Zefir the Raccoon

Free crochet tutorial for Zefir the Raccoon by Evgeniya @zoo_toys_.

With this pattern, you can crochet a raccoon wearing clothes. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. The toy and pants are crocheted, while the sweater and hat are knitted.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (color 46), 1 skein for the body
• YarnArt Jeans yarn (color 03), 0.5 skein for the muzzle
• YarnArt Jeans yarn (color 53) for the eyelids and tail
• Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn (colors 3437 and 3451) for the clothes
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 2 mm knitting needles
• 10 mm safety eyes
• 10-12 mm safety nose
• Toy stuffing
• 15 mm plastic joints or cotter pins, 4 pieces
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Zefir the Raccoon Pattern

Head

Start crocheting with light-colored yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: 12 sc
Round 4: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 5: 18 sc
Round 6: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 7: 24 sc
Round 8: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 9: 7 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 4, (1 sc, inc) x 4, 7 sc (38)
Round 10: 8 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 3, inc, 2 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 8 sc (46)
Round 11: 9 sc, (inc, 3 sc) x 3, inc, 2 sc, inc, (3 sc, inc) x 3, 9 sc (54)
Round 12: 10 sc, (inc, 4 sc) x 3, inc, 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 3, 10 sc (62)
Round 13: 11 sc, (inc, 5 sc) x 3, inc, 2 sc, inc, (5 sc, inc) x 3, 11 sc (70)
Rounds 14-15: 70 sc
Next, change to gray yarn
Rounds 16-24: 70 sc
Round 25: 15 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec, 16 sc, dec, 15 sc, dec (66)
Round 26: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Round 27: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Round 28: 54 sc
Round 29: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)

Next, crochet the eyelids and sew them on.

Eyelids (make 2)

Crochet the eyelids with black yarn. Chain 17.

Row 1: starting in the second chain from the hook, crochet 15 sc (after Row 1, try the eyelid on to check whether it fits; if not, chain more or fewer stitches depending on the size you need)
Row 2: turn, ch, 15 sc
Row 3: turn, ch, 15 sc
Row 4: turn, ch, 15 sc

Sew the eyelids to the muzzle. Next, insert the nose and eyes.

Insert the eyes about 5 stitches apart. Embroider the bangs with gray yarn using cross stitches, placing them above the eyelids. Round 1 - 5 cross stitches, Round 2 - 3 cross stitches.

Continue crocheting the head:

Round 30: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 31: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 32: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 33: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 34: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Stuff firmly to the end
Round 35: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 36: dec to the end

Sculpting the Face

• Shape the face with a long needle and black yarn.
• Insert the needle at point 1, bring it out at point 2, leaving a long tail. Make a stitch into point 3 and bring the needle out at point 4, then make a stitch into point 5 and bring it out at point 1.
• Pull the yarn ends gently, without tightening too much.
• Tie the yarn ends. You can hide the ends inside the head, or leave them and hide them later while sewing on the head.

Ears (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: 12 sc
Round 4: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 5: 18 sc
Round 6: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 7: 24 sc
Round 8: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rounds 9-10: 30 sc

Fold each ear in half and crochet 15 sc through both layers. Sew the ears around Rounds 25 or 26. Make stitches with white yarn around the eyes. The head is ready!

Lower Paws (make 2)

Round 1: 8 ch, in the second chain from the hook crochet 3 sc, then crochet 5 sc along one side, crochet 4 sc in the last stitch, then 5 sc along the other side.
Round 2: inc x 3, 5 sc along one side, inc x 4, 5 sc along the other side (24)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc along one side, (1 sc, inc) x 4, 5 sc along the other side (31)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc along one side, (2 sc, inc) x 4, 5 sc along the other side (38)
Rounds 5-6: 38 sc
Round 7: 18 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 4, 4 sc (34)
Round 8: 18 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 4, 4 sc (30)
Round 9: 18 sc, dec x 4, 4 sc (26)
Round 10: 4 sc, dec x 3, 8 sc, dec x 3, 2 sc (20)
Stuff the foot
Rounds 11-27: 20 sc
Insert the cotter pin between Rounds 26 and 27
Round 28: (8 sc, dec) x 2 (18) Round 29: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Stuff the leg
Round 30: dec to the end

Make three stitches on the foot with the main-color yarn; you can tighten them slightly.

Upper Paws (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Rounds 5-7: 21 sc
Round 8: (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Rounds 9-15: 18 sc
Rounds 16-17: 6 hdc, 12 sc (18)
Round 18: 10 sc, dec x 2, 4 sc (16)
Rounds 19-23: 16 sc
Insert a cotter pin or plastic joint between Rounds 22 and 23.
Stuff the paw
Round 24: (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
Round 25: dec x 6 (6)

Pull the opening closed and secure the yarn.

