The Crochet Watermelon Pig Amigurumi Pattern guides you in creating an adorable pig with a watermelon twist. It's a quirky, easy-to-follow project, perfect for making unique toys or gifts.
Crochet Watermelon Pig Amigurumi Pattern
The Crochet Watermelon Pig Amigurumi Pattern is an endearing guide to creating a plush piggy toy, styled as a juicy slice of watermelon. Crafted from soft, fluffy yarn in vibrant shades of pink, green, and black seed detailing, it is a lovable porcine character with lovely big eyes and a playful, pouty mouth. It’s an ideal option for handcraft lovers yearning for a charming, easy-to-make amigurumi project.
Making Your Crochet Watermelon Pig Amigurumi
Materials:
- Yarn:
- Worsted weight yarn in pink (main color)
- Small amounts of worsted-weight yarn in black, white, green, and red
- Crochet hook: 3.5mm
- Safety eyes: 9mm
- Poly-fil stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Stitch marker (optional)
Step by step Pattern
Body:
- Start with pink yarn: Make a magic ring and crochet 6 single crochets (sc) into the ring.
- Increase to 12 sc by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch.
- Continue increasing 6 sc evenly spaced in each round until you have 36 sc.
- Crochet 10 rounds of sc without increasing.
- Start decreasing by crocheting 2 sc together every 6th stitch.
- Continue decreasing every round until you have 12 sc.
- Stuff the body firmly.
- Leave a long tail of yarn and cut the yarn.
Head:
- Attach pink yarn to the top of the body.
- Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring.
- Increase to 12 sc by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch.
- Continue increasing 6 sc evenly spaced in each round until you have 36 sc.
- Crochet 8 rounds of sc without increasing.
- Start decreasing by crocheting 2 sc together every 6th stitch.
- Continue decreasing every round until you have 12 sc.
- Stuff the head firmly.
- Leave a long tail of yarn and cut the yarn.
Snout:
- Attach pink yarn to the bottom of the head.
- Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring.
- Increase to 12 sc by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch.
- Crochet 4 rounds of sc without increasing.
- Stuff the snout lightly.
- Close the hole with a slip stitch.
Ears (make 2):
- Attach pink yarn to the top of the head.
- Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring.
- Increase to 12 sc by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch.
- Crochet 3 rounds of sc without increasing.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together every round until you have 3 sc.
- Close the hole with a slip stitch.
Legs (make 4):
- Start with pink yarn: Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring.
- Increase to 12 sc by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch.
- Crochet 10 rounds of sc without increasing.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together every 6th stitch.
- Continue decreasing every round until you have 3 sc.
- Stuff the leg lightly.
- Close the hole with a slip stitch.
Tail:
- Attach pink yarn to the bottom of the body.
- Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring.
- Increase to 12 sc by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch.
- Crochet 5 rounds of sc without increasing.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together every round until you have 3 sc.
- Stuff the tail lightly.
- Close the hole with a slip stitch.
Assembly:
- Sew the legs to the bottom of the body.
- Sew the tail to the back of the body.
- Sew the head to the body, leaving a small gap for the neck.
- Sew on the safety eyes above the snout, slightly angled inwards.
- Embroider has small black nostrils on the snout.
Watermelon rind details (optional):
- Using green yarn, embroider stripes around the body and head to represent the watermelon rind.
- Add small black seeds using black yarn embroidery.
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