Meet Arestarh, a wild, scruffy ginger cat in the middle of a nervous breakdown: huge bulging clay eyes, bared fangs, a pink tongue, wiry whiskers, spiky tufted ears and big white paws with sharp clay claws. A wire frame inside lets him leap, crouch and pounce in any pose – a hilarious, eye-catching character for every cat lover.

A crochet pattern by Svetlana Pertseva with detailed step-by-step instructions and photos (29 pages). The eyes, fangs, claws and nose are modelled from polymer clay (explained in the pattern).

This listing is for an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF PATTERN, not a finished project.

LANGUAGE:

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The pattern is in English.

SKILL LEVEL:

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Experienced

FINISHED SIZE:

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Approx. 25 cm (10 inches) high with a 1.5 mm hook and light fingering yarn.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

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Crochet in rounds

Single crochet

Increasing

Decreasing

Slip stitch

Magic ring

Double crochet

Crocheting around a wire frame

Needle sculpting

Working with polymer clay (eyes, fangs, claws, nose)

Tinting

MATERIALS AND TOOLS:

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•    Moderately fuzzy orange yarn (mohair or angora), Light Fingering, 450–600 m / 100 g – 100 g for the body; 30 g of not too fuzzy white yarn for the paws; leftovers of black (mouth) and pink (tongue).

•    Hook 1.5 mm (US steel 8, UK steel 4½) or to match your yarn.

•    Two toy eyes for the pupils (0.7–1 cm) – or shank buttons or half beads.

•    Oven-bake polymer clay: white 50 g (eyes, fangs, claws) and pink-orange 10 g (nose).

•    Single-core copper wire 0.8–1 mm – about 6 m for the frame – and adhesive fabric plaster 1–1.5 cm wide.

•    Fishing line for the whiskers, transparent super glue, stuffing (hollow fibre), a tapestry needle and eyeshadow or pencils for tinting.

ABOUT THIS PATTERN:

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The pattern is written using US terminology (UK differences are explained).

29 pages of step-by-step instructions with tips and photos illustrating the process.