Body

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (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)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Rounds 11-12: 60 sc
Round 13: (19 sc, inc) x 3 (63)
Rounds 14-21: 63 sc
Round 22: (19 sc, dec) x 3 (60)
Round 23: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Round 24: 54 sc
Insert the lower paws between Rounds 13 and 14
Round 25: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 26: 48 sc
Round 27: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 28: 42 sc
Round 29: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rounds 30-31: 36 sc
Stuff the body
Round 32: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rounds 33-34: 30 sc
Round 35: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rounds 36-37: 24 sc
Insert the upper paws between Rounds 35 and 36
Round 38: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rounds 39-40: 18 sc

Stuff firmly to the end. Sew on the head.

Tail

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rounds 3-7: 12 sc

Change color to black. From now on, use the place of the first color change as your guide. Change color every 3 rounds.

Round 8: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 9-10: 18 sc
Change color to gray
Round 11: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Round 12: 21 sc
Round 13: (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Change color to black
Round 14: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
Round 15: 15 sc
Round 16: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Change color to gray
Rounds 17-19: 12 sc
Change color to black
Rounds 20-22: 12 sc
Change color to gray
Rounds 23-25: 12 sc

You do not have to stuff the tail; add just a little stuffing if desired. Sew the tail around Round 17.

Pants

Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn, 2 mm crochet hook. Make a chain long enough to fit around the waist (mine was 85 ch). Join the chain and work in the round in double crochet (remember to chain 3 at the beginning of each round) until the pants meet between the legs (mine took 11 rounds).

Tail opening:

In the round where the tail opening will be (mine was in Round 3), do not work the last 5 stitches at the end of the round. Instead, chain 5, join to the end of the round, and continue working in the round.

Next, fold the pants in half and join 10 stitches in the center from the wrong side: 5 stitches on one side and 5 stitches on the other side. Then attach the yarn and crochet each pant leg for 3 rounds.

Sweater

Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn, 2 mm knitting needles

YO/K/YO - yarn over / knit / yarn over - raglan line

On the wrong side, you can knit the yarn over through the back loop so there will be no holes (as in the photo), or work it as a regular purl stitch, which will create eyelet holes along the raglan line.

Start knitting with white yarn.

Cast on 20 stitches (including selvedge stitches). Work back-and-forth rows.

Row 1: purl
Row 2: selvedge, K2, YO/K/YO, K3, YO/K/YO, K4, YO/K/YO, K3, YO/K/YO, K2, selvedge
Row 3: purl
Row 4: selvedge, K3, YO/K/YO, K5, YO/K/YO, K6, YO/K/YO, K5, YO/K/YO, K3, selvedge
Row 5: purl
Row 6: selvedge, K4, YO/K/YO, K7, YO/K/YO, K8, YO/K/YO, K7, YO/K/YO, K4, selvedge
Row 7: purl
Change color to light blue
Row 8: selvedge, K5, YO/K/YO, K9, YO/K/YO, K10, YO/K/YO, K9, YO/K/YO, K5, selvedge
Row 9: purl
Row 10: selvedge, K6, YO/K/YO, K11, YO/K/YO, K12, YO/K/YO, K11, YO/K/YO, K6, selvedge
Row 11: purl
Row 12: selvedge, K7, YO/K/YO, K13, YO/K/YO, K14, YO/K/YO, K13, YO/K/YO, K7, selvedge
Row 13: purl
Change color to white
Row 14: selvedge, K8, YO/K/YO, K15, YO/K/YO, K16, YO/K/YO, K15, YO/K/YO, K8, selvedge
Row 15: purl
Row 16: selvedge, K9, YO/K/YO, K17, YO/K/YO, K18, YO/K/YO, K17, YO/K/YO, K9, selvedge
Row 17: purl
Row 18: selvedge, K11, bind off 19, K22, bind off 19, K11, selvedge
Row 19: purl; at each bind-off section, cast on 4 additional stitches
Row 20: K3, inc - to the end of the row
Row 21: purl

Change color to light blue. Continue knitting to the desired length. If desired, work the last 4 rows in 2x2 ribbing. Bind off, then sew buttons on the back or sew the back closed.

Hat

When knitting the hat, try it on and adjust the number of stitches and rows if needed.

Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn, size 2 circular or double-pointed needles. My head circumference was 24 cm.

Cast on 60 + 1 stitches on circular or double-pointed needles. Join the knitting and work 6 rounds in 2x2 ribbing. Then work 6 rounds in stockinette stitch (remember that when knitting in the round, the stitches are worked through the front loop).

Make the ear openings:

K15, bind off 13 stitches, K4, bind off 13 stitches, K15
On the next round, cast on the bound-off stitches:
K15, cast on 13, K4, cast on 13, K15
Then work 6 rounds in stockinette stitch
Next round: dec. Knit 2 stitches together across the round
2 rounds in stockinette stitch
dec. Knit 2 stitches together across the round
1 knit round
dec. Knit 2 stitches together across the round
1 knit round

Thread the yarn through all stitches and pull tight. Sew on a pom-pom.

Your crocheted raccoon in clothes is ready!