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Explore Knitted Cat Pillow Free Patterns, choose your favorite style, and create a cute cushion to decorate your sofa or bed.
If you love cats and knitting, these Knitted Cat Pillow Free Patterns are fun projects to try. You can make a cute cushion for your bed, sofa, or favorite reading spot. Choose a cat design you like, pick your yarn colors, and get your knitting needles ready to make a pillow of your own.
Knitted Cat Pillow Free Patterns
1. Cat Cushion
Designed by Sue Speechley, this free cat cushion knitting pattern lets you make a fun striped cushion in any yarn weight. You work the pattern flat from the bottom up and seam it at the end, creating the cat shape with simple colorwork and shaping.
Use a 100% cotton aran-weight yarn; and measures about 18 × 13 inches, excluding the ears. Since you can knit the pattern in any yarn weight, adjust the finished size by changing the yarn and needle size.
2. Cat pillow
Make a knitted kitty that doubles as a soft decorative pillow with this intermediate pattern by Carolina Speek. The pattern uses DK-weight yarn and 3.5 mm (US 4) knitting needles and uses basic increases, decreases, and color changes throughout.
The finished pillow measures about 34 cm (13.4 inches) high and 23 cm (9.1 inches) wide. You’ll also need 15 mm safety eyes, stuffing, and a small amount of yarn to embroider the nose and whiskers.
3. Kitten Cushion
This knitted kitten cushion features a simple in-the-round construction and embroidered facial details. Designed by Debbie von Grabler-Crozier, the project uses 6.0 mm (US 10) circular knitting needles and two strands of yarn held together.
You’ll need two 50 g balls of gold-colored yarn, one 50 g ball of brown bouclé yarn, and a small amount of black yarn for the face and whiskers. Knit the cushion to about 25 cm long, then shape the top into ears and fill it with polyester toy stuffing.
4. Cat cushion
This cat cushion pattern by Rita Taylor uses DK-weight yarn and is worked flat, then seamed together. The pattern recommends Rowan Tapestry yarn and 4.0 mm (US 6) knitting needles, with a gauge of 24 stitches and 32 rows over 10 cm. You’ll need approximately 393–524 yards (359–479 m) of yarn, depending on the project.
The design includes knitted braids and a cat motif, giving the cushion its distinctive shape and details.
5. Chunky Cat Pillow
This chunky cat pillow tutorial by BeCozi shows you how to make a soft, oversized cat-shaped cushion using thick yarn and hand-knitting techniques. The tutorial walks you through knitting the cat ears and finishing the pillow.
The chunky yarn gives the finished cushion a thick texture and makes it a practical project for anyone who enjoys working with large yarn. Follow the tutorial to make a handmade cat pillow for your home or as a gift for a cat lover.
6. Cat Pillow with a White Muzzle
This two-color cat pillow from Kotiliesi features a white muzzle, gray body, and embroidered facial details. The pillow is knitted in stockinette stitch, using intarsia to work the white and gray sections without leaving holes at the color changes.
The finished pillow measures approximately 37 × 37 cm and uses 5.5 mm knitting needles with two strands held together. After knitting the front and striped back, seam the pillow, stuff it with cotton or polyester filling, and finish it with embroidered eyes, nose, mouth, and whiskers.
7. Snoozing Cat Travel Pillow
Designed by Rian Anderson, this Snoozing Cat Travel Pillow is a knitted cover for a U-shaped travel pillow. The pattern uses fingering-weight merino yarn held together to create a soft, fluffy texture, though you can also use soft DK yarn.
Knit flat in one piece with 3.75 mm (US 5) needles, aiming for a gauge of 23 stitches and 30 rows over 10 cm in stockinette stitch. Work the body from the widest curve to the inner curve, using decreases and increases to shape the cover.
8. Cat Eye’s Pillow
Cat Eye’s Pillow by Knitting Munchkin is a knitted cat-themed accent pillow designed to fit a 12-inch square pillow form. The pattern uses worsted-weight yarn, with Knit Picks Brava Worsted suggested, and requires 4.5 mm (US 7) needles. The gauge is 18 stitches over 10 cm in stockinette stitch, and the pattern uses approximately 250–350 yards of yarn.
The pillow is worked flat, top-down, and features a cat-eye design created with stranded and textured knitting techniques. You can also modify the size to fit a larger pillow form, making it easy to adjust the project to suit your needs or match your cat’s colors.
9. Fat Cat Pillow
This Fat Cat Pillow by Michele Wilcox is an easy knitting project that makes a large, striped, cat-shaped cushion. The finished pillow measures about 16½ inches high and has a 28-inch circumference at its widest point. It uses worsted-weight yarn, with one skein each of white, light gray, gray, aqua, and turquoise.
You can use the finished cat as a decorative pillow or a soft handmade toy.
