February 2022

Oscar and Mary,

Kittens in love
crochet toys pattern

Ludmila Orlova
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Good day, my dear friend! Thank You for purchasing my pattern! Wish You enjoy
crocheting and have even stitches!

This pattern is my design and it’s for your PERSONAL USE ONLY. Sharing this
pattern as long as full or partial copying, reselling, gifting or exchanging, and also
translating it into other languages are prohibited. I ask You to respect and
appreciate the work of each person!
The toys made according to this pattern can be used for any purposes at Your
own discretion. I will be really grateful if You give me a credit as the designer of
the pattern when posting the photos of finished toys or selling them.

Respectfully Yours, Ludmila Orlova.

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 Materials and tools needed :
1. Yarn for girl:
- Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330m, color №62 - for body
- YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color №51 – for dress
- Gazzal baby cotton 50g/165m, color №3439 - for dress
2. Yarn for boy:
- Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330m, color №200 - for body
- Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330m, color №182 - for trousers
- Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330, color №55 - for T-shirt
3. Crochet hook №2 (US B)
4. Fiberfill – hollow fiber
5. Long needle for sewing pieces, scissors, pins, stitch marker
6. Wire with the diameter of 1.5mm (2pc of 11cm) – for tails, wire with the
diameter of 2mm (2pc of 22cm) – for neck. Using wire for neck is optional, we
need it just to make the head to be bent slightly to the side
7. Adhesive tape
8. Small amount of black, white and pink threads for muzzle details
9. 8mm safety eyes
10. Glue "Moment Crystal"
11. Blusher or hard pastels for cheeks
12. 2 buttons with the diameter of 10mm, 2pc – 6mm
13. Satin ribbon with the width of 12mm for decor

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 Abbreviations :
MR – magic ring sc – single crochet
ch – chain sl st – slip stitch
inc – increase dec – decrease
DC - double crochet st, sts - stitch, stitches
(…) – the number in brackets means a total number of stitches in a round
(…)*Х – repeat the instructions in brackets Х times

Attention !
The pattern doesn’t include any crochet lessons. It’s supposed that You know
basic crochet stitches. The difficulty level of the pattern – medium. The finished
toys measure about 16.5 cm (6.4 inches) in case of using the materials listed.
In this pattern we use US terminology.

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 Head :
For boy crochet in grey color, for girl –
in cream color. Stuff firmly as you go.

Make ch12.
1round: start from the second ch from
the hook: 10sc, 3sc into the last ch.
Then crochet along the other side of
the chain: 9sc, inc (24sts)
2round: inc, 9sc, 3inc, 9sc, 2inc (30sts)

3round: 1sc, inc, 9sc, (1sc, inc)*3, 9sc, (1sc, inc)*2 (36sts)
4round: 2sc, inc, 9sc, (2sc, inc)*3, 9sc, (2sc, inc)*2 (42sts)
5round: 42sc
6round: 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48sts)
7-8rounds: 48sc (2rounds)
9round: (7sc, inc)*6 (54sts)
10-11rounds: 54sc (2rounds)
12round: 4sc, inc, (8sc, inc)*5, 4sc (60sts)
13-14rounds: 60sc (2rounds)
15round: (14sc, inc)*4 (64sts)
16-17rounds: 64sc (2rounds)
18round: 3sc, dec, (6sc, dec)*7, 3sc (56sts)
19round: (5sc, dec)*8 (48sts)
20round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*7, 2sc (40sts)
21round: (3sc, dec)*8 (32sts)
22round: 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*7, 1sc (24sts)
23round: (4sc, dec)*4 (20sts)

Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

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 Ears :
Make two pieces for each toy, for boy - in grey color, for girl – in cream color.
Don’t stuff.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: (1sc, inc)*3 (9sts)
3round: (2sc, inc)*3 (12sts)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*3, 1sc (16sts)
5round: (7sc, inc)*2 (18sts)
6round: 18sc

Fold the piece in half, crochet 9sc.

Fasten off the thread, cut, leaving a long thread tail for sewing.

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 Arms :
For boy:
Make two pieces, stuff slightly as you go till the middle, the rest part doesn’t need
to be stuffed.
Start crocheting in grey color.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into every stitch (12sts)
3-5rounds: 12sc (3 rounds)
6round: (4sc, dec)*2 (10sts)
7-17rounds: 10sc (11 rounds)
Change to white color, cut the thread of grey color.
18-23rounds: 10sc (6 rounds)

Work several sc additionally (I worked 4sc) so that the color changing point was
located in the most unnoticeable part when we join the arms with the body - it
should be on the inner side of the arm.
Fold the piece edges in half, crochet 5sc.
Fasten off the thread, cut, weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

For girl:
Crochet in the same way, but make the whole piece in cream color and the piece
should be one round shorter.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into every stitch (12sts)
3-5rounds: 12sc (3 rounds)
6round: (4sc, dec)*2 (10sts)
7-22rounds: 10sc (16 rounds)
Don’t work additional sc in this case.

