Crochet raccoon free amigurumi tutorial. Part 1

Designer: Zi handmade
Instagram: @zihandmade

You will need:

• Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn – 3 colors (violet #80328, lilac #80305 or #80334 and white #80301)
• 5.00 mm and 3.5 mm crochet hook
• 12 mm safety eyes
• 10 mm plastic nose
• Black non-plush yarn for embroidering eyelashes and lips
• Sewing thread and needle
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Height: 25 cm (9.8”).

Free crochet raccoon pattern

Abbreviations:
R — row
ch — chain
sc — single crochet
inc — increase
dec — decrease
BLO — back loop only
[…] – number of stitches you should have at the end of the row
(…) – repeat whatever is between the brackets the given number of times

Arms (make 2)
With violet yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3-5: 12 sc (3 rows)
R 6: (2 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [9]
R 7: 9 sc
Change to lilac yarn:
R 8-15: 9 sc (8 rows)
Fold the top opening flat and 4 sc through both sides across.

Legs (make 2)
With violet yarn:
Make 7 ch.
R 1: 5 sc, 3 sc into the one stitch, 5 sc, 3 sc into the one stitch [16]
R 2: 5 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc, inc, 1 sc [20]
R 3: BLO 20 sc
R 4-5: 20 sc (2 rows)
R 6: 4 sc, (dec, 1 sc) repeat 2 times, dec, 8 sc [17]
R 7: 4 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 1 sc [14]
R 8: 3 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 6 sc [12]
R 9-10: 12 sc (2 rows)
Change to lilac yarn:
R 11-15: 12 sc (5 rows)
R 16: (1 sc, dec) repeat 4 times [8]
R 17: 1 sc and fold top opening flat and 3 sc through both sides across.

Tail
With violet yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 3 sc in second ch from hook [3]
R 2: (inc) repeat 3 times [6]
R 3: 6 sc
R 4: (1 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
R 5: 9 sc
R 6: (2 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
R 7: 12 sc
R 8: (3 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [15]
R 9: 15 sc
Change to lilac yarn:
R 10: (4 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [18]
Change to white yarn:
R 11: 18 sc
R 12: (5 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [21]
Change to violet yarn:
R 13-16: 21 sc (4 rows)
Change to lilac yarn:
R 17: 21 sc
Change to white yarn:
R 18-19: 21 sc (2 rows)
Change to violet yarn:
R 20-23: 21 sc (4 rows)
Change to lilac yarn:
R 24: (5 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [18]
Change to white yarn:
R 25: 18 sc
R 26: (4 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [15]
Change toviolet yarn:
R 27: 15 sc
R 28: (3 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [12]
R 29: 12 sc
R 30: (2 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [9]
Change to lilac yarn:
R 31: 9 sc
R 32: 1 sc and fold top opening flat and 4 sc through both sides across.

Muzzle
With white yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc in second ch from hook [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3-4: 12 sc (2 rows)

Ears (4 parts) (video 49:53)
With violet yarn, make 2:
R 1: 2 ch, 2 sc in second ch from hook, ch, turn [2]
R 2: inc, 1 sc, ch, turn [3]
R 3: inc, 1 sc, inc, ch, turn [5]
R 4: inc, 3 sc, inc, ch, turn [7]
R 5: 7 sc

With lilac yarn, make 2:
R 1: 2 ch, 2 sc in second ch from hook, ch, turn [2]
R 2: 2 inc, ch, turn [4]
R 3: 4 inc, ch, turn [8]
R 4: inc, 6 sc, inc, ch [10]
R 5-6: 10 sc, turn (2 rows)
Connect the violet part and the lilac part (video 55:28).

Crochet raccoon free amigurumi tutorial. Part 2

Triangles for the eyes (make 2)
(video 42:32, part 1)
With violet yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 2 sc in second ch from hook, ch, turn [2]
R 2: inc, 1 sc, ch, turn [3]
R 3: inc, 1 sc, inc, ch, turn [5]
R 4: inc, 3 sc, inc, turn [7]
R 5: 7 sc
Crochet one edge with white yarn and hook 3.5 mm (video 45:32 — 1st part of the video) or use hook 5 and watch the video at 0:15 2nd part of the video. And look at the difference.

Body and head
With lilac yarn:
R 1: 2 ch, 6 sc in second ch from hook [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 4: (2 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 6: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 7: 36 sc
R 8: 33 sc, 3 sc tail [36]
R 9: 1 sc tail, 35 sc [36]
R 10: 6 sc, 3 sc leg, 16 sc, 3 sc leg, 8 sc [36]
R 11-13: 36 sc (3 rows)
R 14: 8 sc, (dec, 1 sc) repeat 7 times, 7 sc [29]
R 15: 29 sc
R 16: (3 sc, dec) repeat 5 times, 4 sc [24]
R 17-20: 24 sc (4 rows)
R 21:. 6 sc, 4 sc hand, 7 sc, 4 sc hand, 3 sc [24]
R 22: (2 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Change to white yarn:
R 23: (inc) repeat 18 times [36]
R 24: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
R 25-28: 42 sc (4 rows)
R 29: 15 sc, 2 dec, (1 sc, dec) repeat 6 times, dec, 3 sc [33]
Change to lilac yarn:
R 30-33: 33 sc (4 rows)
R 34: (9 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [30]
R 35: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
R 36: (2 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
R 37: (1 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
R 38: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]

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