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| Mad Pig Amigurumi by The Perfect Knot |
Meet the Mad Pig!
My little nephew came to visit & asked me to create him a Mad Pig since he’s a bit obsessed with this game. :)
He said he needed to be “green, have little eyes, the mad smirk & a crown”. So of course being the Auntie who loves this little guy, I had to oblige him & make him the Mad Pig. ;)
I hope you will enjoy making your own Mad Pig too!
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This is an Intermediate level pattern written in US Crochet
terms.
Materials needed:
Size 4.0mm Crochet hook
Green, White, Black & Yellow Size 4 Worsted Weight Yarn
Tapestry needle
Stitch Marker
6.0mm Safety Eyes (2)
Stitch Legend:
Ch – Chain
Mgc Rng – Magic Ring
SC – Single Crochet
HDC – Half Double Crochet
DC – Double Crochet
SC2Tog – Single Crochet Decrease
Sl St – Slip Stitch
St – Stitch
Sts – Stitches
* – Repeat from *
FO – Fasten Off
TUTORIAL
If you need help with
top-stitching, you can find this tutorial on my blog.
EYES – Make 2
Round 1: With White yarn & a Mgc Rng, Ch 2 (counts
as 1st HDC), 7 HDC into ring, pull yarn tail to close, Sl St to 1st
HDC to join (8 HDC)
Round 2: Ch 1, 1
SC into each St around, Sl St to 1st SC to join, Ch 1 & FO
leaving a longer tail for sewing (8 SC)
Weave in your beginning yarn tails & set aside for
later.
PIG HEAD
NOTE – Pig head is worked in a
spiral & not joined. Attach Stitch Marker into last St of each round &
continue to next round. Use the beginning start of the Pig head as the
top & stitch on your parts with the beginning Mgc Rng oriented at the top
of the piece.
Round 1: Begin
with Green yarn & a Mgc Rng, 6 SC into ring, pull yarn tail to close, (6
SC)
Round 2: *2 SC
into each St around (12 SC)
Round 3: *1 SC
into next St, 2 SC in next St, Repeat around (18 SC)
Round 4: *1 SC
into the next 2 Sts, 2 SC in next St, Repeat around (24 SC)
Round 5: *1 SC
into next 3 Sts, 2 SC into next St, Repeat around (30 SC)
Round 6: *1 SC
into next 4 Sts, 2 SC into next St, Repeat around (36 SC)
Rounds 7 – 11: 1
SC into each St around (36 SC)
Round 12: *1 SC
into next 4 Sts, SC2Tog into next St, Repeat around (30 SC)
Round 13: 1 SC
into each St around (30 SC)
Round 14*1 SC
into next 3 Sts, SC2Tog into next St, Repeat around (24 SC)
Round 15: 1 SC
into each St around (24 SC)
Round 16: *1 SC
into next 2 Sts, SC2Tog into next St, Repeat around, pull up a long loop &
remove hook, continue to Snout piece (18 SC)
SNOUT – Make 1
Round 1: Begin
with Green Yarn & a Mgc Rng, Ch 3, 15 DC into ring, pull yarn tail to close
& Sl St to top of beginning Ch 3 to join (16 DC)
Round 2: Sl St
into the BACK LOOP of the next St, Working in BACK LOOPS ONLY of each St,
Ch 1, 1 SC into the same St, 1 SC into each St around, Sl St to 1st
SC to join (16 SC)
Round 3: Working
through both loops of the St, Ch 1, 1 SC into same St, 1 SC into each St
around, Sl St to 1st SC to join, Ch 1 & FO leaving a longer tail
for sewing. (16 SC)
Weave in starting yarn ends & cut excess yarn.
NOSTRILS
Using Black yarn, embroider 2 vertical stitches in the
center of the nose for nostril detail using 4 wraps of the stitch. Weave in
starting yarn tails & embroidery yarn to the inside of the Snout.
Top Stitch 1St
Eye to the side of the head & insert Safety eye into Eye. Weave in your
ends at the back side of the head & cut excess yarn.
Stuff Snout with a small amount of Polyfil & attach
snout to center of Pig Head, rotate the snout so that the nostrils have one
slightly higher than the other & using a top whip stitching method only
catching the top loops of the Stitches next to the 1st Eye. Weave in
your ends at the back side of the head & cut excess yarn.
Top Stitch 2nd
Eye to the side of the head & insert Safety eye into Eye. Weave in your
ends at the back side of the head & cut excess yarn.
MOUTH DETAIL
Using Black yarn embroider a sort of crooked smirk of a
smile to the side & just below the Snout. Weave in ends to the inside of
the head.
Reattach hook to Pig Head &
Stuff Pig Head Here
PIG HEAD CONTINUED
Round 17: *1 SC
into next St, SC2Tog into next St, Repeat around, (12 SC)
Round 18: *SC2Tog,
Repeat around, Sl St into next St, Ch 1 & FO leaving a longer tail for
sewing, Stitch closed using the tapestry needle & weave in all ends. (6 SC)
CROWN
Begin: With
Yellow yarn, leaving a longer starting tail for sewing, Ch 8, Sl St to 1st
Ch to join
Rounds 1 – 3: Ch
1, SC into each Ch around, Sl St to 1st SC to join (8 SC)
Round 4: Ch 4
(Counts as 1st HDC & Ch 2), HDC in same St, Sl St into next St,
*[HDC, Ch 2, HDC] in next St, Sl St into next St, Repeat around, Sl St into 1st
Ch of beginning Ch 4 to join, Ch 1 & FO (8 HDC)
Weave in ending yarn tail & use beginning yarn tail to
Top Stitch the crown to the head angled over the Right Eye.
EAR – Make 1 or 2
NOTE – Ears are worked in a
spiral & not joined. Attach Stitch Marker into last St of each round &
continue to next round.
Round 1: With Green yarn & a Mgc Ring, 6 SC into
ring, pull yarn tail to close (6 SC)
Round 2: *2 SC
into each St around (12 SC)
Rounds 3 – 5: *SC
into each St around (12 SC) At the end of Round 5, Sl St into the next St, Ch 1
& FO leaving a long tail for sewing. Weave in the beginning yarn tail,
pinch Ear closed in the center & whip stitch it shut at the bottom. Pinch
bottom of each into a “C” shape & stitch the two sides at the bottom
together. Set the ear on the head at an angle over the Left Eye & Top
Stitch around the bottom of the ear to secure it to the head, weave in your
ends & cut excess yarn.
If you make 2 Ears set the 2nd Ear closer to the
crown & top stitch it on.
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