Look! Crochet Looshkins!

By John Freeman on July 13, 2025

Top comic creator Jamie Smart’s talented partner Sarah Weigel has been crocheting super cute little Looshkins, the cat character regularly delighting readers of The Phoenix, and she’s shared the pattern online!

So, if you’ve ever fancied making your own Looshkin and you know how to do this sort of thing (I used to knit, badly, but crochet was beyond me), check out the printable PDF here.

Jamie and Sarah have, obviously, made this pattern available just for fun, These Looshkins aren’t intended for sale and the character is very much copyright!

Jamie is a guest at Phoenix Fest and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in September.

Looshkin, The Maddest Cat in the World, one of creator Jamie Smart’s favourite characters, he’s a maelstrom of destructive bliss in the body of a blue cat.

“He tears around his owner’s house, smashing, exploding and bursting everything in his way, all in the name of entertainment,” Jamie explains. “See, Looshkin isn’t cruel or mean, he’s just finding endless new ways to amuse himself, and he’ll drag everyone down into the surreal abyss with him.”

Looshkin began life as a character in Jamie’s BEAR comic book series, adorning T-shirts and soft toys. He made the leap into children’s comics in 2015, appearing regularly in The Phoenix and delighting a whole new generation with his madness.

Head downthetubes to…

• Draw Looshkin! Jamie Smart, the creator of the fantastic comic books Bunny vs Monkey and Looshkin shows you how to draw Looshkin in his art style! More info and How to Draw videos can be found in The Skills Hub on the Phoenix comic website

• Jamie Smart is online at fumboo.com

• The Phoenix comic

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.