Find here a free Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
After the giraffe, the lion and the elephants’ appliques, here is a crochet appliqué pattern for these cute tigers! You can use them to personalize a crochet blanket, a crochet bag or even a crochet hat! Don’t forget to join the facebook group, you can ask your questions, share your finished projects and I regularly ask what pattern(s) you would like to see next. Or you can even suggest something if you are looking for something special!
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Crochet Tiger Applique
Material:
- Yarn calling for 5,5 mm hook in: orange, black and white (or white, black and light pink for the white tiger).
- A very small amount of pearl cotton in black (for the mouth)
- Size 3.5 mm crochet hook.
- 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm) for the eyes
- 1 black safety eye (6 mm) for the nose
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry needle
Abbreviations:
- chain (ch)
- magic ring (mr)
- single crochet (sc)
- increase (inc)
- invisible decrease (dec)
- slip stitch (sl st)
- half double crochet (hdc)
- double crochet (dc)
What did I use?
Light worsted yarn.
I used « I love this cotton» in orange, white and black from Hobby Lobby (and Rico Creative cotton in white, light pink and black for the white tiger).
Pattern: How to crochet a Tiger applique?
The head – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
Work in rounds, do not turn unless specified. If needed, use a stitch marker for the first stitch of each round.
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the orange yarn (or white yarn for the white tiger)
- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: inc 6 times. (12)
- Round 3: [1 sc in next st, 1 inc in next st] x6. (18)
- Round 4: [1 sc in next 2 st, 1 inc in next st] x6. (24)
- Round 5: [1 sc in next 3 st, 1 inc in next st] x6. (30)
Cut the yarn, fasten off.
Put the eyes should be between rounds 2 and 3, spaced by 4 st.
The ears (make 2) – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the orange yarn (or white yarn for the white tiger).
- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
Cut the yarn, fasten off.
Sew the ears to the head over 2 st, spaced by 5 st.
With your tapestry needle and the black yarn, make 3 strips at the top of the head. The stripes should start from the last round and be over 2 rounds, each stripe spaced by 1 st on round 5 but closer on round 3 (see picture below). Then, make 3 smaller stripes on each side for the head (the first stripes being just below the ears).
The Muzzle – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the white yarn.
- ch 5. (5)
- Round 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 3 ch, 2 sc in the last ch. Now working on the other side of the chain: 1 sc in the next 3 ch. (8)
- Round 2: 2 sc in the next st, 1 sc in the next 2 st, 2 sc in the next st. (6)
- sl st in the next st
Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the muzzle to the head), fasten off.
Place a safety eye in the top center of the muzzle. If you want to make a mouth, take your pearl cotton and your tapestry needle. Take the nose off, and make a mouth, then put the nose back on the muzzle. Place the muzzle on the head, fix the nose and with your tapestry needle, sew the muzzle to the head.
The body – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the orange yarn (or white yarn for the white tiger).
- ch 7. (7)
- Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 6 ch. (6)
- Row 2: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 inc. (8)
- Rows 3 to 9: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (8)
- Row 10: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 dec. (6)
- Rows 11 to 12: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (6)
- Row 13: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 2 st. (5)
- Row 14: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
- do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 32 st)
Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the head on), fasten off.
The white belly (facultative) – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the white yarn (not needed for the white tiger!).
- ch 5. (5)
- Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 4 ch. (4)
- Row 2: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (4)
- Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 inc. (6)
- Rows 4 to 5: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (6)
- Row 6: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 inc. (4)
- Row 7: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (4)
Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew to the body), fasten off.
The back legs (make 2) – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the white yarn (the pink yarn for the white tiger).
- Round 1: start 5 sc in a magic ring. (5)
- Round 2: [1 inc in all st]. (10)
Change for the orange yarn (white yarn for the white tiger):
- Round 3: [1 sc in the next st, 1 inc in the next st] x5. (15)
We will now be working in row:
- Row 4: 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
- Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)
- Row 6-7: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)
Cut the yarn, fasten off.
With your tapestry needle, sew the back legs behind the body. You only want to see the feet from the front (see pictures below). Sew the white belly (if you made it) to the top of the body.
The front legs (make 2) – Tiger Applique Crochet Pattern
With a 3.5 mm crochet and the orange yarn (white yarn for the white tiger).
- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
- Round 2: [1 inc in the next 3 st; 1 sc in the next 3 st]. (9)
- Row 3: 1 sl st in the next st; ch1, turn; skip the sl st and make 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
- Row 4: ch1, turn; make 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
- Rows 5-11: ch1, turn; make 1 sc in the next 3 st. (3)
Cut the yarn, fasten off.
With the black yarn and the tapestry needle, make 4 stripes on each leg as shown below.
With your tapestry needle, sew the front legs to the front of the body (see picture below).
Sew the head over the body.
All done! I hope you enjoyed this pattern! Don’t forget to show me your work, it does encourage me to create more patterns.
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I am a fan of your crochet creations that are so fun and beautiful. I use them on clothing, pillows, blankets and also on greeting cards and gifts. Thank you for sharing. Have a very happy, healthy and hassle-free New Year. Greetings from Christel
Thank you very much for your nice words. All my best wishes for the New Year!
Thank you for sharing your talents. The tiger is cute.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for sharing your patterns. I made the Elephant and the Lion. They are adorable. I put them on blankets. Easy to follow instructions. Continue with your good work. Blessings for the year ahead.
Thank you very much for your nice words. It means a lot to me.
Do you have a moose one
Sorry for my late reply. I don’t have one right now but I can try to make one!
hermozo muchas gracias ,tienes una mente y manos maravillosas felicitaciones
Muchas Gracias!
What are the height and width of the appliques?
Judy
Hi Judy, they are about 4 inches (11 cm) tall by 3 inches wide (8 cm).