Easy Raccoon Keychain crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with grey: 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)
R9–1648 sc(48)
R17(6 sc, dec) ×6(42)
R1842 sc(42)
R19(5 sc, dec) ×6(36)
R202 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R21(3 sc, dec) ×6(24)
R221 sc, (dec, 2 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(18)
R23(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R24dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 5.1 cm at the widest, 4.7 cm long; 24 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.

R1with white: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5–624 sc(24)
Size before assembly: about 2.5 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 6 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 4, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 3, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(12)
R2inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc(18)
R31 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc(24)
A flat oval about 2.8 × 1.6 cm; 3 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 black: ch 6.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 2, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 1, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(8)
A flat oval about 1.1 × 0.5 cm; 1 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 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With white: ch 4.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with black: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×5(10)
R3–410 sc(10)
R5(3 sc, dec) ×2(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.7 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 5 rounds.
Change to grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–2 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 2 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 3–5 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 5.9 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 17 mm across.

R1with black: ch 16 and join into a ring with a sl st in the first ch (do not twist); 16 sc, one in each ch of the ring(16)
R216 sc(16)
Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest (lies flat); 2 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in black (same rounds, no colour changes).
Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.

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 6–7 mm (on the head ball): in round 13, 10 st apart (count along round 13: about 4.8 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in black thread, a triangle about 4.5 mm wide and 3.2 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 2, on the centre top line.
Embroidery in black thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (between rounds 3 and 4, on the centre top line ) → (in round 4, on the centre top line ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 4, on the centre top line ) → (in round 4, 1.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 2 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 4, on the centre top line ) → (in round 4, 1.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 3 and 4, 2 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left ).

Raccoon Keychain crochet pattern