Do you have an amazing kitty cat in your life, or know a special cat person and would like to knit their pet cat a gift?

If so, read on to find some of the best knitting patterns for cat toys and cat coats and clothes.

Most of the knitting patterns are for cat toys. This is because not all cats will wear clothes. Cats just don’t conform like dogs do.

However, there are some great coats and clothes for cats out there, and maybe some kitties just behave better than mine. Yes that’s my cat in the photo. That knitted mouse is her very favourite toy, and has inspired this list of best cat knitting patterns. Sadly, she won’t wear clothes, otherwise I would be knitting for England making cat hats and coats, trust me!

Ok, so let’s get on with the list of best knitting patterns for cats. You will find free and paid for patterns in the list, simply click on the links to visit the patterns. Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. Thanks so much for reading!

Best Cat Toy Knitting Patterns

The below list contains details of some really great knitting patterns for cat toys. As already stated, my cat’s favourite toy is a knitted mouse, and it has lasted a long time which I must admit I didn’t expect. She spends hours fishing it out of her tunnel!

Ok, here is the list of patterns:

• There is a lovely free knitting pattern for a set of three Amanda Berry cat toys available here on the Your Cat website.  This set includes a ladybird, fish and cute chick toys to knit for your favourite cat.
• Another excellent free Amanda Berry knitting pattern that your cat will love to play with is this toy mouse.  A 9 cm mouse, this is a really sweet little cat toy knitting pattern.
• Betty’s Cat Toy is a beautiful little knitting pattern, offered free in honour of Betty.  This is a larger cat toy, which has been tried, tested and is much loved by the cats of the designer.
• This cute mouse cat toy knitting pattern is worth a look for the cute photos of cats with the toy on their heads!  An inexpensive cat toy knitting pattern on Etsy, it has plenty of good reviews.
• This free cat toy knitting pattern features a rattle, which as we all know cats love to play with.
• To finish our list of best cat toy knitting patterns, the fabulous Captain Cat Battler the Catnip Mouse.  This is a free pattern, and is a really fun pirate mouse that you will love knitting as much as your cat will enjoy playing with.

Best Cat Coats and Clothes Knitting Patterns

• For a fairly straight forward cat sweater knitting pattern, we like this one on Etsy.  It has good reviews so is worth checking out if you want to knit up a sweet cat coat.
• The jester dog coat is actually modelled on a rather annoyed looking cat, and is too cute not to include in our list of best knitting patterns for cats.  Really sweet with pompoms all over it!
• Does your cat need a hat?  If yes, how about this super cute alien cat hat free knitting pattern? Have to say, I haven’t seen anything quite as sweet as a puss dressed up as an alien. What a great idea!
• This international cat hat is another free knitting pattern for cats that is cute beyond cute.  A sweet little beret, also suitable for small dogs.
• Available as a free Ravelry download, the cat anxiety wrap might come in useful after having to wear an alien hat!  Only joking, this anxiety wrap for cats is designed to help beloved pets with anxiety for any number of issues, and it looks easy to knit.  A very useful cat knitting pattern.

As for my cat’s beloved knitted mice?  I bought them from a fellow knitter here on Ebay.  Was pretty hard to take a photo of them in action, as they are often to be found being carried off in some very sharp kitty teeth. Please see below for the best photo managed 🙂

By the way, if you are a cat lover, how about knitting yourself a cat sweater?  We absolutely love this instant download vintage cat jumper knitting pattern on Etsy!

Thank you for joining us today at The Knitting Times. I hope you found some useful knitting for cats inspiration and patterns today.