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Crochet an Easy Cat Keychain for National Hug Your Cat Day

June 4th is National Hug Your Cat Day, and whether your cat is cuddly or a little spicy, today’s the perfect excuse to give them some extra love (if they’ll let you!).

But what if you’re allergic, between cats, or just love adding a feline flair to your craft bag? No worries — celebrate the crochet way with a quick and adorable Cat Keychain Crochet Pattern! 🧶

🧵 Make a Mini Cat You Can Carry Everywhere

This easy crochet pattern is beginner-friendly and perfect for using up yarn scraps. In under an hour, you can stitch up a tiny kitty that fits in your palm — ideal for:

  • 🐾 Keychains

  • 🎒 Backpack charms

  • 🎁 Gifts for fellow cat lovers

  • 🎪 Craft market cuties

You can customize the color to match your real-life fur baby or go wild with rainbow cats and pastel purrs!

Materials:
Bernat Blanket yarn:
11 yards MC
2 yards CC
Size K (6.5 mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle
10-mm safety eyes
10-mm safety nose
Ball chain & fastener
Fiberfill (optional)

Finished cat keychain measures approximately 4” tall.

🐾 Not Just for Cat Owners

Even if you don’t have a kitty of your own, this project is a sweet way to show your love for our whiskered friends. They’re fun to stitch, fast to make, and they’ll never scratch the furniture!

🧡 Share the Love!

Made your cat keychain? I’d LOVE to see it! Tag me on Instagram or use the hashtag #HugYourCatCrochet so we can all admire your handiwork.

So go on — hug your cat (or crochet one), and celebrate the paws-itively purr-fect joy they bring. 🐱💕

Directions:

YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/4anlnDK0jcs
Ultimate finish: https://youtu.be/jVpTr8mId3I

Rnd 1: With CC yarn, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Do not join.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc). Join with sl st. Fasten off CC yarn.
Rnd 3: Join MC yarn in back lp, 2 sc in BLO of each st (24 sc). Do not join.
Rnd 4: *Sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat around (30 sc).
Rnd 5: Working in BLO, sc in each st.
Insert safety nose in Rnd 1. Insert safety eyes in Rnd 3, 2 sts apart.
Rnd 6: Working in both lps, *dec, sc in next 3 sts,* repeat around (24 sc).
Rnd 7: *Dec, sc in next 2 sts,* repeat around (18 sc). Stuff if desired.
Rnd 8: *Dec, sc in next st,* repeat around (12 sc).
Rnd 9: Dec 6 times (6 sc). Join with sl st. Close with ult fin.
Ears:
Attach MC in Rnd 5 above eye. Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next st.
Ch 1, turn, sk first st, sc in next st. Fasten off MC.
Skip 3-4 sts on head and repeat for second ear.
Weave in all ends.
Cut a piece of ball chain approximately 7” long and insert through top center of cat. Close with fastener.

PDF available at Easy Cat Keychain Crochet Pattern – PDF Download

There’s also a free download today – Cute Cat Coloring Book

Cat Coloring Book

More Free Cat Crochet Patterns

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National Frankenstein Friday

 

Mary Shelley is the author of the famous novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,” commonly known as “Frankenstein.” She wrote this novel, which was first published in 1818 when she was just 20 years old. The novel is considered one of the earliest works of science fiction and has had a significant influence on the genre.

“Frankenstein” tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a creature through an unorthodox scientific experiment. The creature, often referred to as “Frankenstein’s monster,” is a tragic figure, misunderstood and rejected by society. The novel explores themes of ambition, the consequences of playing god, and the isolation and alienation experienced by both the creator and the created.

Mary Shelley’s inspiration for “Frankenstein” came from a dream she had during the summer of 1816, when she was staying at Lord Byron’s villa in Switzerland. This dream and the discussions with Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley (her husband) about the boundaries of science and the ethical implications of scientific experimentation led her to write the novel.

“Frankenstein” has been adapted into numerous films, plays, and other forms of media, and it continues to be a classic work in the realm of literature and a thought-provoking exploration of the ethical dilemmas surrounding scientific discovery and the human condition.

In the original novel “Frankenstein,” there is no specific mention of the monster’s color. Mary Shelley describes the creature’s appearance as follows:

“His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.”

This description does not specify that the monster was green. The notion of a green Frankenstein’s monster is primarily popularized by various film adaptations of the novel, particularly the 1931 Universal Pictures version starring Boris Karloff, in which the monster’s skin has a greenish hue. The green coloration has since become a recognizable and iconic image associated with Frankenstein’s monster in popular culture, even though it differs from the original description in the novel.

