This adorable cat paw is purrrfect as a keychain or bag charm.

Materials

Yarn:

• 1 skein of white (or black, or any colour you want the base of the paw to be) worsted weight yarn. I used White Vanna’s Choice Yarn (4 - Medium) by Lion Brand.
• 1 skein of pink (or any colour you want the pads to be) worsted weight yarn. I used Pink Vanna’s Choice Yarn (4 - Medium) by Lion Brand.

Tools:

• 4.5mm crochet hook
• Scissors
• Yarn needle
• Stitch marker (optional)
• Sewing pins (optional)

Basic techniques

Basic stitch abbreviations in US terminology
Sc	single crochet
Hdc	half double crochet
Dc	double crochet
Inc	increase
Sl	slip stitch

• Magic ring
• Running stitch marker
• Additional terminology:
  • (Brackets) at the end of each row indicate how many stitches there are in that row
  • Stitches in [square brackets] go into the same stitch
  • Stitches in *asterisks* are repeated (for example, 3 *sc, inc* means “sc, inc, sc, inc, sc, inc”)

Base (make two)

Use white yarn.

• 1st round: 6 sc in magic ring (6 stitches)

• 2nd round: 6 inc (12 stitches)

• 3rd round: 6 *sc, inc* (18 stitches)

• 4th round: 6 *sc, sc, inc* (24 stitches)

• 5th round: 6 *sc, sc, inc* (30 stitches)

• 6th round: hdc, hdc, 3 *[dc and tr into same stitch], [tr and dc into same stitch], sc*, [dc and tr into same stitch], [tr and dc into same stitch], hdc, hdc, sc all the way to the end of the round (38 stitches)

Finish off with a slip stitch. For one of the bases, leave a long tail for sewing.

Large pads (make one)

Use pink yarn.

• 1st round: 6 sc in magic ring (6 stitches)

• 2nd round: 6 inc (12 stitches)

• 3rd round: 3 *sl, [hdc and dc into same stitch], [dc and hdc into same stitch], sl* (18 stitches)

Finish off with a slip stitch. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Small pads (make four)

Use pink yarn.

• 1st round: 6 sc in magic ring (6 stitches)

• 2nd round: inc (2 stitches)

Finish off with a slip stitch. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

• Take one base and sew on the pads. You can use the picture below as a reference to where to place the pads.

• Take the other base and sew it onto the opposite side of the first base. This base covers up any yarn tails and adds thickness to our paw.

• (Optional) Attach keychain.

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