I promised Mr. Furu the Fox Amigurumi to make a companion for him so that he won’t feel lonely in the woodland. To make his life more interesting, I have decided to make a Raccoon Amigurumi which shares the same ecological niche as Fox, and, both are also predators and scavengers.
Jr. Rakku, the Raccoon Amigurumi is rather different from the general character of his own kind, he is young, gentle and innocent, he trusts everything that others told him. Perhaps Mr. Furu could teach him a little old fox trick to make him smarter to survive in the woodland.
Raccoon Amigurumi – Free Crochet Pattern
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Jr. Rakku, the Raccoon Amigurumi measures about 10 inches tall. It was crochet by using a 3.5mm crochet hook in the colorwork of Gray, white and black Acrylic yarns. Unlike normal amigurumi crochet method, the pattern of raccoon amigurumi calls for “Split Single Crochet Stitch“, some may know it as “Crochet Knit Stitch” or “Waistcoat Stitch” where the hook is inserted in between the legs of the next stitch. By way of using Split Single Crochet Stitch in this pattern, it will keep the colorwork vertically straight throughout the round. (Warnings: Please do not attempt to crochet it with normal single crochet (US terms), it won’t work in the correct proportion in size, shape, and colorwork.)
How enjoy is Jr. Rakku bathing under the falling maple leaves during the Fall Season? He has a peaceful life with neither fights nor arguments, easy going and does what he loves any time anywhere.
Happy crochet and hope to see your Jr. Rakku Raccoon Amigurumi soon. Till then….
XOXO~
Raccoon Amigurumi Pattern
Jr. Rakku
Height: 10″ tall
Skill level: Intermediate
Duration: About 8 hours
Description:
Jr. Rakku, the Raccoon Amigurumi is rather different from the general character of his own kind, he is young, gentle and innocent, he trusts everything that others told him. Perhaps Mr. Furu could teach him a little old fox trick to make him smarter to survive in the woodland.
Abbreviations
Crochet (in US Terms)
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
ssc = split single crochet / knit stitch / waistcoat stitch
Inc: 2ssc increase
Dec: ssc 2 stitches together
slst: slip stitch
Others
R: Round
GR: Gray Yarn
BL: Black Yarn
WH: White Yarn
Materials
1. 3.5mm hook
2. Acrylic yarn (50 gram each ball): white (1 ball), black (1 ball) and gray (1 ball)
3. Colored Iris Safety Eyes, Gray, 10mm size, 2
4. Safety Nose, 18mm size, 1
5. Felt, White, 1.5″ x 1.5″, cut into 2 pcs. of 1/2″ circles
6. Doll Wired Glasses (optional)
7. Darning needle
8. Polyester fiberfill
9. Scissors
10. Pins
Important Note: This is a colorwork amigurumi using Split Single Crochet / Knit Stitch / Waistcoat Stitch method. Please DO NOT attempt to convert it to normal Single Crochet.
Why use Split Sing Crochet instead of normal Single Crochet?
Please take note that this amigurumi pattern is using Split Single Crochet (SSC), some may know it as Crochet Knit Stitch or Waistcoat Stitch. Unlike the normal Single Crochet, SSC inserts hook in between the legs of the next st. In colorwork amigurumi where stitches are crochet in the continuous round, SSC keeps the colorwork vertically straight throughout the round. It is because the hook is inserted in between the legs of next stitch, but if you are using normal Single Crochet, the colorwork will lean to the right or left depending if you are right handed or left handed.
How to change yarn color in colorwork crochet?
Follow the pattern to work on stitches in color A until the last yarn over, pull through the loop with the new color B. Leave the color A behind until it is time to work on it again. Continue to work in Color B until it is time to change the color back to A, on the last stitch in the color B, just pull through the color A on the last yarn over and drop the color B. Leave a decent length of the unwork yarn between the color change so that it won’t distort the shape of your amigurumi. Repeat this until you have completed the pattern.
Note: I don’t hide the unworked yarn between the stitches because it will cause distortion in stitch height, especially in SSC stitch.