The green version of Frankenstein is a very popular design for crafters, too. Today’s free pattern uses the green monster, but you can make it in pale yellow or very pale gray.

Frankenstein Tumbler Boot

Materials:
Sugar & Crème Cotton worsted weight yarn:
30 yards Hot Green
30 yards Black
Size G (4.0 mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle

Tumbler boot measures approximately 2.25” tall by 3” diameter across bottom. It slightly tapers up to fit tumber and measures 3.5” diameter across top.

Gauge: 5 rows = 1”, 4 sc = 1”

 

Directions:
Rnd 1: With Hot green yarn, ch 2 (or magic ring), sc 6 in second ch from hook. Do not join. Work in continuous rnds throughout unless otherwise specified.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sc).
Rnd 3: *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (18 sc).
Rnd 4: *1 sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (24 sc).
Rnd 5: *1 sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (30 sc).
Rnd 6: *1 sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (36 sc). Join with sl st.
Rnd 7: Working in BLO, sc in each st.
Rnd 8: Working in both loops, sc in each sc around.
Rnd 9: *Sc in next 11 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat twice (39 sc).
Rnds 10-12: Sc in each st.
Rnd 13: *Sc in next 12 sts, 2 sc in next st,* repeat twice (42 sc).
Rnd 14: Sc in each st. Join with sl st. Fasten off Hot Green.
Rnds 15-17: With black yarn, sc in each st. Join with sl st at end of Rnd 17. Fasten off black.
Eyes: (Make 2)
Rnd 1: With Black yarn, ch 2 (or magic ring), sc 6 in second ch from hook. Join with sl st. Fasten off Black.
Mouth:
With Black yarn, embroider mouth at Rnd 8 using straight sts.

To download the ad-free PDF version, please visit Frankenstein Tumbler Boot Crochet Pattern

More Frankenstein Designs

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Horny Toad Keychain Crochet Pattern

When I began my journey as a crochet designer 8 years ago, my first published design was the Horny Toad Amigurumi crochet pattern. To this day, it is still my favorite and most popular design. Since today is National Reptile Awareness Day, I decided to create a new horny toad design, a no-sew keychain pattern.
Materials:
Worsted weight yarn:
14 yards MC
1 yards of desired color for mouth
Size G (4.0 mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle
Fiberfill
Keychain
Finished horny toad measures approximately 3.5” tall by 3.5” wide (including spikes).
Gauge: 9 rows = 2”, 4 sc = 1”STITCHES:
Invisible decrease: https://youtube.com/shorts/0NC5nXyDvwI?feature=share
Ultimate finish: https://youtu.be/jVpTr8mId3I

Directions:
Rnd 1: With MC yarn, ch 2 (or magic ring), 6 sc in second ch from hook. Do not join. Work in continuous rnds unless otherwise specified.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc (12 sc).
Rnd 3: *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (18 sc).
Rnd 4: *1 sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (24 sc).
Rnd 5: *1 sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc,* repeat around (30 sc).
Rnds 6-7: Sc in each st. Mark beg of Rnd 7.
Rnd 8: *Dec over next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts,* repeat around times (24 sc).
Rnd 9: *Dec over next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts,* repeat around (18 sc).
Rnd 10: *Dec over next 2 sts, sc in next st,* repeat around (12 sc).
Rnd 11: Dec around (6 sc). Join with sl st. Close with Ultimate Finish.
Eyes: (Make 2)
Mark Rnd 2 with 4 markers evenly spaced. Insert MC yarn at bottom marker, ch 1, work 3 dc in same sp, pull up lp in 3rd dc, insert hook into top of first dc, pull through lp (small popcorn). Sl st in top marker on same side.
Repeat on marked sts on opposite side of face.
Spikes:

 

Mark Rnd 7 on both sides even with bottoms of eyes (should be 19 sts). Join cc yarn at first marker with right side facing. *Sc ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch, sk 1 st,* repeat 2 times for a total of 3 small spikes.
*Sc, ch 4, sl st in 2 nd ch, sc in 3rd and 4th chs, sk 1 st on head,* repeat 2 times for a total of 3 large spikes.
*Sc ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch, sk 1 st,* repeat 2 times for 3 more small spikes. Sl st in next sc on head.
Fasten off yarn.

Weave in all ends.
Glue googly eyes in place so they are partially hidden by popcorn sts.
Alternatively, insert safety eyes through center of popcorn sts with eye facing toward outer edge and eye backing hidden by popcorn st.
Use CC yarn to embroider mouth at Rnd 5. Add beaded ch at center of Rnd 7.

If you would like the ad-free PDF version, you can purchase it here: Horny Toad Keychain No-Sew Crochet Pattern

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National Reptile Awareness Day

 

 

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