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 Tail :
For boy crochet in grey color, for girl
– in cream color.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into every stitch (12sts)
3-11rounds: 12sc (9 rounds)
12round: dec, 10sc (11sts)
13-19rounds: 11sc (7 rounds)
20round: dec, 9sc (10sts)
21-24rounds: 10sc (4 rounds)

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Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread and cut.
Prepare 11cm piece of wire, bend in the way shown in the photo, wrap the end
with an adhesive tape and insert into the tail. Stuff the tail slightly, the top part
(about 1.5cm) doesn’t need to be stuffed.

Legs + body :
For boy:
Start crocheting in grey color. Stuff
firmly as you go.

Make ch6.
1round: start from the second ch from
the hook: 4sc, 3sc into the last ch. Then
crochet along the other side of the
chain: 3sc, inc (12sts)

2round: inc, 3sc, 3inc, 3sc, 2inc (18sts)

3round: 1sc, inc, 3sc, (1sc, inc)*3, 3sc, (1sc, inc)*2 (24sts)
4-5rounds: 24sc (2 rounds)
Change the marker location if needed: it should be located right in the middle.
Watch for the marker as you crochet the whole leg. It should be located in the
middle and shouldn’t be shifted to sides.

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6round: 6sc, 6dec, 6sc (18sts)
7round: 18sc
8round: 5sc, 4dec, 5sc (14sts)

Change color to dark grey, cut the thread of grey color.

9-10rounds: 14sc (2 rounds)
11round: 3sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 3sc (16sts)
12round: 16sc
13round: (7sc, inc)*2 (18sts)
14-15rounds: 18sc (2 rounds)

Work several sc more (I worked 3sc) +

1sl st to shift the marker to the leg side.
Finish crocheting, fasten off the thread
and cut.

Make the second leg in the same way

as the first one. Also work additional sc
to keep the marker even (I worked
4sc), place marker to this point, the
beginning of rounds will be here (the
legs should be facing forwards). Don’t
cut the thread and continue crocheting.

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16round: work 9sc, make ch4 and join it with the first leg to the point where we
finished crocheting (into the stitch, which follows sl st). Then crochet 18sc across
the first leg, (inc, 2sc, inc) - along the chain of 4 loops, 9sc (46sts)

17round: 9sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 33sc (48sts)

18round: (7sc, inc)*6 (54sts)
19-23rounds: 54sc (5 rounds)

Change the marker location if needed. It should be located at the side again.
In the next round start joining the tail. Make sure it’s located exactly in the middle.
24round: 38sc, then crochet 5sc inserting the crochet hook into the stitches on
the inner side of the tail and into the body stitches, 11sc (54sts)

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25round: 38sc, 5sc across the outer
side of the tail, 11sc (54sts)
26-28rounds: 54sc (3 rounds)
29round: 8sc, dec, (16sc, dec)*2, 8sc
(51sts)

Work additional sc if needed to shift the

marker to the body side again, change
to the white color. Don’t cut the thread
of dark grey color and leave it outside
of the work.

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30round: into back loops only 51sc
31round: 51sc
32round: (15sc, dec)*3 (48sts)
33-34rounds: 48sc (2 rounds)
35round: 5sc, dec, (10sc, dec)*3, 5sc
(44sts)
36-37rounds: 44sc (2 rounds)
38round: (9sc, dec)*4 (40sts)
39round: 40sc
40round: 4sc, dec, (8sc, dec)*3, 4sc
(36sts)

41round: 36sc
42round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*5, 2sc (30sts)
43round: 30sc

In the next round join the arms. Make sure they are located symmetrically on the
body sides.
44round: 5sc (join the first arm, inserting the crochet hook into the stitches on
the arm and on the body at the same time), 10sc, 5sc (join the second arm), 10sc
(30sts)
45round: (3sc, dec)*6 (24sts)

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Change the thread color to grey, cut
the thread of white color.
46round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*3, 2sc
(20sts)
47-48rounds: 20sc (2 rounds)

Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off

the thread, cut, leaving a long thread
tail for sewing.

