Lucky Cat Amigurumi

Lucky Cat or Maneki neko is a Japanese cat figurine used for bringing good luck to its owner. This pattern teaches you how to make a Lucky Cat amigurumi.

This pattern is very straightforward and is suitable for beginners with basic crochet knowledge. It comes with 8 pages of detailed instructions and 13 photos to help you follow along. The stitches that you will need to know for this pattern are:

• Crocheting in the round,
• forming a magic ring,
• sc - single crochet
• sc inc - single crochet increase
• sc dec - single crochet decrease
• ss - slip stitch
• ch - chain stitch

The materials you will need for this project will be (based on fingering yarn): 

• White yarn 
• Tan yarn 
• Red yarn 
• Yellow yarn 
• Safety Eyes 5mm x2 (use a bigger size if you are using a thicker yarn) 
• Black embroidery thread 
• Stuffing 
• Crochet Hook 2.5mm (or a hook size suitable for your yarn) 
• Yarn needle