Free amigurumi pattern: Lucky cat keyring

A little cute thing for the coming Lunar new year xD

This is a very easy and fast crochet pattern. The complicated part is embroidering :)

Materials:
Yarn: red
3,75 mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Hot glue gun
Red embroidery floss
Fiber fill
Felt: pink, yellow

Abbreviations:
Sc = Single crochet
Ch = Chain
Sl = Slip stitch
Inc = Increase
Dec = Decrease 
Tc = Triple crochet
Dc = Double crochet
Inc tc = 2 triple crochet in same stitch
Inc dc = 2 double crochet in same stitch
Hdc= half double crochet
Dec hdc= half double crochet 2 stitches together
Inc hdc= 2 half double crochet in same stitch

Head and body:
R1: magic ring, 6 sts
R2: inc, ( 6 times),12 sts 
R3: 1 sc, inc, ( 6 times), 18 sts
R4: 2 sc, inc, ( 6 times), 24 sts
R5: 3 sc, inc, ( 6 times), 30 sts
R6: 4 sc, inc, ( 6 times), 36 sts
R7 to R15: ( 9 rounds), sc around 36 sts
R16: 4 sc, dec, ( 6 times), 30 sts
R17: 3 sc, dec, ( 6 times), 24 sts
R18: 2 sc, dec, ( 6 times), 18 sts ( begin stuffing)
R19: 1 sc, dec, ( 6 times), 12 sts
R20: dec, ( 6 times), 6 sts ( fasten off)

Outer ears: ( make 2)
R1: magic ring, 4 sts
R2: 1 sc, inc, ( 2 times ), 6 sts
R3: 2 sc, inc, ( 2 times), 8 sts
R4: sc around, 8 sts
R5: 2 sc, dec, ( 2 times), 6 sts ( fasten off)
No need to stuff
Attach to the head.   

Felt work: Cut felt to make inner ears, face and tummy then sketch the face, the " Happiness" word like the following picture.

Use red floss to embroider them.

Use hot glue gun to attach the felt on.  Enjoy xD

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