Crochet Angry Birds: Pig and King Pig Free Pattern

So I have finally made the last in the Crocheted Angry Birds series. I have already made red bird, yellow bird and blue bird, but of course we need some pigs too. For any one who hasn't seen/played angry birds this probably sounds totally nuts but trust me, you need pigs.

 I made two pigs in exactly the same way and then stuck a crown on the top of one to make him King Pig.



The body for them both is exactly the same as red bird except it is green. So take your DK green yarn and a 4.5mm hook then follow this pattern in the round:

Round 1: Ch6 and then ss into the first ch to form a ring
Round 2: 2dc into each st
Round 3: 2dc into next st and then 1dc into next st, rpt until the round is finished
Round 4: 2dc into next st and then 1dc into next 2st, rpt until the round is finished
Round 5: 2dc into next st and then 1dc into next 3st, rpt until the round is finished
Round 6: 2dc into next st and then 1dc into next 4st, rpt until the round is finished
Round 7: 2dc into next st and then 1dc into next 5st, rpt until the round is finished
Round 8: 2dc into next st and then 1dc into next 6st, rpt until the round is finished
Rounds 9-11: dc into each st from the previous round
Round 12: dc 2 st together, dc into next 6dc, rpt
Round 13: dc 2 st together, dc into next 5dc, rpt
Round 14: dc 2 st together, dc into next 4dc, rpt
Round 15: dc 2 st together, dc into next 3dc, rpt
At about this stage you'll need to stuff the body, fill it with some rolled up wadding (batting) or use cotton wool if thats all you have handy.
Round 16: dc 2 st together, dc into next 2dc, rpt
Round 17: dc 2 together, dc into next dc, rpt
Finished the ball by dc crocheting together 2 stitches until it is complete. Make 2 if you want to make 2 pigs.

Then you need to make the nose, this is very simple:

Round 1: ch4, ss into first ch to form a ring
Round 2: ch3, then 11 tc into the ring then ss together the ch3 and the 11th tc
Round 3 and 4: ch2, dc into each st form the round below (11 total) and ss together the 11th dc and the ch2. Make two if you want two pigs.

Then you can make the ears which are also very simple:

ch5, put 4 tc into the 3rd ch and then ss into the 1st ch. Make 2 for each pig.

Once you have done these you can get some black yarn and using your yarn needle embroider on a few details, so the blacks in the ears and the nostrils. I also made some eyebrows out of the black yarn by simply chaining 4 but when I came to sewing these on I didn't think they looked right so I left them off.

But now all you need to do its stitch it all together. I put the ears of one pig right over to one side so I could also glue a crown on, this crown was just cut out of felt and then hot glued together and hot glued to the pig. One of the good things about making the pigs is they are all a bit wonky on the game so even if you don't get them perfect they'll probably look like the ones in the game.

Now I just need to wrap them up and hide them until birthday time. I always get really excited about giving gifts, especially handmade ones, so I hope I can wait until his birthday. Hehe. Zoe xx