Sooie the Pig | Free Crochet Pattern

Sooie the Pig is a quick, no-sew amigurumi pattern perfect for beginners or experienced crocheter alike. This 6-inch crochet pig fits perfectly in your hand and works up fast with simple stitches. If you’re looking for an easy, adorable amigurumi pig pattern, Sooie is ready to join your collection!

My Aunt gets credit for this inspiration, as she was looking for a pig pattern a while back and I realized I didn’t have one!

Sooie is the featured pattern in the 2025 Toy Box CAL. Her pattern is perfect for a crochet-a-long because it works up super fast — easily finished in less than a week so you can get on to the next awesome amigurumi pattern in the CAL.

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Construction

Sooie the Pig is a no-sew amigurumi pattern! Woohoo!

You will start by making her ears, snout, feet, and tail and weave in all your ends.

Then you will make the head and body in one piece from the top down, attaching each of the other parts as you go. It’s so simple and fast, you will be done before you know it.

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Sooie the Pig | 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), increases (inc) and decreases (dec). 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 assemble amigurumi parts without sewing

Supplies

• Big Twist Value yarn, 100% acrylic, worsted weight, 380 yds/6 oz/170 g, Pale Peach (PEA), 1 ball; Cosmetic Pink (PNK).
• F (3.75 mm) hook
• Two 12mm solid black safety eyes
• Polyfil stuffing
• Tapestry needle
• Straight pins
• Stitch markers

Measurements

6” tall x 6” in diameter

Gauge

9 sts x 9 rows in sc = 2” x 2”

Pattern Notes

• Work in continuous rounds. Do not slip stitch unless otherwise specified by the pattern.

• 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.

Special Stitches

Bobble-st – Bobble stitch: [Yo, insert hook into st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook] 5 times in same st, yo, pull through all 6 loops on hook. Pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops on hook] 5 times in same st, yo, pull through all 6 loops on hook.

SPsc 2 rows below – Spike single crochet 2 rows below: Insert hook into st two rows below working st, yarn over, draw up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.

Instructions

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Ears

(Make 2)

With PEA, ch 2.

Row 1: 3 sc in second ch from hook, turn. (3)

Row 2: Ch 1, inc, sc, inc, turn. (5)

Row 3: Ch 1, 5 sc, turn. (5)

Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, turn. (6)

Rows 5-7: Ch 1, 6 sc, turn.

Fold last Rnd in half.

Row 8: Ch 1, working through both layers of last rnd, 3 sc. (3)

Bind off and weave in ends.

Set aside.

Legs

(Make 4)

With PNK, ch 2.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in second ch from hook. (8)

Rnd 2: Inc, 3 dc in next st, sc, 3 dc in next st, inc 4 times. (17)

Rnd 3: Sc evenly around.

Rnd 4: 5 sc, SPsc 2 rows below (see Special Stitches), 11 sc. (17)

Rnd 5: Change to PEA, [sc, dec] 5 times, 2 sc. (12)

Rnd 6: Sc evenly around.

Rnd 7: [Sc, dec] 4 times. (8)

Rnd 8: Sc evenly around. 2 sc to move starting st.

Bind off and weave in ends.

Stuff hoof.

Press last rnd flat with spike stitch centered on top.

Set aside.

Snout

With PNK, ch 7.

Row 1: Bobble-st in second ch from hook (see Special Stitches), 4 sc, bobble-st, turn. (6)

Rnd 2: Ch 1, inc, 4 sc, inc, do not turn, rotate and work in underside of starting ch, inc, 4 sc, inc. (16)

Rnd 3: Change to PEA, sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, sc. (20)

Rnds 4-7: Sc evenly around.

Bind off and weave in ends.

Using stitch markers, mark last st of Rnd 7 and 1^st two sts of Rnd 7, skip 7, mark next 3 sts. Markers should be on either short end of the snout.

Set aside.

Tail

With PEA, ch 7.

Row 1: 3 sc in second ch from hook, 3 sc in each st for next 5 sts. (18)

Bind off and weave in ends.

Head and Body

(Includes all attachments)

With PEA, ch 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)

Rnd 4: [2 sc, inc] 6 times. (24)

Rnd 5: [3 sc, inc] 6 times. (30)

Rnd 6: (Right ear) With ear opening facing left (in the direction you are working), working through the last rnd of the ear and the next st on the head, 3 sc, 12 sc on head only, (Left ear) with ear opening facing right (backwards), working through the last rnd of the ear and the next st on the head, 3 sc, 12 sc on head only. (30)

Rnds 7-8: Sc evenly around.

Rnd 9: 6 sc, RS to RS, working through unmarked sts on snout and next st on head, 7 sc, 17 sc on head only. (30)

Rnd 10: 5 sc, working through 1^st marked st on snout and next st on head, sc, 7 sc on head only, working through 1^st marked st on other side of snout and next st on head, sc, 16 sc on head only. (30)

Rnd 11: 5 sc, working through 2^nd marked st on snout and next st on head, sc, 7 sc on head only, working through 2^nd marked st on other side of snout and next st on head, sc, 16 sc on head only. (30)

Rnd 12: 5 sc, working through 3^rd marked st on snout and next st on head, sc, 7 sc on head only, working through 3^rd marked st on other side of snout and next st on head, sc, 16 sc on head only. (30)

Push bobbles on snout inward. Stuff snout.

Rnd 13: 6 sc, WS of snout to RS of head, working through remaining unmarked sts on snout and next st on head, 7 sc, 17 sc on head only. (30)

Insert safety eyes between Rnds 7 and 8, even with the ends of the snout.

Rnd 14: [4 sc, inc] 6 times. (36)

Rnd 15: [5 sc, inc] 6 times. (42)

Rnd 16: [6 sc, inc] 6 times. (48)

Rnd 17: Sc evenly around.

Rnd 18: 8 sc, hold Foot 1 with spike st facing RS of body, working through both layers of last rnd of Foot 1 and next st on body, 4 sc, 8 sc on body only, working through both layers of last rnd of Foot 2 and next st on body, 4 sc, 24 sc on body only. (48)

Rnd 19-24: Sc evenly around. (48)

Rnd 25: 10 sc, working through both layers of last rnd of Foot 3 and next st on body, 4 sc, 8 sc on body only, working through both layers of last rnd of Foot 4 and next st on body, 4 sc, 15 sc on body only, working through last st of Tail and next st of body, sc, 6 sc on body only. (48)

Rnd 26: [4 sc, dec] 8 times. (40)

Rnd 27: [3 sc, dec] 8 times. (32)

Rnd 28: [2 sc, dec] 8 times. (24)

Stuff.

Rnd 29: [Sc, dec] 8 times. (16)

Rnd 30: Dec 8 times. (8)

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

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