Couple of kittens in love

MATERIALIEN

•2 balls of Super Soft yarn in the following colours: blue, white, red and a little amount of scrap yarn in pink
•A 3.00mm crochet hook
•Yarn needle with rounded point
• Stitch-markers
•Wadding for stuffing
•Pins
•1 cork trivet 20 cm in diameter
•Glue gun

PUNKTE

Chain (ch)
Slip stitch (ss)
Double crochet (dc)

PROBEN 10 X 10

INSTRUCTIONS
White and blue kitten
Measurement: approx 22cm high (finished kitten).

Head – 1st round: with white yarn make a magic ring; into ring ch1 (that doesn’t count as stitch) and dc8,
then cont working in a spiral, i. e. don’t close each round but cont working the following round, placing a stitch-marker into first dc on each round to indicate beginning. At end of first round, pull yarn to close magic ring.
2nd round: 1 increase (= 1 inc: 2 dc into same stitch) 8 times (= 16 dc).
3rd round: (1 dc into next stitch, 1 inc) 8 times (= 24 dc).
4th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 32 dc).
5th round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 40 dc).
6th round: (1 dc into 4 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 48 dc).
7th round: (1 dc into 5 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 56 dc).
8th round: (1 dc into 6 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 64 dc).
9th round: (1 dc into 7 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 72 dc).
From 10th to 12th round: 72 dc
13th round: [1 dc into 7 following sts, 1 decrease (= 1 dec: dc2tog) 8 times (= 64 dc).
14th round: (1 dc into 6 following sts, 1 dec) 8 times (= 56 dc).
15th round: (1 dc into 5 following sts, 1 dec) 8 times (= 48 dc).
16th round: (1 dc into 4 following sts, 1 dec) 8 times (= 40 dc).
17th round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 dec) 8 times (= 32 dc).
18th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 dec) 8 times (= 24 dc).
19th round: (1 dc into next st, 1 dec) 8 times (= 16 dc).
20th round: 1 dec 8 times (= 8 dc).
Note: stuff and shape the Head well with synthetic wadding halfway through the working to make it easier to work with, and then continue to stuff it little by little until the last rounds.

Body – 1st round: with white yarn make a magic ring; into ring ch1 and dc6, then cont working in a spiral, placing a stitch-marker into first dc on each round to indicate beginning. At end of first round, pull yarn to close magic ring.
2nd round: 1 inc 6 times (= 12 dc).
3rd round: (1 dc into next stitch, 1 inc) 6 times (= 18 dc).
4th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 inc) 6 times (= 24 dc).
5th round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 inc) 6 times (= 30 dc).
6th round: (1 dc into 4 following sts, 1 inc) 6 times (= 36 dc).
7th round: (1 dc into 5 following sts, 1 inc) 6 times (= 42 dc).
8th round: (1 dc into 6 m. seguente, 1 inc) 6 times (= 48 dc).
9th round: (1 dc into 7 following sts, 1 inc) 6 times (= 54 dc).
From 10th to 20th round: 54 dc.
21st round: (1 dc into 7 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 48 dc).
22nd round: (1 dc into 6 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 42 dc).
23rd and 24th rounds: 42 dc.
25th round: (1 dc into 5 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 36 dc).
26th and 27th rounds: 36 dc.
28th round: (1 dc into 4 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 30 dc).
29th and 30th rounds: 30 dc.
31st round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 24 dc).
From 32nd to 36th round: 24 dc.
37th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 18 dc).
From 38th to 42nd round: 18 dc. Fasten off and cut yarn, leaving a long end.
Note: stuff and shape the Body well with synthetic wadding halfway through the working to make it easier to work with, and then continue to stuff it little by little until the last rounds.