Prepare the piece of wire with the diameter of 2mm, fold in half, wrap the end
with an adhesive tape. Insert into the body so that the wire was going through
the whole body and the neck and 3.5-4cm of wire were outside of the body.

Crocheting across the top edge of the trousers and suspenders:

Work 38 sl st into front loops of round 29 with the dark grey thread which was
left outside (across the whole front side and till the middle of the back side).
Make ch31, work 23 sc from the second ch from the hook. Then make ch24,
crochet 23 sc from the second ch from the hook. Then continue crocheting along
the chain (indicated with an arrow in the photo) – work 7sc more till the end.
After this continue crocheting across the trousers edge – 13 sl st left.

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Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside.
Sew the straps to the top edge of the trousers, sew buttons to the trousers top.

Sew buttons to the T-shirt. Make a butterfly bow tie using a satin ribbon and sew
it.

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For girl:
The rounds from 1 till 29 are
crocheted in the same way as we
worked them for the boy, but in cream
color.

30-31rounds: 51sc (2 rounds)

32round: (15sc, dec)*3 (48sts)
33-34rounds: 48sc (2 rounds)

Work additional sc if needed to shift the stitch marker to the side, change color to
dark red (YarnArt Jeans). Cut the thread of cream color.
35round: 5sc, dec, (10sc, dec)*3, 5sc (44sts)
36round: into back loops only 44sc
37round: 44sc
38round: (9sc, dec)*4 (40sts)
39round: 40sc
40round: 4sc, dec, (8sc, dec)*3, 4sc (36sts)

Change color to cream, cut the thread of dark red color.

41round: into back loops only 36sc
42round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*5, 2sc (30sts)
43round: 30sc

In the next round join the arms. Make sure they are located symmetrically on the
body sides. But before joining the arms I recommend you to crochet a skirt, so
they won’t interfere with your work. The instructions for the skirt can be found in
the next page.

For rounds 44 till 48 crochet the body in the same way as we worked them for
the boy, but work all them in cream color. Insert the wire.

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Skirt:
Crochet in rounds, start every round with 3 turning ch and finish with sl st. Attach
the thread of dark red color (Gazzal baby cotton) to round 35.

1round: into front loops only DC inc into every stitch (88DC)
2-3rounds: 88DC (2 rounds)
4round: (2DC, DC increase)*29, 1sc (117DC)
5round: 117DC
6round: ch1, 117sc
Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread, cut, weave in the thread tail
inside.

attach the
thread

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Crocheting across the dress edge and and shoulder straps:
Attach the thread of dark red color (Gazzal baby cotton) to round 40. Work 14sc
across the back side, ch6, skip 4 stitches (underarms), continue crocheting from
the next stitch, 14sc, ch6, sl st into the beginning of crocheting.

Then turn the work and make a puffed sleeve and continue across the neckline
without cutting the thread (hold the toy in the same way as we did it when were
making the skirt): ch3, increase - 3 DC into each stitch, sl st into the beginning of
work. Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside.

Sew the shoulder straps to the arms with several stitches to prevent them from
falling down the arms.

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 Assembly and details :
Make the face details. At first make a
needle sculpting, be guided with the
photos. For this mark the points where
the eyes will be located with pins
(points 1 and 2), they are located
between rounds 13 and 14 on the 3 1 2 4
head, the distance between them is 11
stitches. Mark points 3 и 4 visually,
leaving 1 stitches to the sides from
points 1 and 2 accordingly.

Insert a long threaded needle into the head bottom and pull it out from point 1.
Then insert the needle into point 3 and pull it out from the head bottom. Repeat
these steps one more time for the stronger needle sculpting. Make the needle
sculpting for the second eye in the same way, but in this case insert the needle
into the head bottom and pull it out from point 2. Then insert the needle into point
4 and pull it out from the head bottom again. Pull the thread tails and tie a knot.

Glue the eyes to the points, where we have made the needle sculpting. I use
safety eyes with a stem, but cut the stem beforehand, leaving a small end. Make
stitches around the eyes, using a white thread to make the glance more
expressive. Embroider upper lids above the eyes using a black thread, add
eyelashes for the girl.
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Embroider a nose between rounds 14 and 15 on the head with horizontal stitches.
Embroider the mouth, the eyebrows and also you can add whiskers. Paint the
cheeks using a blusher or hard pastels.

Mark the points for the ears location and sew them, be guided with the photos.
Pin the head to the neck, sew around with a strong seam.

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 Congratulations!
Your pair of cats in love is finished!
Thank You for crocheting along with me!
See you soon!

I will be glad to see Your finished toys made according to

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