Raccoon Amigurumi: Crochet Pattern
Head
With Gray yarn:
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: [Inc] 4 times. {8}
R3: [Inc, ssc] 4 times. {12}
R4: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R5: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R6: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 3 times, Inc, ssc. {24}
R7: [ssc 5, Inc] 4 times. {28}
R8: [Inc, ssc6] 4 times. {32}
R9: ssc 2, [Inc, ssc 7] 3 times, Inc, ssc 5. {36}
R10: ssc 4, [Inc, ssc 8] 3 times, Inc, ssc 4. {40}
R11: ssc 6, [Inc, ssc 9] 3 times, Inc, ssc 3. {44}
R12: ssc 8, [Inc, ssc 10] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2{48}
R13: sc around. {48}
Colorwork begins here (GR – Gray, WH – White, BL – Black)
R14: GR [ssc 20], WH [ssc 3], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 3], GR [ssc 20]. {48}
R15: GR [ssc 18], WH [ssc 5], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 5], GR [ssc 18]. {48}
R16: GR [ssc 17], WH [ssc 6], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 6], GR [ssc 17]. {48}
R17: GR [ssc 16], WH [ssc 7], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 7], GR [ssc 16]. {48}
R18: GR [ssc 15], WH [ssc 5], BL [ssc 2], WH [ssc 1], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 1], BL [ssc 2], WH [ssc 5], GR [ssc 15]. {48}
R19: GR [ssc 15], WH [ssc 3], BL [ssc 4], WH [ssc 1], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 1], BL [ssc 4], WH [ssc 3], GR [ssc 15]. {48}
R20: GR [ssc 14], WH [ssc 3], BL [ssc 5], WH [ssc 1], GR [ssc 2], WH [ssc 1], BL [ssc 5], WH [ssc 3], GR [ssc 14]. {48}
R21 – R25: GR [ssc 14], WH [ssc 2], BL [ssc 16], WH [ssc 2], GR [ssc 14]. {48}
R26: GR [ssc 15], WH [ssc 2], BL [ssc 14], WH [ssc 2], GR [ssc 15]. {48}
R27: GR [ssc 16], WH [ssc], BL [ssc 14], WH [ssc], GR [ssc 16]. {48}
R28: GR [ssc 18], BL [ssc 12], GR [ssc 18].{48}
Change to Gray yarn only:
R29: [Dec, ssc 10] 4 times {44}
R30: ssc 4, [Dec, ssc 9] 3 times, Dec, ssc 5. {40}
R31: [ssc 8, Dec] 4 times. {36}
R32: ssc 2, [Dec, ssc 4] 5 times, Dec, ssc 2. {30}
R33: [Dec, ssc 3] 6 times. {24}
R34: [ssc 2, Dec] 6 times. {18}
Install safety eyes with white circle felt pieces
Neaten the stranded yarns if needed (refer Pic 1 and 2)
Stuff
R35: [ssc, Dec] 6 times. {12}
R36: [Dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Muzzle
With White yarn
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: Inc, ssc 2, Inc. {6}
R3: Inc 2 times, ssc, 1 ch, ssc, Inc. {9}
Colorwork begins here (GR – Gray, WH – White)
R4: WH [ssc 3, Inc, ssc], GR [ssc], WH [ssc, Inc 2 times]. {12}
R5: WH [ssc 3, Inc, ssc 2], GR [ssc], WH [ssc 2, Inc, ssc, Inc]. {15}
R6: WH [Inc, ssc 3, Inc, ssc 2], GR [ssc], WH [ssc 3, Inc, ssc 3]. {18}
R7: WH [Inc, ssc 4, Inc, ssc 3], GR [ssc], WH [ssc 3, Inc, ssc 4]. {21}
R8 – R9: WH [ssc 11], GR [ssc], WH [ssc 9]. {21}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Install safety nose through the ch st at R3.
Ear, make 2
With White yarn:
R1: sc 3 in a magic ring {3}
R2: [Inc] 3 times. {6}
Colorwork begins here (GR – Gray, BL – Black, WH – White)
R3: WH [Inc, ssc], BL [Inc], WH [ssc, Inc, ssc]. {9}
R4: WH [ssc, Inc, ssc], BL [ssc, Inc], WH [ssc 2, Inc, ssc]. {12}
R5: GR [ssc, Inc, ssc 2], BL [ssc, Inc, ssc], GR [ssc 2, Inc, ssc 2]. {15}
R6 – R10: GR [ssc 5], BL [ssc 4], GR [ssc 6]. {15}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Body
With Gray yarn:
R1: sc 6 in a magic ring {6}
R2: [Inc] 6 times. {12}
R3: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R4: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R5: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 3 times, Inc, ssc. {24}
R6: [ssc 5, Inc] 4 times. {28}
R7: [Inc, ssc6] 4 times. {32}
R8: ssc 2, [Inc, ssc 7] 3 times, Inc, ssc 5. {36}
R9: ssc 4, [Inc, ssc 8] 3 times, Inc, ssc 4. {40}
R10: ssc 6, [Inc, ssc 9] 3 times, Inc, ssc 3. {44}
Colorwork begins here (GR – Gray, WH – White)
R11: GR [ssc 20], WH [ssc 4], GR [ssc 20]. {44}
R12: GR [ssc 18], WH [ssc 8], GR [ssc 18]. {44}
R13 – R14: GR [ssc 17], WH [ssc 10], GR [ssc 17]. {44}
R15 – R16: GR [ssc 16], WH [ssc 12], GR [ssc 16]. {44}
R17: GR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 4], WH [ssc 12], GR [ssc 4, Dec, ssc 10]. {42}
R18: GR [ssc 12, Dec, ssc], WH [ssc 12], GR [ssc, Dec, ssc 12]. {40}
R19: GR [ssc 7, Dec, ssc 5], WH [ssc 12], GR [ssc 5, Dec, ssc 7]. {38}
R20: GR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 8], WH [ssc 12], GR [ssc 8, Dec, ssc 3]. {36}
R21: GR [ssc 9, Dec, ssc 2], WH [ssc 10], GR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 9]. {34}
R22: GR [ssc 5, Dec, ssc 5], WH [ssc 10], GR [ssc 5, Dec, ssc 5]. {32}
R23: GR [ssc, Dec, ssc 9], WH [ssc 8], GR [ssc 9, Dec, ssc]. {30}
R24: GR [ssc 9, Dec, ssc 2], WH [ssc 4], GR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 9]. {28}
Change to Gray yarn only:
R25: ssc 5, Dec, ssc 14, Dec, ssc 5. {26}
R26: [ssc 11, Dec] 2 times. {24}
R27: ssc, Dec, ssc 18, Dec, ssc. {22}
R28: ssc 6, [Dec, ssc 6] 2 times. {20}
R29: ssc 2, Dec, ssc 12, Dec, ssc 2.{18}
Neaten stranded yarns if needed
Stuff
R30: [ssc 7, Dec] 2 times. {16}
R31: ssc 3, Dec, ssc 6, Dec, ssc 3. {14}
R32: [ssc 5, Dec] 2 times. {12}
R33: [Dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arm and Finger, make 2
Right-hand Fingers
With Black yarn:
[ch 4, slst in 2nd ch from hook, slst in next 2 sts] 4 times to make 4 fingers, [ch 3, slst in 2nd ch from hook, slst in next st] to make a thumb.
