Raccoon in a Sweater

Free Raccoon in a Sweater crochet tutorial by Irina Artemova @irinely_art.

With this pattern, you can crochet a raccoon wearing a little sweater. Any yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You will also need small pieces of felt to shape the raccoon's face. The finished toy can stand with support from its tail.

Finished toy size is about 18-20 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Baby Best yarn (344 gray), half a skein (about 50-55 g)
• Alize Baby Best yarn (55 white) for the face
• Acrylic yarn (black) for the paw tips, nose, and ear edging
• Acrylic yarn (iceberg) for the clothes
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Sewing thread
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• White and black felt (for the eyes)
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Raccoon in a Sweater Crochet Pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

Black yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Rounds 3-5: 12 sc (3 rounds)
Switch to gray yarn:
Round 6: 12 sc
Round 7: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 8-11: 18 sc (4 rounds)
Round 12: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rounds 13-15: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff with fiberfill. Sewing is optional because these pieces will be crocheted into the body.

Tail

Black yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Switch to gray yarn:
Round 4: 18 sc
Round 5: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Switch to black yarn:
Round 6: 24 sc
Round 7: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Switch to gray yarn:
Round 8: 30 sc
Round 9: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Switch to black yarn:
Rounds 10-11: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Switch to gray yarn:
Rounds 12-13: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Switch to black yarn:
Rounds 14-15: 36 sc (2 rounds)
Switch to gray yarn:
Round 16: 36 sc
Round 17: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Switch to black yarn:
Round 18: 30 sc
Round 19: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Switch to gray yarn:
Rounds 20-21: 24 sc (2 rounds)
Switch to black yarn:
Round 22: 24 sc
Round 23: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Switch to gray yarn:
Rounds 24-25: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Switch to black yarn:
Rounds 26-27: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Switch to gray yarn:
Rounds 28-31: 18 sc (4 rounds)
Round 32: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Stuff with fiberfill. Sewing is optional because this piece will be crocheted into the body.

Ears (2 pieces)

Gray yarn:
Round 1: 10 ch
Round 2: 9 sc in the second chain from the hook, 1 tch, turn
Round 3: 7 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Round 4: 8 sc, 1 tch, turn
Round 5: 6 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Round 6: 7 sc, 1 tch, turn
Round 7: 5 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Round 8: 6 sc, 1 tch, turn
Round 9: 4 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Round 10: 5 sc, 1 tch, turn
Round 11: 3 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Round 12: 4 sc

Crochet around the edges with black single crochet stitches.

Legs (2 pieces)

Black yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)
Switch to gray yarn:
Round 7: 18 sc
Round 8: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rounds 9-14: 24 sc (6 rounds)

Body

Gray yarn:
Round 1: join both legs and crochet 24 sc across one leg, 24 sc across the other (48)
Rounds 2-3: 48 sc (2 rounds)
Round 4: 22 sc, 4 inc, 22 sc (52)
Rounds 5-8: 52 sc (crochet in the tail at the end of round 7 and the beginning of round 8)
Round 9: (24 sc, dec) x 2 (50)
Round 10: (23 sc, dec) x 2 (48)
Round 11: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 12: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rounds 13-17: 36 sc (5 rounds)
Round 18: 36 sc (crochet in the arms during this round)
Round 19: 36 sc

Stuff with fiberfill.

Head

Stuff as you crochet.

Black yarn:
Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 4: 12 sc
Switch to white yarn:
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Round 7: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 8: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Switch to gray yarn:
Round 9: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 10: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 11: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 12: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rounds 13-14: 54 sc (2 rounds)
Round 15: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Rounds 16-18: 60 sc (3 rounds)
Round 19: 60 sc (crochet in the ears during this round, leaving 4 sc between them)
Round 20: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Round 21: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 22: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 23: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 24: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 25: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 26: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 27: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 28: 6 dec

Shaping the Raccoon's Face

You can size the felt eye pieces however you like:

Please note that you should dress the raccoon in the sweater first and only then sew on the head, since the clothing is not removable:

Sweater

The clothing for this toy is non-removable and slightly loose-fitting, and it is quite simple to crochet. You can use a smaller hook if the sweater yarn and the raccoon yarn are the same thickness.

Be sure to try the sweater on the raccoon as you work. You may need a different number of stitches.

Turquoise yarn:
Round 1: 48 ch
Round 2: join the chain into a ring and crochet 48 sc, 2 tch
Round 3: 7 dc, 7 ch, 20 dc, 7 ch, 7 dc, sl st, 2 tch (these openings are for the arms to go through)
Rounds 4-5: 48 dc, sl st, 2 tch (2 rounds)
Round 6: 48 dc, sl st

Amigurumi Raccoon is Ready!

The raccoon on the left was crocheted with Alize Baby Best, shade 344 (gray). The raccoon on the right was crocheted with Semenovskaya Yarn Souffle, shade 56 (steel).

Thank you for choosing my tutorial. If you share the pattern or photos of your finished toys, please credit the author @irinely_art.