Author:
Erin Greene

Erin Greene's love for all things crochet, bizarrely began in college with her career ending basketball injury, and her desire to remain productive and continue challenging herself. She is now the crochet artist and owner behind ekayg, in Buffalo, New York, specializing in designing unique toy patterns for babies and children, thanks to the constant inspiration from her four young children. Among the crochet patterns, and the occasional craft or recipe, she also blogs weekly, sharing her faith, in the hopes of sharing the love of Jesus with her love handmade goodness!

Three Little Pigs Hand Puppets Crochet Pattern by Erin Greene

Maker
3/16/2021

I am Erin of @ekaygdesings, and I love books and yarn! March is National Read Across America Month in honor of Dr. Seuss, and designed to encourage young readers, so every year, I dedicate my month of March to storybook puppets. These puppets can help stories come to life for young children, and teach them how to tell their own stories through creative play. This pattern for the Three Little Pigs Hand Puppets can be made with different colored overalls, all with The Hook Nook Main Squeeze, and you can add a Big Bad Wolf to the story with this pattern from my blog, using THN Yummy yarn! 

Materials

The Hook Nook Three Little Hand Puppets Crochet Kit by Erin Greene

Worsted weight 4 Yarn:

THE HOOK NOOK, Main Squeeze: Rose Gold (A) - approximately 75 yds

THE HOOK NOOK, Main Squeeze: Midnight Decisions, Mustard Yellow, and Pinot Noir (B) approximately 30 yds 

Small amount of THE HOOK NOOK, Small Stuff: Tattoo Ink (for the eyes and nostrils)

THE HOOK NOOK CROCHET HOOK, size H - 5mm

Stitch marker

Tapestry needle

Scissors 


Terms and abbreviations to know

magic ring

rnd, rnds - round, rounds

st, sts - stitch, stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sk - skip

sc - single crochet

inc - increase, 2 sts in same st

dec - decrease, combine 2 sts into only 1 st

invsc2tog - invisible single crochet 2 together; this is essentially a decrease, but done in such a way as to make the continuous stitching smoother, and the decrease not as noticeable. 

  1. Insert hook into front loop only of next stitch, DO NOT yarn over.
  2. Insert hook into front loop of second stitch. 
  3. Yarn over. Pull through 2 loops. 
  4. Yarn over and pull through last 2 loops

Notes

The body of the Three Little Pigs Hand Puppets are worked from the top down, in the rnd, with no joining. The arms, snout, ears, and bibs of the overalls, are made separately and sewn on.

Size

This is one size, fitting child through adult, but if you wish to make it smaller for a smaller child to play with, simply tighten the gauge or go down a hook size. 


Gauge

6 sts across and 7 rnds down = approximately 2 inches


Body - beginning at the head, with A

Begin with a magic ring.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts

Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts

Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st)6x; 18 sts

Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts)6x; 24 sts

Rnd 5: (3 inc, sc in next 9 sts)2x; 30 sts

Rnds 6-15: sc in each st around; 30 sts

Rnd 16: (3 invsc2tog, sc in next 9 sts)2x; 24 sts

Rnd 17: (ch 7, sk next 4 sts, sc in next 8 sts)2x; 30 sts, counting the chs

Rnd 18: (sc into each of the 7 chs, sc in next 8 sts)2x; 30 sts

Rnds 19-26: sc in each st around; 30 sts 

Attach B (overall colors of choice), and fasten off A.

Continue in color B.

Rnds 27-34: sc in each st around; 30 sts

Fasten off, and weave in ends.


Arms, Make 2

Begin with magic ring. Work in continuous rnds with no joining.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts

Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts

Rnd 3: sl st around each st; 12 sts 

Rnd 4: work this rnd behind the sl sts, into rnd 2, sc in each st around; 12 sts

Rnds 5-13: sc in each st around; 12 sts

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.


Snout

Begin with magic ring. Work in continuous rnds with no joining.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in magic ring; 8 sts

Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 16 sts

Rnd 3: loosely sl st in each st around; 16 sts

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.  Using black yarn, sew the nostrils on, centered between the rnds, as pictured. Knot off behind the snout. Sew the snout onto the face, sewing through the top of rnd 2, and leaving rnd 3 (the sl sts) untouched. Weave in ends. 

Eyes in black

The eyes are placed at about rnds 8 and 9 of the head, above the snout, with approximately 3 sts between them. They cover about 3 sts. Wrapping the yarn around itself is a great way to keep it in place. Then pull lashes through, and knot off and weave in ends inside the head.

Ears, Make 2

Ch 6

Work rnd around the ch.

Rnd 1: sl st in 3rd ch from hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, 5 dc in last ch, turn to work on the other side of the ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, sl st in next ch and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the ears on the top sides of the head, around rnds 3-5.

Bib Overalls, in B

Ch 15

Row 1: turn and sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across; 14 sts

Row 2: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 14 sts

Row 3: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 10 sts, dec; 12 sts

Row 4: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 8 sts, dec; 10 sts

Row 5: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 6 sts, dec; 8 sts

Row 6: ch 1 and turn, dec, sc in next 4 sts, dec; 6 sts

Do not turn. Begin first strap.

Ch 21, turn and begin in the 2nd ch from hook, sc across all 20 chs, working back toward the bib of the overalls.

Row 7: sc in each st across row 6 toward the other side; 6 sts

Do not turn. Begin second strap.

Ch 21, turn and begin in the 2nd ch from hook, sc across all 20 chs, working back toward the bib of the overalls. Careful not to twist, sl st back into the side of the last st of row 7, and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the beginning ch to the first row of blue on the pig body, row 27. Wrap the straps over the arms, and cross them in teh back, sewing them down to row 27 on the back of the body. Weave in ends.

I hope you have enjoyed this pattern! Follow along @ekaygdesigns on Instagram for more puppets included in this month's Read Across America Crochet-a-Long! Encourage fun learning and inspire creativity in your little ones!

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