The guineacorn, the magical guinea pig of class myth, was inspired by my three Skinny Pigs (hairless guinea pigs), Podrick, Hamo, and Scooter. They beg for treats and wheek at people as they walk by, and they totally rule the house.

I cave in and give the piggies carrots more than I would like to admit. They get one on the evenings my husband I play Diablo III after my kids go to bed, because I’m such a sucker.

Naturally, they have learned the opening music for the game and the chorus of “WHEEK! WHEEK! WHEEK!” starts before I can pick up a controller. It was on one of these wheek-filled evenings combined with the unicorn pet in the game that inspired a magical guineacorn.

This pattern has been updated with new instructions to help you make your guineacorn out of Bulky yarn, specifically, King Cole Yummy — this luscious, soft polyester yarn that makes Guineacorn into a lovely pillow.

Pattern Snapshot

• Finished Size: 7 inches long x 4 inches wide
• Skill Level: Beginner/Easy
• Time to Make: Fast Project (1–3 hours)
• Yarn: Worsted Weight Acrylic, Weight: 4; also works with Bulky Acrylic/Polyester, Weight: 5
• Hook: G (4.00 mm), H (5.00mm) if using bulky yarn

Originally Published 2018. Updated 2026.

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Putting Together Your Guineacorn or Pigasus

• Guineacorn and Pigasus are easy, fast patterns. They have very little shaping (just some “humps” for his shoulders/front legs.
• The ears, and feet are sewn on separately, as well as the horn and/or wings.
• There is something about Guineacorn that sells really well at craft fairs. Since they are so simple, you can make many of them in a short time.

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Guineacorn and Pigasus Pattern | Free Crochet Pattern

Pattern is written in English, in US terms, using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations.

You Need to Know

Chains (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc), double crochet (dc), Right side (RS), Wrong side (WS), increases and decreases, mattress stitch sewing. Be eager to learn and ready to have fun!

For a quick refresher of these basic skills, go to www.hookedbykati.com/basics

You Will Practice Easy Techniques

• How to make a 3-dimensional object in crochet
• How to shape using increases and decreases
• How to embroider basic details on an amigurumi

Supplies

• Red Heart Super Saver yarn, 100% acrylic, worsted weight, 364 yds/7 oz/198 g, White (WHT) < 1 ball, Light Pink (PNK) < 1 ball, Lemon (LMN) < 1 ball for unicorn only.
• G (4.00 mm) hook
• Two 15mm colored round-pupil safety eyes

For XL Piggies:

• King Cole Yummy, 100% polyester, bulky, 131 yds/120 m/100 g Turquoise Rose or Carnation Rose, 2 balls; Blush, 1 ball.
• H (5.00 mm) hook
• 24 mm round-pupil colored safety eyes

• Polyfil stuffing
• Tapestry needle
• Straight pins
• Stitch marker

Measurements

7 inches long x 4 inches wide

Gauge

8 sts x 8 rows in sc = 2” x 2”

Pattern Notes

• Work in continuous rounds. Do not slip stitch unless otherwise specified by the pattern.
• For best results, assemble parts in order as directed.
• Ch-2 at beginning of row counts as dc.
• Changes for XL Piggies using bulky weight yarn are added at the beginning of each piece.
• When instructed, an additional sc(s) will be added at the end of a round to move the starting stitch of the next round to the left (clockwise). This does not change the stitch count of the round. It only moves the starting point.
• Color changes not provided for face markings.

Special Stitches

• Single Crochet 3 together – sc3tog: [Insert hook into next st, pull up a loop] 3 times, yo, pull through all 4 loops on hook.
• Back Stitch:  Insert needle from back of piece, draw down through next hold, draw up through next hole, draw back down through previous hole.

Guineacorn Crochet Pattern Instructions

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Head/Body

With WHT, Ch 2.

(For XL Piggies, start with Rnd 2.)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in second ch from hook. (6)

Rnd 2: [sc, inc] 3 times. (9)       

Rnd 3: [2 sc, inc] 3 times. (12)

Rnd 4: [3 sc, inc] 3 times. (15)

Rnd 5: [4 sc, inc] 3 times. (18)

Rnd 6: [5 sc, inc] 3 times. (21)

Rnd 7: [6 sc, inc] 3 times. (24)

Rnd 8: [7 sc, inc] 3 times. (27)

Rnd 9: [8 sc, inc] 3 times. (30)

Rnd 10-12: Sc evenly around. (30)

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Rnd 13: 9 sc, [inc, 2 sc] 4 times, 9 sc. (34)

Rnd 14: 9 sc, inc 3 times, 9 sc, inc 3 times, 10 sc. (40)

Rnd 15: 12 sc, inc 3 times, 9 sc, inc 3 times, 13 sc. (46)

Rnds 16-17: Sc evenly around. (46)

Rnd 18: 14 sc, sc3tog (see Pattern Stitches), 12 sc, sc3tog, 14 sc. (42) 

Rnd 19: sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 4 sc, sc3tog, 2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc, sc3tog, 4 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec. (32)

Rnd 20: Sc evenly around. (32)

Set on table with front leg stumps facing down. Attach safety eyes between rounds 8 and 9, about 8 stitches apart. Optional: Position off-center to make head appear tilted. 

Stuff head.

