CROCHET CAT BED PATTERN

You will need

Thick t-shirt yarn or Zpagetti yarn,
a little bit over 2kg (about 5 lb)
Hook 8mm or 10mm (the hook
should be one number too small to
make the basket as tight as
possible)
A cat or two
Abbreviations
Nest size: 37cm x 37cm wide x 20cm
high
Entrance size: 15cm wide x 11cm high
The size of the cat cave can diff er slightly depending on the
thickness of the yarn.
The stitches used are chain stitch, double crochet and double crochet (UK
crochet terms).
Mark the first stitch of each round with a piece of yarn in a different colour.
This will help you to keep track of rounds and stitches.

dc = double crochet
st = stitch
ch = chain stitch
rnd = round
Directions
Starting chain : 4 ch, 1 slip stitch to close the chain
Rnd 1: 8 dc in starting chain loop
Rnd 2: *2 dc in each st* repeat the whole round = 16
Rnd 3: *1 dc, then 2 dc in one st* repeat the whole round = 24
Rnd 4: *2 dc, 2 dc in one st* repeat the whole round = 32
Rnd 5: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round (no increase in this
round)
Rnd 6: *2 dc, then 2 dc in one st*, repeat the whole round until 2
stitches left: 1 dc, then 2 dc in last st. = 43
Rnd 7: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Rnd 8: *2 dc, 2 dc in one st* repeat the whole round. 1 dc in last
st = 57
Rnd 9: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Rnd 10: *2 dc, 2 dc in one st* repeat the whole round = 76
Rnd 11: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Rnd 12: *4 dc, 2 dc in one st* repeat the whole round, 1 dc in last
st = 91
Rnds 13-16: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Entrance to the nest** :

Rnd 17: Continue crocheting 1 dc in one st, about half round. Cut the yarn
(leave a little tail for finishing it) and skip 10 st. Continue the crocheting with
double crochet stitch.
Rnd 18: Continue crocheting: 1 dc in one st, until you are about 5 dc from
the point where you cut the yarn last time. Now fasten off the last rounds
yarn tail by pulling the yarn over the edge so that when you do the last 5 dc,
the tails stays inside the stitches. Then cut the yarn again, skip 10 st and
start crocheting from the same point as you did last round (fasten off yarn tail
again by leaving the tail inside the stitches).
Rnds 19-23: Continue until the entrance is 7 rounds high.
NOTE!
Be sure to start and fi nish the stitches exactly at the same
point as you did on the last round, so the entrance doesnt
start widening.

You may need to make two

Rnd 24: On the eighth round, continue crocheting 1 dc in one st,

then crochet 8 ch over the entrance. Continue 1 dc in one st until
in the end of the round.
Rnd 25: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round. Above the
entrance, crochet 8 dc around the 8 chs.
Rnd 26-28: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Rnd 29: *4 dc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round
Rnds 30-31: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Rnd 32: *3 dc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round
Rnd 33: 1 dc in one st, repeat the whole round
Rnds 34-35: *3 dc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole
round
Rnds: 36-37: *2 dc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole
round
Rnds 38-39: *1 dc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole
round

Cut the yarn, or if the hole is still too big, continue decreases by
skipping one or two stitches. Fasten off .
Finish the entrance:
Work double crochets around the entrance. Stitch around for two
rounds to make the entrance stronger.
**If it turns out that the entrance does not stay in place or
isnt fi rm enough, you can undo the double crochets and put a
strong wire inside the entrance to give support . Then redo the
row of double crochet again around the edge of the wired
entrance. The entrance should now remain upright even if the roof
collapses during the playtime.

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