A free crochet sushi cat pattern that turns a sushi roll into a smiling kitten. This amigurumi sushi roll has a white rice base, a dark green nori band and a salmon pink dome with cat ears, blush cheeks and a little stitched smile, plus tiny white paws and a salmon tail. The whole body is one stuffed piece worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, about 8.6 cm (3.4 in) tall, with 10 mm safety eyes and the ears, paws and tail sewn on. The page gives a row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and an interactive 3D model so you can check where every piece goes.

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salmon yarnDK weight20 m
rice white yarnDK weight15 m
nori green yarnDK weight10 m
pale salmon yarnDK weight5 m
Crochet hooksize 2.5 mm1
Safety eyesor embroider them for small kids2
Fiberfillpolyester stuffing30 g
Stitch markerfor spiral rounds1
Tapestry needlefor sewing parts1

Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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R1with rice white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R10(BLO)54 sc(54)
R11–1254 sc(54)
R13–1754 sc(54)
R18–1954 sc(54)
R204 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R2148 sc(48)
R223 sc, (dec, 6 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(42)
R23(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R242 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R25[salmon] 2 sc [pale salmon] 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc [salmon] 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec(24)
R261 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R27(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R28[pale salmon] dec ×2 [salmon] dec ×2 [pale salmon] dec ×2(6)
Size before assembly: about 7.7 cm at the widest, 7.4 cm long; 28 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Change to nori green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
Change to salmon (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R17).
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with salmon: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R4[pale salmon] 1 sc [salmon] 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 4 sc [pale salmon] 1 sc in same st, 1 sc(15)
R5[pale salmon] 2 sc [salmon] 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 3 sc [pale salmon] 1 sc, inc(18)
R6–72 sc in pale salmon, 13 sc in salmon, 3 sc in pale salmon(18)
Size before assembly: about 3 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 7 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 2.6 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 30 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with rice white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3–49 sc(9)
R57 sc, dec(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with salmon: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×3(12)
R4–912 sc(12)
R101 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×2, dec, 1 sc(9)
R11(1 sc, dec) ×3(6)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.7 cm long; 11 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 70° around round 5. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, on the centre top line). On the inner side draw rounds 4 and 7 together (3 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 3 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

R1with pale salmon: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the roll): in round 21, 7 st apart (count along round 21: about 3.7 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the roll): in blush pink thread, a triangle about 4.5 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 20, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in soft brown thread (on the roll), straight stitches through: (between rounds 19 and 20, on the centre front line ) → (in round 19, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 19 and 20, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in soft brown thread (on the roll), straight stitches through: (between rounds 19 and 20, on the centre front line ) → (in round 19, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 19, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 19 and 20, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).

Abbreviations

MR: magic ring
sc: single crochet
inc: 2 sc in the same stitch
dec: single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
BLO: work the round in back loops only
FLO: work the round in front loops only
ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
st: stitch
R5: round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
(…) ×6: repeat 6 times
(24): stitches in the round when it is done

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