Pattern: Little Piggy

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General information

My very first amigurumi or toy design! Little Man requested a piggy and I had a big ball of pink yarn lying around.

Skill level

Beginner

Abbreviations

Ch: chain

Sl st: slip stitch

Sc: single crochet

Sc2tog: single crochet 2 together

Notes

My gauge was pretty tight for this piggy (4 sc in an inch, 4.5 rounds in an inch). You can choose any yarn and any hook combination, just keep the stitches a bit tight so no filling will come out.

Keep a nice lenght of yarn on each body part after fastening off. I left about 12” or 30 cm of yarn attached.

Try to stuff the parts evenly.

Look at the photos for assembly.

Finished measurement

About 8” or 20 cm long and about 4.5” or 12 cm in height (without ears).

Materials

Wibra Saskia Pink (worsted weight yarn)

Crochet hook size 3.5 mm

Polyester filling

Darning needle

Embroidery floss

Buttons (optional)

Pattern

Body

Work in a continuous spiral. Mark the first stitch of each round with a stitch marker to keep track of your starting point and move it with the start of each round. Every round consists of six pattern repeats. This means that you have to repeat the pattern repeat between the ** for five more times until end of round.

Ch3, sl st to close round

Round 1: Sc six times into ring. Place stitch marker into 1st stitch (6 sc)

Round 2: Sc twice into each stitch (12 sc)

Round 3: * Sc twice in the first st, sc once in the next stitch*, repeat between ** till marker (18 sc)

Round 4: * Sc twice in the first st, sc once in next two stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (24 sc)

Round 5: * Sc twice in the first st, sc once in next three stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (30 sc)

Round 6: * Sc twice in the first st, sc once in next four stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (36 sc)

Round 7: *Sc twice in the first st, sc once in next five stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (42 sc)

Round 8: *Sc twice in the first st, sc once in the next six stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (48 sc)

Round 9: *Sc twice in the first st, sc once in next seven stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (54 sc)

Round 10-29 : Sc once in each stitch (54 sc) Start filling the cilinder.

Round 30: * Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next seven stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (48 sc)

Round 31: * Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next six stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (42 sc)

Round 32: *Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next five stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (36 sc)

Round 33: *Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next four stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (30 sc)

Round 34: *Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next three stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (24 sc)

Round 35: *Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next two stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (18 sc)

Round 36: *Sc2tog the first two st, sc once in next stitch*, repeat between ** till marker (12 sc)

Stuff the toy till its firm.

Round 38: *Sc2together two stitches*, repeat between ** till marker (6 sc)

Fasten off, leave enough yarn to sew together the last 6 stitches.

Nose

Ch3, sl st to close.

Round 1: Sc 6 times in ring, put marker in 1st stitch (6 sc)

Round2: Sc twice into each stitch (12 sc)

Round 3: Sc once in each stitch (12 sc)

Round 4: Sc once in each stitch, sl st in the 1st st (12 sc). Fasten off and leave a tail of about 12”. When sewing the nose to the face I pushed round 3 a bit to the inside to give the nose a bit more body.

Ears

Ch3, sl st st close ring.

Round 1: Sc 6 times into ring, put marker in 1st stitch (6 sc)

Round 2: Sc once in each stitch (6 sc)

Round 3: Sc once in each stitch (6sc)

Round 4: Sc twice in each stitch (12 sc)

Round 5:* Sc twice in first stitch, sc once in next stitch*, repeat between ** till marker (18 sc)

Round 6: Sc once in each stitch (18 sc)

Round 7: Sc once in each stitch (18 sc)

Round 8: *Sc twice in first stitch, sc once in next two stitches, repeat between ** till marker (24 sc)

Round 9: Sc once in each stitch till marker, sl st in 1st st. (24 sc) Fasten off and leave a tail of about 12”

Make two.

Paws

Ch3, sl st to close ring.

Round 1: Sc 6 times into ring, put marker in 1st stitch (6 sc)

Round 2: Sc twice in each stitch (12 sc0

Round 3: *Sc twice in first stitch, sc once in next stitch*, repeat between ** till marker (18 sc)

Round 4-6: Sc once in each stitch (18 sc)

Round 7: *Sc2tog in the first two stitches, sc once in next st*, repeat between ** till marker (12 sc)

Round 8: Sc once in each stitch, sl st in 1st stitch (12 sc). Fasten off and leave a tail of about 12”

Make four.

Tail

Ch 20

Sl st in 2nd ch from hook * sk next ch, sl st in next ch*, repeat between ** till you have one ch left, sl st in last stitch. Fasten off and leave a tail to sew tail to body.

For assembly, please refer to the photos in this pattern. Sew all body parts to the body itself with a whip stitch. I sewed the back paws at a wider angle than the front paws to keep the piggy in a more of a sitting position.

With embroidery floss make two eyes.

If you want to you can attach buttons for extra cuteness!