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It is Day 1 of the Spring 2023 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. In case you missed the announcement- after the Mini Amigurumi Advent that I did for Christmas last year I decided I wanted to do some more Mini Amigurumi Crochet Alongs. I have planned 4 kind of seasonal crochet alongs, 3 smaller ones for spring, summer, and fall, and then another longer advent crochet along at Christmastime. Today is the first day of the Spring crochet along, the first of a total of 12 patterns that will be released over the next 2 weeks.

This spring crochet along will be a farm animal theme, and if you saw the announcement post, either here on my blog, on social media, or in my newsletter, then you saw a little sneak peek of a few of the animals, including todays animal- a little pink pig.

All of the animals are made in a very similar style, with the same basic body pattern, with a few small variations. Because of this they will all be around 3" tall sitting, so they are just little guys. I think they will a fun size for kids to play with, and by the end of the crochet along you will have a whole set of animals.

The little pig is made with what will be the basic body style for all of the animals, with a round nose in a darker shade of pink, little arms/legs, kind of pointy little ears, and a tiny curly tail on its back. I really wanted a little pink pig, but I didn't want the bright baby pink color you most commonly find in light pink yarn. I had kind of a hard time finding a shade that I liked, and especially one that had a darker and lighter pink that went well together and weren't too bright. I really wanted either a peachy leaning pink, or more of a rosy pink, but either way something a little more muted in tone. I finally found something like what I was looking for at Hobby Lobby, I think I have had a similar color before from JoAnn in their Big Twist brand. Who knew pink would be such a tricky color to find.

I chose a slightly more muted palette overall for my animals, but brighter colors would probably look really cute too. As each pattern is released I will share the yarns that I used for each one, but you can obviously use any colors you want. This would be a great project for using up small scraps in your stash because all of the animals are so tiny they hardly use any yarn.

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How to Crochet a Little Pig

Finished Size: about 3" tall sitting

You will need:

medium weight yarn in 2 shades of pink or desired colors (sample made in Yarn Bee Soft & Sleek in Blush and Mauve)
G crochet hook (4 mm)
2- 6 mm safety eyes
Polyfil fiberfill
yarn needle
stitch markers
black embroidery floss and needle
scissors

Instructions:

Video Tutorial and Written Pattern Below

Body

Make 1 with light pink yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work

Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)

Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart

Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off, weave in ends

Nose

Make 1 with dark pink yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Embroider 2 small lines on the nose for nostrils

Sew the nose to the head just below the eyes

Ears

Make 2 with light pink yarn

ch 3

sl st in first ch from hook, sc in next ch, dc in last ch

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Sew ears to the sides of the head towards the top

Legs

Make 4 with beginning with dark pink yarn and changing to light pink where directed, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 8 sc (8 sc)

Round 2: 1 sc in blo of each st (8 sc in blo)

change to light pink yarn

Round 3-5: 1 sc in each st (8 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew the 2 of the legs/arms to the side of the body between the body and head, sew the other 2 to the bottom side of the body in a sitting position

Tail

Make 1 with light pink yarn

ch 5

Row 1: turn, 2 sl st in each st (10 sl st)