Tiger Crochet Tutorial & Free Pattern
Roar into the world of cuteness with our Tiger Amigurumi tutorial and free pattern! Select a fluffy orange yarn to craft the most huggable and adorable little tiger. Imagine your amigurumi tiger, with its irresistibly soft fur, ready to pounce into your heart and add a touch of whimsy to your crochet collection. Grab your hooks and crochet up this lovable and fluffy friend that’s sure to become the mane attraction of your creations! 🐯🧡🧶
🧶 Materials 🧶
- 2.75mm crochet hook
- YarnArt Jeans in graphite black (3 gr), orange (23 gr), white (6 gr) or any other Sport yarn. Click here to find similar yarns.
- Pins
- Fiberfill
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
- Yarn needle for sewing
🔍 Abbreviation 🔍
- st = stitch
- Magic circle
- sc = single crochet
- inc = increase (two single crochet in one stitch)
- dec = decrease (crochet two stitches together)
- BLO = back loops only
- F/O = finish off
- Sl st = slip stitch
Click here to check the video tutorials.
FORE LEGS
Start with white color
R1: 6sc into a magic circle (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3: “sc, inc” repeat around (18)
R4: BLO sc around (18)
Change to orange color
R5 – R6: sc around (18)
Change to black color
R7: sc around (18)
Change to orange color
R8: sc around (18)
Change to black color
R9: sc around (18)
Change to orange color
R10: sc around (18)
Change to black color
R11: sc around (18)
Change to orange color
R12 – R13: sc around (18)
F/O and leave a tail for sewing.
Make 2 legs.

HIND LEGS
Start with white color.
R1: 6sc into a magic circle (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3: “sc, inc” repeat around (18)
R4: “sc in the next 2st, inc” (24)
R5: BLO sc around (24)
Change to orange color.
R6 – R7: sc around (24)
Change to black color.
R8: sc around (24)
Change to orange color.
R9: sc around (24)
Change to black color.
R10: sc around (24)
Change to orange color.
R11: sc around (24)
Change to black color.
R12: sc around (24)
Change to orange color.
R13 – R14: sc around (24)
F/O and leave a tail for sewing.
Make 2 legs.

TAIL
Start with white color
R1: 6sc into a magic circle (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3 – R6: sc around (12)
Change to orange color
R7 – R8: sc around (12)
Change to black color
R9: sc around (12)
Change to orange color
R10 – R11: sc around (12)
Change to black color
R12: sc around (12)
Change to orange color
R13 – R14: sc around (12)
Change to black color
R15: sc around (12)
Change to orange color
R16 – R17: sc around (12)
Sl st and F/O and leave a long tail for sewing.

EARS
Use orange color
R1: 8sc into a magic circle (8)
Leave a long magic circle tail, so
that you can use it to make the
ears pointy.
R2 – R3: sc around (8)
R4: “sc, inc” (12)
R5: sc around (12)
R6: “sc in the next 2st, inc” (16)
R7: “sc in the next 3st, inc” (20)
Sl st and F/O and leave a long tail
for sewing.
Make two ears.

MOUTH PIECES
Use white color
R1: 6sc into a magic circle (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3: “sc, inc” repeat around (18)
Sl st and F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Make 2 pieces.

HEAD
Start with orange color.
R1: 6sc into a magic circle (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3: “sc, inc” repeat around (18)
R4: “sc in the next 2st, inc” (24)
R5: “sc in the next 3st, inc” (30)
R6: “sc in the next 4st, inc” (36)
R7: “sc in the next 5st, inc” (42)
R8: “sc in the next 6st, inc” (48)
R9 – R15: sc around (48)
R16: “sc in the next 6st, dec” (42)
R17: “sc in the next 5st, dec” (36)
R18: “sc in the next 4st, dec” (30)
R19: “sc in the next 3st, dec” (24)
R20: “sc in the next 2st, dec” (18)
R21: “sc, dec” repeat around (12)
Put fiberfill and stuff very firmly.
R22: dec around (6)
Sl st and F/O. Weave the end of the tail and close the gap of the head.

BODY
Start with orange color
R1: magic circle with 6st (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3: “sc, inc” repeat around (18)
R4: “sc in the next 2st, inc” (24)
R5: “sc in the next 3st, inc” (30)
R6: “sc in the next 4st, inc” (36)
Change to black color
R7: sc in the next 6st, change to orange, sc in the next 30st (36)
R8: sc in the next 3st, change to white, sc in the next 6st, change to orange,
sc in the next 27st (36)
R9: sc around (36)
Change to black color
R10: sc in the next 10st, change to orange, sc in the next 26st (36)
Change to white color
R11: sc in the next 6st, change to orange, sc in the next 30st (36)
R12: sc in the next 3st, change to black, sc in the next 6st, change to orange,
sc in the next 27st (36)
R13: “sc in the next 4st, dec” (30)

Change to white color
R14: sc in the next 4st, change to orange, sc in the next 4st, change
to white, sc in the next 2st, change to orange, sc in the next 20st (30)
R15: sc in the next 3st, change to black, sc in the next 6st, change to
orange, sc in the next 21st (30)
R16: sc in the next 5st, change to white, sc in the next 3st, change to
orange, sc in the next 22st (30)
R17: “sc in the next 3st, dec” (24)
R18: sc in the next 2st, change to black, sc in the next 5st, change to
orange, sc in the next 17st (24)
Change to white color
R19: sc in the next 4st, change to orange, sc in the next 3st, change
to white, sc in the next 2st, change to orange, sc in the next 15st (24)
R20: sc around (24)
R21: sc in the next 5st, change to black, sc in the next 4st, change to
orange, sc in the next 15st (24)
R22: “sc in the next 2st, dec” (18)
R23: sc in the next 2st, change to white, sc in the next 5st, change to
orange, sc in the next 11st (18)
R24: sc around (18)
Sl st and F/O and leave a tail for sewing.

ASSEMBLY
Stuff firmly the body and sew it to the head as shown on the picture.

Place fiberfill in the hind legs and sew them between 6th and 14th rows of the body.

Next, place fiberfill in the fore legs and sew them between the 17th and 22nd rows of the body.

Sew the tail between the 2nd and 4th rows of the body.

Sew the mouth pieces on the face of the tiger. Add a nose and the sleepy eyes using black yarn.

Sew the ears on the 10th row of the head with 6 stitches between them. Add stripes between the ears, under the ears and on the neck.

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