Squirrel Crochet Pattern

With this squirrel crochet pattern, you can create an adorable bushy-tailed squirrel that looks ready to scurry off into the wild! This 51 page pattern includes dozens of helpful photographs and detailed diagrams that will help beginners and more experienced crocheters alike, including a text-only version — perfect if you’d like to save ink when printing. When following this version, be sure to refer to the photos if you need a visual aid to help support the written pattern. 

A PDF file will be available to download upon completion of payment; you can start crocheting right away!

Use your favorite color yarn in any size. This squirrel will look cute in chunky or medium gauge yarn! In 4G yarn, your finished squirrel will be about the average size of a real squirrel — 7 inches tall, with an extra poofy tail that’s poseable with the addition of wire. Gauge is not crucial in this pattern, so long as the stitches are uniform and do not allow stuffing to be visible through the holes.

Squirrel Crochet Pattern Info

This squirrel crochet pattern is best for intermediate crocheters. There aren’t any super complicated techniques involved, but this pattern includes a few more involved amigurumi techniques, including crocheting limbs together as you go (rather than sewing them on). 

The pattern is only in English at this time, in US terminology. 

Depending on your tension and yarn size, the final size of the crochet squirrel is 7 inches tall. Gauge is not crucial in this pattern, so long as the stitches are uniform and do not allow stuffing to be visible through the holes.

I highly recommend adding wire to the tail, which allows it to be poseable. We’ll talk about wire in a bit.

The pattern spans 51 pages and contains plentiful images, with a few helpful diagrams when attaching the limbs. If you want to save ink when printing, it includes printer-friendly pages without images at the end. However, when following this version, be sure to refer to the photos if you need a visual aid to help support the written pattern!

Supplies for Making a Crochet Squirrel

🐿️ YARN: In any size and in any gauge. The featured squirrel in the images  is made with medium #4 yarn, though a few of my testers made adorable crochet squirrels in chunky #5 yarn. Larger yarn would create a larger squirrel, and smaller yarn would result in a smaller one. Size the crochet hook accordingly, of course! I typically purchase all my yarn at Hobby Lobby and Amazon. The colors I used for the three squirrels are as follows:

GREY SQUIRREL: I Love This Yarn River Ripple (Hobby Lobby / Amazon),

DARK BROWN SQUIRREL: I Love This Yarn Coffee (Hobby Lobby / Amazon)

LIGHT BROWN SQUIRREL/DARK BROWN ACCENT COLOR: I Love This Yarn Linen (Hobby Lobby / Amazon)

CHEST COLORS: Crafter’s Secret White (Hobby Lobby / Amazon)

🐿️ CROCHET HOOK: For medium #4 yarn, I scale down on the recommended hook size by quite a bit, and use either my F (3.75mm) or G (4.00mm) crochet hook. I’m currently using these inexpensive crochet hooks (Amazon); for more info, you can read all about my favorite crochet hooks in this post.

🐿️ TAPESTRY NEEDLE: Used for sewing the crochet dinosaur together and weaving in ends. My favorite ever were these Clover needles (Amazon)

🐿️ POLYFIL: I purchased this big ol’ 20 pound box of polyfil (Amazon) for a really great price, and I’m pretty sure I’ll never run out of stuffing again.

🐿️ SAFETY EYES: I used 12mm safety eyes for the squirrels in this pattern, but feel free to use any size! The safety eyes I used came in a variety pack, but as that variety pack is now currently unavailable, these seem to be a well-priced alternative (Amazon).

🐿️ SCISSORS

🐿️ WIRE: Optional, but I recommend it – the crochet squirrel’s tail easier to pose. While you could purchase 16-24g craft wire, I can’t recommend any specific type/brand because I typically use scrap electrical wire that my husband brings home from work! You could also cut up a metal clothes hanger, or twist a few pieces of pipe cleaner together. You’ll need about 24 inches, cut into two 12 inch pieces.

Abbreviations & Stitches

 You’ll need to know the following crochet stitches and terms. I use US terminology.

St – stitch

YO – yarn over

Rnd – round

Sc – single crochet

Inc – increase (2 sc in the same st)

Sc2tog – single crochet two stitches together (AKA decrease)

Ch – chain

Sl st – slip stitch

Hdc – half double crochet

Dc – double crochet

Ls – Loop stitch. A stitch that creates a loop in the back of your work. Depending on which method you use to make the tail, we may use this stitch to make fur. You can see how to make the loop stitch here, and how to use it in such a way to make fur here.

[] x_ – repeat the steps in the brackets the number of times after the x

Lastly, if the pattern says “sc 2”, it means that you have to crochet 1 sc in each of the next 2 st. This goes for any number and for any st type.

Purchase the Squirrel Crochet Pattern here!

Happy Crafting!

If you have any questions or run into any problems while making this pattern, don’t hesitate to contact me via my contact page, Instagram, Etsy or Facebook – I’ll be happy to help!

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