Piglet crochet pattern, seven pieces and 51 rounds
A free piglet crochet pattern for a sitting piglet about 11 cm tall with a head about 5.5 cm across, worked on a 3.5 mm hook in four colours over about two and a half hours. Round 15 is the round that matters: worked in back loops only, it leaves a ridge of free front loops all the way round the twelve-stitch neck, and that ridge is what keeps head and body from reading as one blob in a piece that never stops. All 51 rounds are written out across the seven pieces, each round carrying the count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 51 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy in stitch terms, sc, inc and dec throughout, with one thing to get right: the head has to be stuffed firmly through rounds 12 to 14, because nothing reaches back through a twelve-stitch neck.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — four colours, all weight 4
1 skein (about 40 g used)Worsted / aran acrylic, worked tightly
scrapsWorsted / aran acrylic; one strand for the cheek stitches
scrapsWorsted / aran acrylic
scrapsEmbroidery floss or one strand of yarn, for surface stitches only
Tools
5 you probably own, 3 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Pins
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~20 g)
Pipe cleaner or floral wire, about 8 cm, for the tail
Charcoal embroidery floss for the eyes and nostrils
Optional
6 mm black safety eyes x2 in place of the embroidered eyes — not on a toy for a child under three
Poly pellets (~15 g) in a small fabric pouch to weight the base
Blush powder and a soft brush for the cheeks
A contrast stitch marker for the round start
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Not critical. Work tightly enough that no stuffing shows between stitches; a looser hand gives a bigger piglet on the same counts.
Finished size
~11 cm / 4.5 in tall sitting, with a head about 5.5 cm across
A 4 mm hook with the same worsted gives a larger piglet off the same 51 rounds. Going much finer shrinks the neck ridge, which is the detail doing the work, so keep the hook at or above 3.5 mm.
How to make the piglet, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01Head and body
Twenty-two rounds in one run. Out to thirty for the head, down to…22 RNDS
starts in bubblegumPink· magic ring· Piece 1 of 7
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [30]
The head
RND 1–111[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[30]
7[30]
8[30]
9[30]
10[30]
11[30]
The neck
RND 12–1512[24]
13[18]
14[12]
15[18]
The body
RND 16–2216[18]
17[24]
18[24]
19[24]
20[18]
21[12]
22[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneThe neck is the part to check. Squeeze it between finger and thumb — it should stay narrow with the head firm above it and the belly soft below.
2
02The snout
Three rounds and a flat edge. Six stitches, twelve, then twelve again…3 RNDS
starts in blush· magic ring· Piece 2 of 7
First three rounds[6] [12] [12]
1[6]
2[12]
3[12]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLeave a long tail. You will sew the whole rim down, centred low on the face, and the nostrils go on last.
3
03The ears
Two the same, three rounds each. Six stitches out to nine, one…3 RNDS
starts in bubblegumPink· magic ring· Piece 3 of 7
First three rounds[6] [9] [9]
1[6]
2[9]
3[9]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLeave them unstuffed and leave a long tail on each. Pinch the open edge into a shallow arc and sew it to the crown at rounds 4 and 5, about ten stitches apart.
4
04Right ear
— the same 3 rounds again, worked from piece 033 RNDS
starts in bubblegumPink· magic ring· Piece 4 of 7· mirrors the ears
First three rounds[6] [9] [9]
1[6]
2[9]
3[9]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
5
05The arms
Two the same, five rounds each, starting in cream for the trotter and…5 RNDS
starts in cream· magic ring· Piece 5 of 7
First five rounds[6] [9] [9] [9] [6]
1[6]
2[9]
3[9]
4[9]
5[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is donePush a little stuffing into the cream end only. The top stays soft so it can lie against the body.
6
06Right arm
— the same 5 rounds again, worked from piece 055 RNDS
starts in cream· magic ring· Piece 6 of 7· mirrors the arms
First five rounds[6] [9] [9] [9] [6]
1[6]
2[9]
3[9]
4[9]
5[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
7
07The tail
Four stitches around, ten rounds up. The narrowest piece here, and…10 RNDS
starts in bubblegumPink· magic ring· Piece 7 of 7
First six rounds[4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]
1[4]
2[4]
3[4]
4[4]
5[4]
6[4]
7[4]
8[4]
9[4]
10[4]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneWind it around a pencil and slide it off. The wire inside keeps whatever curl you give it.
You are here
Seven pieces from five lists. Two lists — the ears and the arms — are written once and worked twice, identical round for round; the grey bars are piece length, all drawn to the same scale.51 ROUNDS IN ALL
Thirteen notes on the piglet
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Every piece is worked in a continuous spiral. Nothing is joined and nothing is turned, so mark the first stitch of each round and carry the marker up with you.
03Head and body are one piece. Rounds 1 to 11 are the head, rounds 12 to 14 pull in to a twelve-stitch neck, and rounds 15 to 22 open back out into the body and close.
04Round 15 is worked in back loops only. That leaves a ridge of free front loops all the way round the neck, which is what stops the head and body reading as one blob. The stitch count does not change: round 15 is still twelve stitches in and eighteen out, the same as an ordinary increase round. Work it as normal single crochet if you would rather keep the line soft.
05Stuff the head firmly through rounds 12 to 14 while you can still reach it, and keep the neck itself thin. Stuff the body during rounds 20 and 21 and add a little more before you close round 22.
06The body ends on a rounded base, so the piglet leans rather than sits square. A small pouch of poly pellets pushed in before round 22 settles it, or press the base flat with your thumb once it is stuffed.
07The snout is stuffed very lightly — a pinch, enough to sit proud — and sewn flat and centred across rounds 8 to 10 of the head.
08The nostrils are two short charcoal stitches worked side by side on the snout, a stitch apart, once it is sewn on.
09The eyes are charcoal embroidery, five or six stitches worked over each other into a small filled oval, set at round 7 and about 8 stitches apart. Safety eyes go in at the same place, before the decreases start, if you prefer them.
10The ears are not stuffed. Pinch each one flat, curve the open edge into a shallow arc, and sew it to the head at rounds 4 and 5, one on each side of the crown, about 10 stitches apart.
11The arms are stuffed only at the cream end. Sew them to the sides of the body at rounds 17 and 18, level with each other, with the trotters pointing down and slightly forward.
12The tail is a four-stitch cord. Slide a folded pipe cleaner in as you work past round 5, close the last round over it, and wind the finished cord around a pencil to set the curl. Sew the open end to the back of the body at round 19.
13A pig's tail is a spiral, and a spiral needs shaping this pattern cannot count. The wire does that job instead, and it holds the curl better than yarn alone would.
Four questions this pattern answers
Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.
How many pieces make up the piglet?
How much yarn will the piglet take?
What hook will the piglet need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the piglet take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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