Little Raccoon

Free crochet tutorial for a Little Raccoon by Tatiana @__knittoys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a raccoon. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. If you like, the muzzle and belly can be crocheted with fluffy yarn, such as Alize Softy or Adelia Sofia.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans in light gray, dark gray, and pink
• Alize Softy fluffy yarn in white
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Embroidery floss
• Toy stuffing
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet amigurumi little raccoon pattern

Legs (make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-6: 9 sc
7: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
8-11: 12 sc
12: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
13-15: 15 sc

Body

1: Along the first leg: 15 sc, 6 sc along the chain, 15 sc, 6 sc along the chain (42)
2: Mark 12 stitches at the front and crochet 1 sc, inc x 6 (48)
3: You can stuff the legs now, or a little later
4: 6 rounds of 48 sc
5: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
6: 4 rounds of 42
7: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
8: 3 rounds of 36 sc
9: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
10: 4 rounds of 30 sc
11: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
12: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
13: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Continue crocheting the head from the body without cutting the yarn.

Head

1: 12 inc (24)
2: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
3: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
4: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
5: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
6: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
7: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
8: 10 rounds of 60 sc
9: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
10: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
11: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
12: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
13: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
14: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
16: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
17: 6 dec

Fasten off and hide the yarn end.

Nose

1: 6 sc
2: 1 sc, inc
3: 2 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch

Arms (make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: continue for 18 rounds of 9 sc

Dark eye patches for the raccoon (make 2)

1: 2 chain stitches
2: 1 sc, 1 chain stitch
3: 1 inc, 1 chain stitch
4: 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 chain stitch
5: 1 inc, 2 sc, chain stitch
6: 1 inc, 3 sc, chain stitch
7: 1 inc, 4 sc, chain stitch
8: 1 inc, 5 sc, chain stitch
9: 6 sc, 1 inc, chain stitch
10: 1 inc, 7 sc, chain stitch
11: 1 inc, 8 sc, chain stitch
12: 9 sc, 1 inc, chain stitch
13: 11 sc
14: Skip 1, 10
15: Skip 1, 9
16: Skip 1, 8

Next, without cutting the yarn, crochet around the edge of the FIRST PATCH. You should get 14 stitches along each side as you work around it.

Tail

1: With dark gray yarn: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: 6 rounds of 18 sc
5: With light gray yarn, 2 rounds of 18
6: With dark gray yarn, (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
7: 2 rounds of 12 sc
8: With light gray yarn, 3 rounds of 12 sc

Fasten off. Leave a yarn tail for sewing. Sew on the tail; I stuffed the bottom of the tail just a tiny bit.

Ears (make 2)

1: 6 in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4: 12 sc
5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
6: (2 sc, inc) x 5 (20)
7: (3 sc, inc) x 5 (25)

Muzzle (with Softy)

1: 6 ch
2: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, 4 sc (11)
3: 3 sc in 1 stitch, 4 sc, 3 sc in the side stitch, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc
4: 4 sc, 2 inc, to the end
5: 3 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc (25)

Belly (with Softy)

Crochet a circle of any size with fluffy yarn.

Toy assembly

• Crochet around the ears and patches with fluffy yarn
• Sew on all the pieces
• Shape the muzzle
• Decorate as desired