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Materials
You will need a very small amount of yarn in a cavy-appropriate color (though fairytale colors
would be cute as well). Any yarn weight will work as long as you choose your hook size and
eyes accordingly. Example piggies were made from Red Heart Lisa (DK) and Red Heart Soft
(worsted) yarn.
For eyes, I used 7.5mm safety eyes with both DK and worsted weight yarn. (Please note that
R.H. Soft is a relatively thin worsted; you might need to use bigger eyes for heavier worsted
brands) If the eye stems are too long, a wire cutter can come handy to trim them a little.
Alternatively, you can use black buttons or beads, felt, or for a child/pet safe toy embroider eyes
directly on the crochet.
You will need fiberfill for stuffing. These babies are rather head-heavy, so you might also need
some weighting material for the belly (all of mine can sit normally with just fiberfill though).
Optionally, you could use embroidery floss to create nose and mouth, but they look cute without
that, too.
Hook size
You want a tight gauge so the fiberfill won’t show between your stitches, use whatever size
allows you to achieve that (it will be smaller than suggested on the label). Example babies were
made of worsted weight yarn and 3.5 mm/E hook, and DK yarn and 3 mm hook.
The piglet will be worked in continuous spiral without joining rounds - use a removable stitch
marker to keep track of your work.
The rear legs are crocheted in rows.
Before fastening off, see if your piggy can sit. If it keeps falling on its nose, try pushing a little
more stuffing into the butt, and tug the bobble stitches outwards so the front legs stick out more.
If these don’t help, you might need to rip the last round and insert weighting material in the belly
(I never needed to do that though).
Once you made sure the piglet’s balance is OK, fasten off and use yarn end to close the
remaining hole.
Ears (make 2)
Make a magic ring, ch 2. Work 1 hdc, 2 sc, 1
hdc in the ring, ch 2 and sl st in the ring. Cut
yarn leaving a long end for sewing, and pull
on the last loop on your hook until the cut
end is drawn through. Tighten the magic
ring.
Sew ears to head (see picture for placement).
Place the legs beside the body – the tip should be 1-2 rounds behind the front legs, the end (with
the yarn tail you’ve left) near the bottom. Sew this end to the piggy, then make a few stitches
around the middle of the leg to anchor it safely to the body.