Cute Crochet Summer Piggy Amigurumi — Easy Chunky-Yarn Pattern with Skirt & Bows
Brighten your summer crafting with this adorable Crochet Summer Piggy Amigurumi. Worked in chunky yarn (weight 6) and finished with a ruffled skirt, bows and a little flower, this cheerful piggy is a quick, satisfying make for crocheters who want a fun gift or seasonal decor. The pattern below includes a full materials list and step-by-step rounds for head, muzzle, ears, legs, body, skirt, arms, bows and flower.
Quick tips: use 9 mm safety eyes and stuff firmly but not overstuffed for smooth shaping. Sew pieces together securely and weave in ends neatly. Place the safety eyes between rounds 7 and 8 of the head (pattern notes below).
Materials
- Chunky yarn (weight 6) color light peach, pink, light pink, and white.
- 9 mm safety eyes.
- Toy filling, scissors, yarn needle, markers, pin.
Instructions
Head
Use light peach yarn.
R1. 6 sc in MR (6)
R2. 6 inc (12)
R3. (1sc,1inc)x6 (18)
R4. (2sc,1inc)x6 (24)
R4-6. 24 sc (24)
R7. 5sc, 1inc, 1sc, 2inc, 6sc, 2inc, 1sc, 1inc, 5sc (30)
R8-9. 30 sc (30)
R10. 5sc, 1dec, 1sc, 2dec, 6sc, 2dec, 1sc, 1dec, 5 sc (24)
R11. (2sc,1dec)x6 (18)
R12. (1sc,1dec)x6 (12)
Cut the thread leaving enough length for sewing.
Place the safety eyes between rounds 7 and 8 at about 5 sts apart.
Stuff with the fiberfill.
Muzzle
Use light pink yarn.
R1. Chain 4, start in the 2nd st for the hook, 1inc, 1sc, 4 sc in the same st, work along the other side, 1 sc, 1 inc (10)
Cut the yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.
FO. Sew the muzzle to the head between R7 and R11.
Ear (Make 2)
Use light pink yarn.
R1. 6 sc in MR (6)
R2. 6 sc (6)
R3. (1sc,1inc)x3 (9)
R4. 9 inc (18)
Cut the yarn, leave a long tail for sewing. Don’t stuff the ears.
Take the ear, flatten it and sew the open edges closed.
Sew the ear to the head between round 2 and 9 of the head.
Make Up
Apply pink blush on the pig face. Use pink cotton yarn to embroider the nostrils.
Leg (Make 2)
Use pink yarn.
R1. 6 sc in MR (6)
R2. (1sc,1inc)x3 (9)
R3. 9 sc (9)
Change to light peach yarn.
R4. BLO, (2sc,1inc)x3 (12)
R5-6. 12 sc (12)
Cut and secure the thread. Make the other leg but don’t cut the thread and continue working the body.
(Hold the leg upside down, go to R3, use pink yarn to insert 1sc: 9sc (9). Cut and secure the yarn).
Body
Use light peach yarn.
R1. 12 sc of the second leg, 12 sc of the first leg, place a stitch marker in the last sts (24)
R2. (3sc,1inc)x6 (30)
R3-4. 30 sc (30)
R5. (4sc,1dec,4sc)x3 (27)
R6. (7sc,1dec)x3 (24)
Change to light pink yarn.
R7. BLO, (3sc,1dec,3sc)x3 (21)
R8. (5sc,1dec)x3 (18)
R9-10. 18 sc (18)
R11. (1sc,1dec)x6 (12)
Cut and secure the yarn. Stuff with fiberfill. Use the remaining yarn to close the hole between the two legs if there is one.
Skirt
Hold the body upside down, go to round 6, insert 1 sc.
R1. (2sc,1inc)x8 (32)
R2. 32 sc (32)
R3. (3sc,1inc)x8 (40)
R4. 40 sc (40)
Change to white yarn.
R5. (1slst, (1hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc) in same st, 1 slst)x13, 1 slst.
Cut and secure the yarn.
Arm (Make 2)
Use light peach yarn.
R1. 5 sc in MR (5)
R2. 5 sc (5)
Change to light pink yarn.
R3-6. 5 sc (5)
Cut the yarn, leave a long tail for sewing. FO, don’t stuff the arm.
Sew the arm to the body between R10 and R11.
Bow
You will make 4 bows, 2 in white, 2 in light pink yarn.
R1. Chain 3, 1 slst in the first st of the chain (I call this st st A), 2 dc in st A, chain 2, 1 slst in st A, chain 2, 2 dc in st A, chain 2, 1 slst in st A.
Cut the yarn, leave a long tail and sew the bow onto the skirt.
Flower
Use pink yarn.
R1. Chain 4, 1 slst in the first st of the chain (I call this st st B), (chain 3, 1 slst in the st B)x4
Cut the yarn, leave a long tail and sew the flower to the piggy.