Ears – (make 2 alike) – 1st round: with white yarn make a magic ring; into ring ch1 and dc3 , then cont working in a spiral, placing a stitch-marker into first dc on each round to indicate beginning. At end of first round, pull yarn to close magic ring.
2nd round: (1 inc) 3 times (= 6 dc).
3rd round: (1 dc into next st, 1 inc) 3 times (= 9 dc).
4th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 inc) 3 times (= 12 dc).
5th round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 inc) 3 times (= 15 dc).
6th round: (1 dc into 4 following sts, 1 inc) 3 times (= 18 dc).
7th round: (1 dc into 5 following sts, 1 inc) 3 times (= 21 dc).
8th round: 21 dc. Fasten off and cut yarn, leaving a long end.

Tail – 1st round: with white yarn make a magic ring; into ring ch1 and dc6, then cont working in a spiral , placing a stitch-marker into first dc on each round to indicate beginning. At end of first round, pull yarn to close magic ring.
2nd round: (1 inc) 6 times (= 12 dc).
3rd round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 inc) 3 times (= 15 dc).
From 4th to 7th round: 15 dc.
8th round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 dec) 3 times (= 12 dc).
From 9th to 12th round: 12 dc.
13th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 dec) 3 times (= 9 dc).
From 14th to 55th round: 9 dc. Fasten off and cut yarn, leaving a long end.

Note: stuff and shape the tail well with synthetic wadding halfway through the working to make it easier to work with, and then continue to stuff it little by little until the last rounds.

Heart – Make 2 half-spheres alike. 1st round: with red yarn make a magic ring; into ring ch1 and dc6, then cont working in a spiral, placing a stitch-marker into first dc on each round to indicate beginning. At end of first round, pull yarn to close magic ring.
2nd round: (1 inc) 6 times (= 12 dc).
3rd round: (1 dc into next stitch, 1 inc) 6 times (= 18 dc).
4th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 inc) 6 times (= 24 dc).
5th and 6th rounds: 24 dc.
Cut yarn of first half-sphere, leaving an end approx 20cm long for sewing. Do not cut yarn on second half-sphere and cont to work in dc, joining the two parts.
7th round: 21 dc; on first half-sphere omit last 3 sts, cont to work on 2nd half-sphere working first 21 dc and omit last 3 dc. There are 42 dc.
8th round: 42 dc.

With a yarn needle and long end of yarn left on first half-sphere, join the two half-spheres with a sewing seam where the 3 sts have been omitted.

9th round: (1 dc into 5 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 36 dc).
10th round: 36 dc.
11th round: (1 dc into 4 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 30 dc).
12th round: 30 dc.
13th round: (1 dc into 3 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 24 dc).
14th round: 24 dc.
15th round: (1 dc into 2 following sts, 1 dec) 6 times (= 18 dc).
16th round: (1 dc into next st, 1 dec) 6 times (= 12 dc).
17th round: 12 dc.
18th round: 6 decs (= 6 dc). Fasten off.
Note: stuff and shape the heart well with synthetic wadding halfway through the working to make it easier to work with, and then continue to stuff it little by little until the last rounds.

Base – 1st round: with red yarn make a magic ring and work first 9 rounds as given for Head.
10th round: (1 dc into 8 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 80 dc).
11th round: (1 dc into 9 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 88 dc).
12th round: 88 dc.
13th round: (1 dc into 10 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 96 dc).
14th round: (1 dc into 11 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 104 dc).
15th round: (1 dc into 12 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 112 dc).
16th round: 112 dc
17th round: (1 dc into 13 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 120 dc).
18th round: (1 dc into 14 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 128 dc).
19th round: (1 dc into 15 following sts, 1 inc) 8 times (= 136 dc).
20th round: 136 dc. Fasten off.

FINISHING

Sew the head to the body of each cat. Sew the ears to the head from the 3rd to the 6th round (counting from the top), slightly further back than the center. Sew the tail to the body, from the 8th to the 10th round (counting from the bottom). With the pink yarn embroider the nose and eyes. Cover the trivet with the red base and secure it with glue gun, place the cats and the heart at the base, securing them with glue gun.