ch 1, draw 5 loops, yo and draw through the loops, slst.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Left-hand Fingers
With Black yarn:
[ch 3, slst in 2nd ch from hook, slst in next st] to make a thumb, [ch 4, slst in 2nd ch from hook, slst in next 2 sts] 4 times to make 4 fingers.
ch 1, draw 5 loops, yo and draw through the loops, slst.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arm
With Gray yarn:
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: [Inc] 4 times. {8}
R3 – R20: ssc around. {8}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff
Sew the Finger to the Arm.
Leg, make 2
With Black yarn:
R1: sc 6 in a magic ring {6}
R2: [Inc] 6 times. {12}
R3: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R4: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R5 – R7: ssc around. {20}
R8: ssc, [Dec, ssc 3] 3 times, Dec, ssc 2. {16}
R9: [ssc 2, Dec] 4 times. {12}
R10 – R13: ssc around. {12}
Change to Gray yarn only:
R14 – R17: ssc around. {12}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff
Tail
With Black yarn:
R1: sc 3 in a magic ring {3}
R2: [Inc] 3 times. {6}
R3: ssc around. {6}
Change to Gray yarn:
R4: [Inc, ssc] 3 times. {9}
R5: [ssc 2, Inc] 3 times. {12}
R6: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 2 times, Inc, ssc 2. {15}
Change to Black yarn:
R7: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 2 times, Inc, ssc. {18}
R8: [ssc 5, Inc] 3 times. {21}
R9: [Inc, ssc6] 3 times. {24}
Change to Gray yarn:
R10 – R12: ssc around. {24}
Change to Black yarn:
R13 – R15: ssc around. {24}
Change to Gray yarn:
R16 – R18: ssc around. {24}
Change to Black yarn:
R19: [Dec, ssc 6] 3 times. {21}
R20: ssc around. {21}
R21: ssc 2, [Dec, ssc 5] 2 times, Dec, ssc 3. {18}
Change to Gray yarn:
R22: ssc around. {18}
R23: [ssc 4, Dec] 3 times. {15}
R24: ssc around. {15}
Change to Black yarn:
Stuff
R25: [Dec, ssc 3] 3 times. {12}
R26: ssc around. {12}
R27: [ssc 2, Dec] 3 times. {9}
Change to Gray yarn:
R28: ssc around. {9}
R29: [Dec, ssc], 3 times. {6}
R30: ssc around. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Raccoon Amigurumi: Assembly
Pic 1
This is how the inside of the colorwork amigurumi looks. You may leave the unworked yarn stranded as it is. If you have left a decent length of yarn between the colorwork, then you are fine to leave them as it is. If the yarns are too short, you may trim the yarn and knot them together as shown in Pic 2.
Pic 2
Personally, I prefer to neaten my lengthy unworked yarn stranded across the colorwork section. The clean interior makes it easier for stuffing and shaping.
Align the muzzle of the raccoon amigurumi with the marking between the eyes as shown in the picture. Pin, sew while stuffing the muzzle to the head.
Next, position and pin the ears to the head. Make sure bother ears are aligned and in symmetry.
Position all parts together. First, sew the head to the body, followed by the arms, legs, and tail respectively.
Jr. Rakku, the Raccoon Amigurumi loves the fall season. He is waiting for the leaves to fall so that he could go out to collect as much maple leaves as he can.
I just love how Jr. Rakku’s tail turns out to be, strippy black and gray 🙂
Have a nice day, Jr. Rakku, also enjoy your day in the woodland. Till then….
