After designing a pig as my first design for 2019, the year of the pig, I made a couple more to make sure my pattern didn’t have any errors. Since I now had 3 little pigs, it only made sense to give them a “big” bad wolf to play with. You can find the pig pattern HERE.
Designing the wolf didn’t quite go as I planned. The design itself turned out like I hoped, but my materials weren’t what I would have loved to have for a finished product to share with you all. The dark grey yarn is a bit darker than I would have liked and the light grey is a weird slippery texture that splits terribly and I’ve never worked with before. But, I only use economical yarns that I can find within walking distance of my home and a trip to the big craft store in the next city over wasn’t in the schedule for quite some time.
Perhaps when I get in a designing slump and have a better yarn stash I will revisit this wolf and make him in different colors. In the mean time, why don’t you try making one for yourself?
As usual, I use US crochet terms, medium weight yarn, and a 3.0 mm hook. But you can use whatever yarn and hook you prefer.
Abbreviations used:
slst – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
FO – finish off
MR – magic ring
Sorry I already had the head sewn together before I started taking pictures. I’ll explain the pieces with closeups further down.
Ears
(dark grey, make 2)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. [sc, inc] x3 (9)
3. [2sc, inc] x3 (12)
4. [3sc, inc] x3 (15)
5. [4sc, inc] x3 (18)
6-8. (3 rows) 18sc even around (18)
9. [4sc, dec] x3 (15)
10. 15sc even around (15)
FO leaving a long tail for sewing
Top Nose Piece
(dark grey, make 1)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. [sc, inc] x3 (9)
3. [2sc, inc] x3 (12)
4. [3sc, inc] x3 (15)
5. [4sc, inc] x3 (18)
6-7. 18sc even (18)
FO leaving long tail for sewing
Embroider a nose on the front. See close up images for reference.
Bottom Nose Piece
(light grey, make 1)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. [sc, inc] x3 (9)
3-5. (3 rows) 9sc even (9)
FO leaving tail for sewing
Head
(start with dark grey, make 1)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. inc x6 (12)
3. [sc, inc] x6 (18)
4. [2sc, inc] x6 (24)
5. [3sc, inc] x6 (30)
6. [4sc, inc] x6 (36)
7. [5sc, inc] x6 (42)
8-13. (6 rows) 42sc even (42)
switch to light grey
14. [5sc, dec] x6 (36)
15. [4sc, dec] x6 (30)
16. [3sc, dec] x6 (24)
17. [2sc, dec] x6 (18)
18. [4sc, dec] x3 (15)
FO leaving a tail for sewing
stuff
Head assembly:
First I pinned the bottom mouth part over the seam where the light grey and dark grey meet on the head ball. Taking the top mouth piece, I folded it in half and curved it so it wrapped over the top of the bottom piece and made adjustments in my pinning to make sure the corners of the top piece would line up with the edge of the color change. I sewed the bottom jaw on first and then I sewed the top jaw on. I crochet very tight so my pieces were very stiff and held shape without any stuffing. Please use your own judgement if you want stuffing or a piece of plastic (like those thin cutting boards) to make sure your pieces hold their shape. My wolf’s mouth can still open a bit and I can add a hanging red felt tongue for effect when he’s “on the hunt”. You can always tack the wolf’s mouth closed if you prefer.
For the ears, I folded them in half and curved them so they formed a C when I pinned them to the head. I unpin pieces when I sew them so I can get to all the angles I want for a clean seam. In this case, I pushed a ball top pin all the way into the head to keep the ball in place where I wanted my final stitch to land. Please see the close up image for reference.
Embroider eyes and eyebrows to suit your taste.
Body – starting from the leg and working up
(start with light grey)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. inc x6 (12)
3. [3sc, inc] x3 (15)
4. sc even around (15)
switch to dark grey
5-7. (3 rows) sc even around (15)
change to pants color
8-11. (4 rows) sc even around (15)
*FO one and start a second leg which will continue by joining second leg to the first leg with a sc. That will be the first sc of row 12.*
12. (joining legs together) 30sc even around (30)
*make note that each leg will have 15 stitches to make row 12*
13-17. (5 rows) 30sc even around (30)
change to dark grey
18-21. (4 rows) 30sc around (30)
22. [3sc, dec] x6 (24)
23. 24sc even (24)
24. [2sc, dec] x6 (18)
25. 18sc even around (18)
26. [4sc, dec] x3 (15)
27. 15sc even around (15)
FO and leave tail for sewing
Tail
(start with light grey, make 1)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. [sc, inc] x3 (9)
3. [2sc, inc] x3 (12)
4. [3sc, inc] x3 (15)
5. [4sc, inc] x3 (18)
switch to dark grey
6-8. (3 rows) 18sc even around (18)
9. [4sc, dec] x3 (15)
10. 15sc even (15)
11. [3sc, dec] x3 (12)
12. 12sc even (12)
stuff
13. [2sc, dec] x3 (9)
14. 9sc even (9)
FO leaving long tail for sewing
Arms
(start with light grey, make 2)
1. 6sc in MR (6)
2. inc x6 (12)
3. 12sc even (12)
switch to dark grey
4-12. (9 rows) 12sc even (12)
stuff
13. [2sc, dec] x3 (9)
14-15. (2 rows) 9sc even (9)
FO leaving a tail for sewing
If you’re new to sewing pieces onto your amigurumi, I’ll try to explain a couple of little tricks. For the arms, I used back loops (the inside loops) of the last row to close them flat. Then, because I wanted them to hang down instead of sticking straight out to the sides, on the underside of the arm I put my needle through the outside or front loops and had it come out the inside or back loops on the top side of the arm. In essence, you sew through the arm at an angle. As for placement, I made sure my uppermost stitches (those closest to the neck) fell between the last 2 rows, as high as they could be without interfering with sewing the head on.
The tail I approached by sewing the bottom part of the tail opening between rows 14 and 15 using outside or front loops of the tail to get it to angle down. For the upper side of the tail I used inside or back loops to sew into the space between rows 15 and 16. You should have an entire row of pants color showing above the tail. When you’re finished your tail should act like the 3rd leg of a tripod allowing your wolf to stand by himself.
To attach the head, I used back or inside loops to keep my sewing stitches hidden, matching stitch for stitch in the 15sc around the neck openings.
You’re done! Congratulations! You now have your very own little big bad wolf!
Hateruma Handmade (owned and operated by Jennifer Hateruma and her immediate family) holds the copyright and asks that you do not copy, reproduce, resell, or redistribute this pattern in any way. Please make as many wolves as you like for your own use and to sell small scale. I appreciate you sharing a link back to this page.
Once again, if you’d like to make some pigs for your wolf to terrorize, you can find the pig pattern HERE.
