George Pig

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi George Pig crochet toy

Free crochet tutorial for George Pig by Ksenia Igoshina. Based on a pattern by Kristine Kuluk.

With this tutorial, you can crochet George Pig from the Peppa Pig cartoon. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

The finished toy is about 18 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

  • YarnArt Jeans yarn: black, pink, blue
  • 2 mm crochet hook
  • Thread for embroidering the face
  • 6 mm safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Needle for sewing the pieces together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • ch - chain stitch
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi George Pig Crochet Pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
4. 18 sc in the back loops only
5-6 rounds: no changes, 18 sc
7. (5 sc, inc) x 3 times (21)
8. 21 sc
9. (6 sc, inc) x 3 times (24)
10. 24 sc
11. 6 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 6, 6 sc (30)
12. 6 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 6, 6 sc (36)
13-22 rounds: 36 sc
23. (4 sc, dec) x 6 times (30)
24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
25. (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
26. (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
27. 6 dec

Pull the opening closed and hide the yarn tail.

Ears (make 2)

1. 8 sc in MR
2-5 rounds: 8 sc

Leave a yarn tail for sewing. Stuff the ears lightly with fiberfill.

Eyes and Cheeks (make 2)

1. 7 sc in MR
2. 7 inc (14)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 times (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 times (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 times (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 times (54)
10-16. 54 sc
17. (7 sc, dec) x 6 times (48)
18-19. 48 sc
20. (6 sc, dec) x 6 times (42)
21-23. 42 sc
24. (5 sc, dec) x 6 times (36)
25. 36 sc
26. (4 sc, dec) x 6 times (30)
27. (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff the body firmly.

Tail

Chain 13, work an inc into the second chain from the hook, and continue this way. Do not make increases in the last two stitches.

Legs (make 2)

Crochet with black yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
4-5. 18 sc
6. (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
7. 12 sc
8. (4 sc, dec) x 2 times (10)
9. 3 sc, ch, turn, 3 sc, sl st in the 4th stitch of round 8, turn
10. ch, 4 sc, sl st in the 5th stitch of round 8, turn
11. ch, 5 sc, sl st in the 6th stitch of round 8, turn, ch
12. 10 sc, change color to pink
13-18. 10 sc

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2)

1. 8 sc in MR
2-10 rounds: 8 sc, fold the piece and crochet 3 sc through both layers

Fingers

Next, crochet the fingers.

Turn the arm. From the last loop on the hook, chain 3 and work 1 dc into the same stitch where the chain began. Then chain 3 again and work a sl st into the same stitch where the ch started. Make the second and third fingers the same way in the next two stitches.

Toy Assembly

Amigurumi George Pig crochet toy

Sew the pieces together, embroider the face, and the toy is ready!