Hello crafters!
I am personally a dog person and anyone who knows me knows I’m completely obsessed with my perfect pup. But even as a dog person I have an appreciation for cats! They are just so cute and soft and their advantage over dogs is that I can pick them up and hold them (kind of hard to do with a 70 pound dog… but not impossible!)
As cute and cuddly as cats can be they all need their alone time, especially with a dog in the house, so I figured these cat hammocks would be an adorable and luxurious cat accessory! I have a couple of cat moms in my life that I plan on gifting these cat hammocks to 🙂
This free crochet pattern is pretty simple and it is also the perfect project to use up random odds and ends of yarn! I just made sure to use only worsted weight yarn (marked with a 4 on the label). Of course you can use any yarn you would like but you may need to adjust the amount of rows that you do to make sure that your hammock remains cat-sized.
Let’s get to it!
Supplies needed to make your cat hammock
- size 6 crochet hook
- worsted weight yarn
Crochet cat hammock pattern
This cat hammock has two parts to it:
- large rectangle that will be the body of the hammock
- 6 straps that will provide sturdy ties to hang your hammock up
Crochet cat hammock (main body)
You will need to know how to make a dc cluster stitch to follow this pattern.
DC Cluster: [YO insert hook into stitch. YO pull up a loop. YO and pull through 2 loops on hook.] Repeat brackets until you have 4 loops on your hook. YO and pull through all 4 loops.
Chain 68.
- Single crochet in each stitch across
- Ch 2. Turn. Double crochet in each stitch across.
- Change yarn colour if desired. Chain 2. dc cluster in next stitch. Single crochet in next stitch. Repeat bolded until end. Double crochet in last stitch.
- Change yarn colour if desired. Chain 2. Double crochet across.
- Chain 2. Turn. Double crochet across.
- Chain 2. Turn. Double crochet across.
- -54 Repeat rows 3-6 twelve more times. (You will have 13 cluster rows)
55. Repeat row 3.
56. Repeat row 2.
57. Repeat row 1. Tie off.
Crochet cat hammock (straps)
To make your straps you will need to chain 150 stitches. Chain 1 more and single crochet in each stitch across. Tie off.
You will need to make 2 straps of each colour that you used for the main part of your hammock leaving you with six long straps 🙂
Attaching straps to your cat hammock
Grab your first strap and fold it in half to find the center. Also fold your hammock in half to find the center of your first double crochet row. Weave the strap under the middle two double crochet stitches; you may need to use a crochet hook to pull the strap through.
Continue to weave the strap over and under two double crochet stitches at a time. (Sorry I’m now using one of the white straps!)
Repeat this in the same stitches with one of each of the other colours of straps.
Repeat this process on the other end of your cat hammock!
Cinch your ends together by pulling the hammock material to the center of your straps.
That’s it! You’ve made your cat an adorable and cozy cat hammock! You can tie this hammock under a chair, under a bookshelf or even in a real tree to be honest!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have managed to make your cat just a little bit more spoiled 🙂 Feel free to post a photo of your cat hammock below or tag @MatayaMade on Instagram; I would love to see how they turned out! (And I would also love to see your adorable cats 🙂 ) Comment below if you have any questions or comments 🙂
Happy crafting!
What are the dimensions? Thank you.
Hi Anne, the hammock is *approximately* 24 inches by 30 inches.
Hi. I am wondering if you have a step by step video of this beautiful cat hammock. Thank you in advance. Sincerely Mirjam
Hi Mirjam 🙂
Thank you for your kind words 🙂 Unfortunately I do not have a video tutorial for the my cat hammock pattern but if you need help with a specific step you can email me at Mataya@matayamade.com and I will do my best to help you out!
Mataya
Thank you So MUCH for your reply. As I am really new into crocheting. Last week i finished me first crochet project. A cat cave basket. It was a tutorial video and for a first time crocheted like myself so easy to follow as I paused the video a 1000 times lol. Now with the corona pandemic. I am planning to do some more crocheting. Our cats love the cat cave but as I am a new crocheted I ended up with more stitches and so the cave collapse and cats sit on top instead of in it. Lol
Your cat hammock will fit nicely in between the baskets in our cat tree. Our cat sleeps on two spots at the same time with his belly hanging in between in to funny. So I search for cat hammocks and found yours.😁
I will give it a try.
Thank you. Stay safe and keep on praying for everyones health.
Sincerely Mirjam
Alberta. Canada
Adorable, I hope you cats love their new cat hammock 🙂 I would love to see your finished project!
Stay safe as well,
Mataya
I can’t wait to get started. I plan to hang hammocks under my high top chairs in the kitchen. I read through the instructions and I think I found an error in your DC Cluster instructions. Here is how it should read, my changes are in all caps…
DC Cluster: [YO, insert hook into stitch. YO, pull through STITCH, YO, PULL THROUGH 2 loops on hook.] Repeat brackets until you have 4 loops on your hook. YO and pull through all 4 loops.
Thanks for posting such a wonderful project!
Hi Christinna, Thank you for catching that, I will update it now. I love your plans to hang your hammocks under high top chairs, that sounds perfect! I am glad you are enjoying this project and would love to see your finished hammocks 🙂
Going to try making this!! Do you remember how much yarn you used/needed?
Hi Abby, I used about 240 grams of yarn 🙂 Enjoy making your hammock!
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