My older daughter loves a good fidget, and when she saw her sister’s Bean Bud Frog, she immediately asked if I could make her a kitty. For this little guy, I tried to invoke the sense of her actual cat: attentive, friendly, and a little on the plump side in that well-loved, well-fed kind of way.

Our Bean Bud Cat is the second pattern in this series of pocket-sized amigurumi companions. Like the frog, it’s small enough to slip into a pocket or bag, but it has a comforting weight that makes it especially satisfying to hold, and it’s filled with dry beans to make it lovely to squeeze. It’s also made with 100% cotton yarn for clean, defined stitches and durability, and like the frog, is completely no-sew—so you can move from start to finish without any extra assembly.