Crochet Mouse Applique

This adorable crochet Mouse applique is perfect to embellish kid’s clothes, baby blankets, hats, scarfs, or bags! You can also make a cute Mouse pin or use this applique for kid’s room decor!  

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This crochet Mouse applique will make a great embellishment for a handmade greeting card. Ideas for DIY cards can be found in this post – handmade cards embellished with crochet appliques. 

I made my Mouse appliques with light weight yarn. You can experiment with different yarn weights to make your appliques in different sizes.

You may also like my other mouse appliques – crochet heart Mickey and Minnie Mouse! All my appliques can be found on this website under the tag Appliques.

Crochet Mouse Applique Pattern

The pattern for this applique is also available as a print-friendly, styled and advertisement-free PDF file. You can get it from my Etsy Shop.

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Abbreviations:

(See a list of crochet abbreviations used in patterns by yarn industry designers and publishers HERE)

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

DC2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together

HDC – half double crochet

Rnd – round

SC- single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

Finished Size:

This Mouse applique is about 3-1/2” (9 cm) tall.

Yarn:

• Light weight #3 or sport weight #2 yarn (I used Premier Cotton Fair yarn)

Hook and other materials:

• Crochet hook E/3.5 mm
• Small buttons
• Black embroidery floss

Note:

Working in top of a stitch

When instructed to work into the top of a stitch, insert hook under two loops highlighted in green in direction of arrow.

Instructions:

To make this Mouse applique, you need to make a head, a body, and a small bow.

 

Head

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Ch 9,
Rnd  1. Sl St in 2nd Ch and in next Ch, SC in each of next 2 Chs, HDC in next Ch, DC in each of next 2 Chs, working under 2 loops – 5 DC in last Ch,

first ear – *Ch 3, DC2tog in top of last DC (see Note), Ch 3, Sl St in top of last DC (see Note)*,

3 DC in same last Ch,

repeat from * to * for the second ear,

continue on opposite side of the Chain: DC in each of next 2 Chs, HDC in next Ch, SC in each of next 2 Chs, Sl St in each of next 2 Chs. Fasten off.

Body

Ch 10,
Rnd  1. Sl St in 2nd Ch and in next Ch, SC in each of next 2 Chs, HDC in each of next 2 Chs, DC in each of next 2 Chs, working under 2 loops – 8 DC in last Ch,

continue on opposite side of the Chain: DC in each of next 2 Chs, HDC in each of next 2 Chs, SC in each of next 2 Chs, Sl St in each of next 2 Chs.

Rnd 2. Ch 2, Sl St in first St of previous Rnd and in next St, SC in each of next 8 Sts, 2 SC in each of next 5 Sts,

tail – Ch 10, Sl St in 2nd Ch and in each of next 7 Chs, skip last Ch, Sl St in next St of Rnd 1, SC in each of next 7 Sts, Sl St in next St, Sl St in 1^st Ch of Ch 2 at beginning of this Rnd. Fasten off.

Bow

Ch 4, working under 2 loops – 2 DC in 4th Ch, Ch 3, Sl St in same Ch, Ch 3, 2 DC in same Ch, Ch 3, Sl St in same Ch.

Leave tail about 5-6” long, cut off yarn. Wrap the tail 3-4 times around the center of the bow. Fasten off.

Finishing

Sew head and body together, sew on a bow, and embroider the eye.

Sew on a button for the nose (for babies and small children items – embroider the nose on).  

Block your applique as necessary.

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