Easy Round Piggy crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with pink: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R83 sc, (inc, 6 sc) ×5, inc, 3 sc(48)
R9(7 sc, inc) ×6(54)
R1054 sc(54)
R11(8 sc, inc) ×6(60)
R12–1760 sc(60)
R184 sc, (dec, 8 sc) ×5, dec, 4 sc(54)
R1954 sc(54)
R204 sc, (dec, 7 sc) ×5, dec, 3 sc(48)
R21(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R223 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R23(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R242 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R25(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R26(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R27dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 8.3 cm at the widest, 6.5 cm long; 27 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc) ×2(16)
A flat oval about 2.6 × 1.4 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With dark pink: ch 5.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with pink: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×4, 1 sc(9)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc(13)
R41 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc(17)
R517 sc(17)
Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 5 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a spoon: push the front wall into the back wall (not down to a thin plate) — a concave spoon about 3.3 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 32 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with dark pink: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(inc ×2, 1 sc) ×2(10)
R3–410 sc(10)
Of these: no. 1 — 2 (left and right); back — 2 (left and right). Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 1.3 cm long; 4 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 30 %).

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 9 mm (on the piggy ball): between rounds 19 and 20, 8 st apart (count along round 19: about 4.2 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the snout): in brown thread, a oval about 2.2 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre top line, then moved 3 mm to the right (looking at the toy's face).
Satin stitch (on the snout): in brown thread, a oval about 2.2 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre top line, then moved 3 mm to the left (looking at the toy's face).
Embroidery in brown thread (on the piggy ball), straight stitches through: (in round 15, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).