Kittens in Stylecraft Sweet Dreams DK - F111 - Downloadable PDF

Kittens in Stylecraft Sweet Dreams DK – F111 Pattern Summary

This free downloadable crochet pattern by Stylecraft guides makers through creating adorable stuffed kitten toys, known as Smitten Kittens, worked in Stylecraft Sweet Dreams DK yarn. The finished kittens stand approximately 36cm (14¼ inches) tall, excluding their ears, making them a generous and huggable amigurumi-style soft toy. The pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it ideal for crocheters who are comfortable with the basics and ready to tackle three-dimensional construction techniques.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a crocheted stuffed kitten toy — a classic amigurumi-style project worked in the round. The design is called Smitten Kitten and features a fully three-dimensional body with separate pieces that are sewn together to create the finished character. The pattern includes at least two colour versions, allowing makers to personalise their kitten with different yarn combinations.

Version 1 – Blossom Kitten

The first version uses Stylecraft Sweet Dreams DK in Blossom (shade 7023) as the main colour (MC), paired with Stylecraft Special DK in White (shade 1001) and Stylecraft Special DK in Fondant (shade 1241) as contrast colours (CC). This gives the kitten a soft, rosy, and pastel appearance.

Version 2 – Mint Candy Kitten

The second version uses Stylecraft Sweet Dreams DK in Mint Candy (shade 7025) as the main colour, with Stylecraft Special DK in White (shade 1001) and Stylecraft Special DK in Spearmint (shade 1842) as contrast colours. This version has a fresh, cool-toned mint and green palette.

Techniques Used

• Working in the round (spiral rounds): All pieces are worked in continuous spiral rounds — the pattern specifically instructs makers not to join at the end of each round but to continue directly into the next, which is the standard amigurumi construction method. A stitch marker is recommended and should be placed in the first stitch of each round and moved as work progresses.
• Amigurumi construction: The kitten is built from multiple separately crocheted pieces — including the body and ears — which are then sewn together using the long yarn tails left at the beginning of each piece.
• Increases and shaping: The pattern uses regular increase rounds to shape the body from a flat circle outward into a three-dimensional form, a hallmark of amigurumi toy making.
• Colour work: Two contrast colours are used alongside the main colour, suggesting colour changes or separate piece construction to create details such as facial features or body markings.
• Seaming and finishing: Pieces are joined by sewing, using long yarn ends left intentionally at cast-on points.

Stitches Used

• Double crochet (dc): The primary stitch throughout the pattern. All body shaping rounds are worked in double crochet, consistent with standard UK amigurumi patterns.
• 2dc increase: Working two double crochet stitches into a single stitch to create even, symmetrical increases — for example, 2dc into each of next 6dc in Round 2, and (dc into next dc, 2dc into next dc) 6 times in Round 3.
• Magic ring / foundation chain: The body begins with a 2-chain start, with 6 double crochet stitches worked into the first chain, creating the initial closed circle from which the body grows.

Materials Required

• Yarn – Main Colour: Stylecraft Sweet Dreams DK — 1 x 100g ball in either Blossom (7023) or Mint Candy (7025) depending on version chosen. Sweet Dreams DK is a soft, tactile yarn well suited to baby and toy projects.
• Yarn – Contrast Colours: Stylecraft Special DK — approximately 20g each of two contrast shades. For Version 1: