Amigurumi Pusheen

Amigurumi Pusheen by Samigurumi Knit Designs

What is Being Made

This is a knitted amigurumi toy design featuring Pusheen, the beloved cartoon cat character. The finished toy stands approximately 10.5cm (4 inches) tall and is designed as a stuffed knitted figure suitable for children and collectors. The project creates a three-dimensional plush toy through the traditional amigurumi technique of knitting and stuffing.

Craft and Technique

This project uses knitting as the primary craft method. The design employs the amigurumi technique, which involves knitting flat pieces or working in the round to create stuffed toys and decorative figures. The pattern utilizes stocking stitch (stockinette stitch) as the primary fabric construction method, creating a smooth, finished appearance suitable for a toy.

The construction involves strategic shaping techniques including increases and decreases to form the three-dimensional body structure. The pattern uses place markers to track different sections of the design, particularly during the body and head construction phase, which extends through row 37 of the pattern.

Stitches Used

• Cast on (CO) – establishing the foundation stitches
• Knit (K) – the fundamental knit stitch
• Purl (P) – creating textured or reverse-facing fabric sections
• Stocking stitch (SS) – the primary fabric construction
• K2tog – knitting two stitches together for decreasing
• SSK (slip, slip, knit) – an alternative decrease method
• M1 – make one stitch for increasing
• Wrap and turn (W&T) – creating short rows for shaping
• Place marker (PM) and slip marker (SM) – tracking pattern sections

Materials and Tools

The pattern specifies DK weight yarn (double knitting) in specific Sirdar Hayfield Bonus DK colors:

• Dark Amigurumi Grey (790) by Sirdar – used for the body and tail; the pattern requires making 2 small balls of this color
• Black (965) by Sirdar – used for facial features

Additional materials include toy stuffing for filling the knitted pieces and a darning needle for seaming and finishing. The pattern calls for 3mm straight knitting needles to work with the DK weight yarn.

Difficulty Level

This project is rated as intermediate difficulty, making it suitable for knitters with some experience beyond basic techniques. The pattern requires familiarity with standard abbreviations, shaping techniques including increases and decreases, and the ability to work with place markers for structured pattern sections.