# Free crochet cute racoon pattern

> A free crochet pattern for a cute racoon, with a live 3D preview. It runs to 32 rounds across 2 separate pieces. Read it round by round, or open it in the editor to see it built.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Cute Racoon |
| Designer | sofycrochet |
| Notation | US crochet terminology |
| Size | 2 pieces · 32 rounds · 602 stitches · 3 yarn colours |
| Yarn colours | #A7ADBF, #6C7691, #FFFFFF |
| Updated | 2026-09-12 |
| Page | https://crochet3d.com/gallery/cute-racoon |

⚠️ **US notation.** This pattern uses at least one abbreviation that means a different stitch in UK notation (UK "dc" is US "sc"; UK "tr" is US "dc"). Work it as US, or read the UK column in the key below.

## Instructions

### Body

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** inc x6 → 12
- **Round 3:** (sc, inc) x6 → 18
- **Round 4:** (sc, inc) x9 → 27
- **Round 5:** 6 sc, flo (dc, ch 2 back (sl), dc), 12 sc, flo (dc, ch 2 back (sl), dc), 5 sc → 27
- **Round 6:** 8 sc, inc, 3 sc, sc, 2 sc, sc, sc, inc, sc, 7 sc, inc → 30
- **Round 7:** 8 sc, 2 sc, 4 sc, 2 sc, 4 sc, 2 sc, 8 sc → 30
- **Round 8:** 7 sc, inc, inc, inc, 10 sc, inc, inc, inc, 7 sc → 36
- **Round 9:** 10 sc, sc, 5 sc, hdc, (2 dc) in one st, (2 dc) in one st, hdc, 5 sc, sc, 10 sc → 38
- **Round 10:** 11 sc, 5 sc, blo sc, blo 2 dec, blo sc, 5 sc, sc, 10 sc → 36
- **Round 11:** (2 sc, dec) x3, (2 sc, dec) x3, (2 sc, dec) x3 → 27
- **Round 12:** (sc, dec) x4, (sc, dec) x2, (sc, dec) x3 → 18
- **Round 13:** 3 sc, 2 dec, 4 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc → 14
- **Round 14:** FLO: (sc, inc) x7 → 21
- **Round 15:** 21 sc → 21
- **Round 16:** (inc, 2 sc) x7 → 28
- **Round 17-18:** 28 sc → 28
- **Round 19:** sc, 5 sc, hdc, 2 dc in one st, hdc, 3 sc, bobble4, 3 sc, bobble4, 3 sc, hdc, 2 dc in one st, hdc, 3 sc, 2 sc → 30
- **Round 20:** BLO: (sc, dec) x10 → 20
- **Round 21:** (2 sc, dec) x5 → 15
- **Round 22:** (sc, dec) x5 → 10
- **Finishing:** fasten off

### Tail

- **Round 1:** 5 sc in ring → 5
- **Round 2:** inc x5 → 10
- **Round 3:** 10 sc → 10
- **Round 4-5:** 10 sc → 10
- **Round 6:** 10 sc → 10
- **Round 7:** (3 sc, dec) x2 → 8
- **Round 8:** 8 sc → 8
- **Round 9:** (2 sc, dec) x2 → 6
- **Round 10:** dec x3 → 3

## Abbreviations used

| In the pattern | US abbreviation | Stitch name (US) | UK abbreviation | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sl | sl st | Slip stitch | ss |  |
| sc | sc | Single crochet | dc |  |
| hdc | hdc | Half double crochet | htr |  |
| dc | dc | Double crochet | tr |  |
| inc | inc | Increase | inc | 2 sts in 1 st |
| dec | dec | Decrease | dec2tog | 2 sts worked together |
| bobble4 | bo-4dc | Bobble (4 dc) | bo-4tr | bobble stitch, 4 dc worked into the same stitch |
| fasten off | FO | Fasten off | FO | cut & fasten off |

The UK column is the abbreviation a UK-notation reader would use for the SAME stitch. Where it differs from the US one, following the pattern with UK meanings produces the wrong stitch height.

## How the notation reads

- `(sc, inc) x6` — repeat what is in the brackets 6 times — also written 6x (sc, inc)
- `3 hdc in one st` — all three stitches go into the SAME base stitch
- `FLO / BLO` — work into the front / back loop only, leaving the other loop free
- `ch 3 back (…)` — chain 3, then work the listed stitches back down that chain

**Open it in the planner.** [https://crochet3d.com/gallery/cute-racoon](https://crochet3d.com/gallery/cute-racoon) has an "open in the editor" button that loads this pattern into the 3D planner, where the model is built from exactly the text above.

**Designer:** sofycrochet. Published on Crochet 3D with the designer named — the pattern is theirs, not ours.

Source: https://crochet3d.com/gallery/cute-racoon