Rnd 21: [7 sc, inc] 4 times. (36)

Rnd 22: [8 sc, inc] 4 times. (40)

Rnds 23-28: Sc evenly around. (40)

Rnd 29: [9 sc, inc] 4 times. (44)

Rnds 30-32: Sc evenly around. (44)

Rnd 33: [10 sc, inc] 4 times. (48)

Stuff leg stumps and shoulders.

Rnds 34-35: Sc evenly around. (48)

Rnd 36: [4 sc, dec] 8 times. (40)

Rnd 37: [3 sc, dec] 8 times. (32)

Rnd 38: [2 sc, dec] 8 times. (24)

Finish stuffing body.

Rnd 39: [sc, dec] 8 times. (16)

Rnd 40: 8 dec. (8)

Cut yarn. Thread needle through back loops of remaining 8 stitches. Pull tight to close. Weave in ends.

Right Ear

With PNK, Ch 2.

Row 1: (WS) 6 sc in second ch from hook.  Turn. (6)

Row 2: (RS) Ch 3, dc in same st, dc inc, sc inc, [dc inc] 3 times. (10 dc, 2 sc)

Bind off leaving long tail for sewing. 
Left Ear

With PNK, Ch 2.

Row 1: (WS) 6 sc in second ch from hook. Turn. (6)

Row 2: (RS) Ch 3, dc in same st, [dc inc] twice, sc inc, [dc inc] twice. (10 dc, 2 sc)

Bind off leaving long tail for sewing.

Attach ears to head 4 rounds behind eyes and 4 stitches apart. Attach in straight line along the round, do not curve. Smaller end of ear should be on the inside, RS facing forward. Bend ends over slightly to add “flop.”

Front Feet

(Make 2)

With PNK, Ch 2.

Rnd 1: (RS) 5 sc in second ch from hook. (5)

Rnd 2: Inc in each st around. (10)

Rnd 3: [Ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, sc in next ch, sl st in next st, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, sc in next ch, sl st in same st] twice. (4 toes)

Bind off leaving long tail for sewing.

Turn feet over so that RS facing down. Curls toes downward. Lay round part of foot on the stump of the front leg, toes pointed straight forward. Using tail and needle, sew around foot flat onto leg stump. Sew under toes so that they remain unattached to the leg stump.

Hind Feet

(Make 2)

With PNK, Ch 2.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in second ch from hook. (6)

Rnds 2-7: Sc evenly around. (6)

Do not stuff. Bind off, leaving long tail for sewing. Thread needle through back loops of all 6 sts and pull tight to close.

Set body on table, front feet facing down. Set back feet next to body, lined up with Round 35 (last round before decreases). They will be at a slight angle outward. Pin into place. Sew to body using tail. Leave last 2 rounds of foot unattached to body.

Right Wing

With WHT, ch 2.

(For XL Piggies, start with Rnd 2.)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in second ch from hook. (6)

Rnd 2: Inc in each st around. (12)

Rnd 3: [sc, inc] 6 times. (18)

Fold in half.  Working through both stitches, work 9 sts in a half circle.

Row 1: (RS) Ch 10, hdc in third ch from hook, 7 hdc down ch, sl st in next st, ch 8, hdc in third ch from hook, 5 hdc down ch, sl st in next st, [ch 7, hdc in third ch from hook, 4 hdc down ch, sl st in next st] twice, ch 5, hdc in third ch from hook, 2 hdc down ch, sl st in next st, ch 3, hdc in third ch from hook, sl st in next st, 3 sc.

Bind off leaving long tail for sewing.

Left Wing

With WHT, ch 2.

(For XL Piggies, start with Rnd 2.)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in second ch from hook. (6)

Rnd 2: [inc] 6 times. (12)

Rnd 3: [sc, inc] 6 times. (18)

Fold in half.  Working through both stitches, you now have 9 sts around a half circle.

Row 1: (RS) Ch 1, 3 sc, ch 3, hdc in third ch from hook, sl st in next st, ch 5, hdc in third ch from hook, 2 hdc down ch, sl st in next st, [ch 7, hdc in third ch from hook, 4 hdc down ch, sl st in next st] twice, ch 8, hdc in third ch from hook, 5 hdc down ch, sl st in next st, ch 10, hdc in third ch from hook, 7 hdc down ch, sl st in next st.

Bind off leaving long tail for sewing.

Attach wings to body at Round 19, four stitches apart. Sew all three sc stitches to the body, RS facing forward.

Here is a video tutorial for the wings:

Horn

With LMN, Ch 2.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in second ch from hook. (4)

Rnd 2: Sc evenly around. (4)

Rnd 3: [Sc, inc] twice. (6)

Rnd 4: Sc evenly around. (6)

Rnd 5: [2 sc, inc] twice. (8)

Rnd 6: Sc evenly around. (8)

Rnd 7: [3 sc, inc] twice. (10)

Rnds 8-9: Sc evenly around.

Bind off leaving long tail for sewing.

Using needle and a strand of PNK, stitch a spiral around the horn using the back stitch (see Pattern Stitches). 

Stuff lightly.

Sew horn to forehead in front of ears, centered between ears.

Nose

Using needle and PNK, start at center point. Sew a “V” upward, pointed toward eyes. Repeat so nose is two strands thick. Thread yarn backup through starting point and sew one line straight down about 2 stitch lengths. Bind off and weave in ends.

Weave in all attachment ends when parts are positioned as desired.

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