Poppy Pig

Free Poppy Pig crochet tutorial by Marina Chuchkalova @mycrochetwonders.

With this written pattern, you can crochet a pig wearing a scarf. For this amigurumi project, any cotton blend yarn will work: Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. You will need pink felt for the cheeks. All parts except the ears and scarf are worked in a spiral.

Finished toy size is about 11 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Cotton Gold yarn (161 powder) or Alize Cotton Gold Tweed (67 beige)
• YarnArt Jeans yarn (65 dusty pink)
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Pink felt
• Glue
• Sewing needle for attaching parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Poppy Pig Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Legs and Arms (4 pieces)

Use the accent color.

Round 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Round 2: sc in each st around (7)
Switch to the main color.
Rounds 3-5: 3 rounds sc in each st around (7)

Put a tiny bit of stuffing into each piece. For the arms, fold the edges together and crochet them closed with 3 sc; hide the yarn tails inside. For the legs, just leave a tail for sewing.

Snout

Use the accent color. Ch 4.

Round 1: starting in the 2nd ch from hook - inc, 1 sc, 4 sc in 1 st, 1 sc, inc (10)
Round 2: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, then work 5 sc in the back loops only (12)
Round 3: work 7 sc in the back loops only. Do not finish the round.

Leave a tail for sewing.

Ears (2 pieces)

Use the accent color. Ch 2.

Row 1: 3 sc in the first ch, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 2: sc in each st, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 3: 1 sc, 3 sc in 1 st, 1 sc, ch 1, turn (5)
Row 4: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch.

Without cutting the yarn, crochet around the two edges of the ear with single crochet. Work 3 sc in the corner stitch.

Tail

Use the main color. Ch 14.

Starting in the 2nd ch from hook, work sl st in each ch. Leave a tail for sewing.

Body

Use the main color.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rounds 8-15: 8 rounds sc in each st around (42)
Round 16: 11 sc, 3 sc attaching the arm, 14 sc, 3 sc attaching the arm, 11 sc (42)

If you want to use safety eyes, attach them between rounds 11 and 12. The distance between the eyes is 7 stitches.

Rounds 17-26: sc in each st around (42)
For the girl version, work round 21 in the back loops only.
Round 27: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 28: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 29: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 30: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 31: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 32: 6 dec

Finishing and Assembly

• Sew the snout between rounds 10 and 15, placing a little stuffing inside.
• Glue on the eyes. Embroider white arcs on the outer sides of the eyes.
• Sew on the ears and legs.
• Sew on the tail, shape it into a curl, and secure that position with a couple of stitches.
• Use a hole punch to cut circles from felt and glue them on as cheeks.
• Embroider the eyebrows with the accent color and the nostrils with the main color.

Bow

Into a magic ring: 1 ch, sc, hdc, dc, 3 ch, sl st, 3 ch, dc, hdc, sc, 1 ch, sl st

Tighten the ring. Leave a tail for sewing.

Scarf

Ch 65. Starting in the 3rd ch from hook, work hdc in each ch. At the end, make 2 ch and 1 sl st in the last stitch of the row.

Tie the scarf on. To keep it from slipping off, I sew it to the body with nylon thread.