Looking for a fun and easy crochet project? This little raccoon is the perfect quick make! Whether you need a cute gift, a fun addition to your amigurumi collection, or just love woodland animals, this pattern is for you. 🧶💛

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Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

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Please read the whole pattern properly before starting.

The pattern is written using US terms.

This pattern is made of the following parts:

1 Body
2 ears
1 nose
1 tail
Facultative: 2 feet

Size:

1.5 inches (4 cm) with light worsted yarn (I used I love this cotton from Hobby Lobby)
2.5 inches (7 cm) with plush yarn (I used Premier Parfait chunky)

Material:

Male cardinal: Yarn calling for a US I-9 / 5.5 mm hook in light grey, dark grey, white and black. OR Yarn calling for a US L-11 / 8 mm hook in light grey, dark grey, white and black..
Size US C-2 / 2.75 mm crochet hook (a larger hook can be used, your raccoon will only be slightly bigger) if you use worsted yarn OR Size US 7 / 4.5 mm if you use plush yarn.
2 black safety eyes (6 mm) if you use worsted yarn OR 2 black safety eyes (10 mm) if you use plush yarn
Stitch markers (if needed)
Tapestry needle
Polyfill
Facultative: fabric glue for the feet

Abbreviations:

chain (ch)
magic ring (mr)
single crochet (sc)
increase (inc)
invisible decrease (dec)
slip stitch (sl st)
double crochet (DC)
Half double crochet (HDC)

Pattern: How to crochet a Raccoon?

Let’s start – Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

The mouth – Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

The mouth is worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
Remember to stuff as you crochet.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and white yarn OR with a 4.5 mm and yarn in white.

- Round 1: start 4 sc in a magic ring. (6) – NB: if you work with plush yarn: ch2; make 4 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. (6)
- make 1 sl st in the next sc

Using your tapestry needle and 3 strands of black yarn, make a nose between 2 sc. See pictures below.

The body – Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

The body is worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
Remember to stuff as you crochet.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and yarn in light grey OR with a 4.5 mm and yarn in light grey.

- Round 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring. (6) – NB: if you work with plush yarn: ch2; make 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. (6)
- Round 2: [6 inc]. (12)
- Round 3: [1 inc in the next st, 1 sc]x6. (18)
- Rounds 4-7: [1 sc in all st]. (18)
- Rounds 8-9: keep working with the light grey as follows: 1 sc in the next 5 st. Change for the dark grey yarn and work as follows: 1 sc in the next 7 st. Change back for the light grey and work as follows: 1 sc in the next 6 st. (18)
- Round 10: keep working with the light grey as follows: 1 sc in the next 5 st. Change for the white yarn and work as follows: 1 sc in the next 7 st. Change back for the light grey and work as follows: 1 sc in the next 6 st. (18)

Place the eyes between Rounds 9 and 10, spaced by 2 st.

Using your tapestry needle, sew the mouth centered below the eyes, over Rounds 7 and 9.

- Round 11: keep working with the light grey: [1 dec, 1 sc] x6. (12)

Fill the body with polyfill.

Round 12: [6 dec]. (6)

Cut the yarn, close the body and fasten it off.

The ears (make 2) – Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

With a 2.75 mm crochet and yarn in light grey OR with a 4.5 mm and light grey yarn.

Row 1: ch 3. (3)
Row 2: starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc, 1 HDC. (2)

Cut the yarn but leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the ears to the body over Round 11, spaced by 7 st.

The tail – Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

The tail is worked in continuous rounds (as a spiral). Use a stitch marker if needed.
Remember to stuff as you crochet.

With a 2.75 mm crochet and yarn in black OR with a 4.5 mm and yarn in black.

- Round 1: start 4 sc in a magic ring. (4) – NB: if you work with plush yarn: ch2; make 4 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. (4)
- Round 2: [1 sc, 1 inc] x2. (6)

Change for the light grey yarn.

- Round 3: [2 sc, 1 inc] x2. (8)
- Round 4: [1 sc in all st]. (8)

Change for the black yarn.

- Round 5: [2 sc, 1 dec] x2. (6)
- Round 6: [1 sc in all st]. (6)

Cut the yarn but leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the tail to the body over Rounds 3 and 4.

Facultative: The feet (make 2) – Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

With a 2.75 mm crochet and black yarn OR with a 4.5 mm and black yarn :

Round 1: start 5 sc in a magic ring. (5) – NB: if you work with plush yarn: ch2; make 5 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook. (5)

Cut the yarn but leave a long tail for sewing. Insert the yarn in the first sc to close the feet.

Sew the feet to the body over Rounds 2 and 3, spaced by 2 stitches. I placed the right side of the feet against the raccons’s body. It is sometimes hard to sew such small pieces, so I used some glue.

See the pictures for the owl as I decided not to make feet for the raccoon.

Congratulations on crafting the cutest crochet raccoon!

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Raccoon – Free Crochet Pattern

Raccoon - Free Crochet Pattern