch7, sc in the 5th st from base if chain, slip the next 3 sts, sc in the next st, ch7, slip 5th st from base of chan, slip the last 3 sts to end
Fasten off

I hope you enjoyed this pattern. You are welcome to sell finished products but please don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you :)