There is something about a crochet raccoon that no other woodland animal quite matches — that little bandit mask, the ringed tail, those clever paws that look ready to wash a snack in a stream. Raccoons are playful, a tiny bit mischievous and completely irresistible in yarn form, which is exactly why they have quietly become one of my favourite animals to make. Whether it is a squishy plush for a nursery shelf or a hat for a small human who loves the woods, a raccoon project always raises a smile.
So I have rounded up twenty of my favourite raccoon designs for you, and every single one is genuinely free. There are huggable amigurumi in worsted, velvet and chunky chenille, a tiny ragdoll that fits in a pocket, a baby lovey with its own little winter cowl, two very different hats, an appliqué, ornaments, a pumpkin in disguise and three graph-style blankets and squares for C2C lovers. I have noted the yarn, the size and the honest little details for each one as we go. Pick your favourite masked bandit, raid the grey yarn, and let's make some mischief.
1. Rocky, the Beginner-Friendly Classic
We are starting with the raccoon I would hand to anyone making their very first plush: Rocky, from Nicole Chase. He is an advanced-beginner amigurumi in ordinary worsted weight yarn with a 4.0 mm hook, finishing about five and a half inches tall sitting, or seven and a half standing. The bandit mask is made from separate eye-patch pieces, which gives him all that personality without any stressful mid-round colour juggling, and his ears are tipped in white for that bright, alert look. Nicole walks you through him with step-by-step photos and assembly notes, so the sewing-up stage feels calm rather than scary. If you prefer printing, there is an optional paid ad-free PDF, but the complete pattern is right there on the page. In classic greys he is pure storybook raccoon; make him for a nursery, a craft fair table, or your own shelf.
Pattern: Rocky the Raccoon by Nicole Chase (The Nicole Chase) — Get the free pattern
2. Jr. Rakku and His Colourwork Mask
Jr. Rakku is the artist of this collection — a ten-inch raccoon from Craft Passion whose mask, muzzle and cream belly are all worked straight into the rounds using split single crochet, the waistcoat stitch that keeps amigurumi colourwork standing in beautifully straight columns. He is crocheted with a 3.5 mm hook in grey, white and black acrylic, and my favourite detail is his hands: each one has tiny individual crocheted fingers, a loving detail that makes people lean in for a closer look. His eyes sit on little white felt circles so they shine against the black mask, and there is even an optional pair of doll glasses if your raccoon is the scholarly type. This one asks for a bit of patience with stranded yarn, but the portrait-like finish is worth every float.
Pattern: Jr. Rakku Raccoon Amigurumi by Craft Passion — Get the free pattern
3. The Velvet Flip Flop Raccoon
If you want maximum squish in minimum time, meet the Flip Flop Raccoon from Darling Maple Designs, designed in soft bulky chenille velvet yarn. The head and body are worked in one piece, and the arms and legs can either be sewn on or crocheted in as you go — so a genuinely low-sew, even no-sew finish is possible. The designer shows him in Bernat Velvet and also in Premier Parfait Chunky with the same hook, so your favourite plush yarn will behave beautifully here. Big 12 mm safety eyes give him that wide, babyish stare that sells plushies before you have even finished stuffing them. The full pattern is free on her blog, with an inexpensive ad-free PDF on Ravelry and Etsy if you want a printable. One rainy afternoon and this fellow is ready to flop into someone's arms.
Pattern: Flip Flop Raccoon by Darling Maple Designs — Get the free pattern
4. Jimothy, the Little Seattle Celebrity
This raccoon comes with a true story. Jimothy is a real raccoon in Seattle, born with Short Spine Syndrome, whose joyful neighbourhood videos charmed the whole internet — and Sarah Zimmerman at Repeat Crafter Me has turned him into a sturdy little amigurumi who stands on four short legs or relaxes in his signature lounging pose. He is worked in Red Heart Super Saver in Dusty Gray, black and white with an H (5.0 mm) hook, finishing about ten inches from tail to nose and seven inches tall. Kawaii safety eyes with painted highlights sparkle inside his black eye patch, and in a clever twist the snout is single-crocheted directly onto the body instead of sewn. The pattern is free on her blog; a three-page ad-free Quick Print PDF is available in her Etsy shop if you like crocheting from paper.
Pattern: Jimothy the Raccoon by Sarah Zimmerman at Repeat Crafter Me — Get the free pattern
5. The Pocket-Sized Ragdoll
Spin a Yarn Crochet's Pocket Raccoon is amigurumi at its most portable: a flat ragdoll made from just two pieces worked in rows and joined together, finishing about five and a half inches tall and four inches wide. That flat, floppy construction gives him a sweet storybook look, and because there are so few pieces he is a genuinely quick make — an evening, not a weekend. The face colouring does all the raccoon work: mask, muzzle and ringed tail on a simple grey body. He is the perfect size to tuck into a coat pocket, hang from a school bag, or post to a friend who needs cheering up. The pattern is free on her blog, with an inexpensive formatted ad-free PDF available if you prefer. Make a whole family of them in different shades of grey and nobody will blame you.
Pattern: Pocket Raccoon by Spin a Yarn Crochet — Get the free pattern
6. Ronnie, Worked in One Piece
Elisa Sartori's Ronnie is built the clever way: the two legs are joined and the body and head grow upwards in one continuous piece, with the white belly panel and the black mask band worked in as colour changes along the way. That means far less sewing than most amigurumi, and the mask can never sit crooked because it is literally part of his face. His safety eyes are set through little white felt circles so they pop against the dark band, and his nose and eyebrows are simply embroidered. Add the striped tail and little black ears and he has that chunky, huggable Elisa look that her patterns are loved for. The complete pattern is free on her blog, Elisa's Crochet, with the rounds written out step by step. If one-piece construction makes your heart sing, Ronnie is your raccoon.
Pattern: Ronnie the Raccoon by Elisa Sartori (Elisa’s Crochet) — Get the free pattern
7. The Classic Tummy-Patch Plush
Some patterns become classics because they just work, and the Raccoon Amigurumi from Loops and Love Crochet has been delighting makers since 2018. He is a seated plush with a soft white oval tummy patch sewn onto his front, a long ringed tail — lightly stuffed at the base so it holds its curve — and that friendly, upright posture that looks so good on a child's bed. The palette is simple grey, white and black, the stitches are plain single crochet, and the whole pattern is written out free on her blog, tail stripes and all. Because the pieces are separate, he is a lovely project for practising neat assembly and invisible sewing. Make him in worsted for a firm little fellow, or size everything up with chunky yarn for a proper cuddle cushion. A proven, much-loved pattern that earns its place here.
Pattern: Raccoon Amigurumi by Loops and Love Crochet — Get the free pattern
8. The Easiest First Raccoon
Lucy Kate designed her raccoon specifically as a gateway into crochet toys, and you can feel that kindness in every choice. The mask markings are simplified into complete circles, so there are no fiddly colour changes to leave your hook, as she puts it, in a puddle of yarn confusion — you simply work in the round and let the shapes do the work. He is made in DK yarn with a 4 mm hook — about 100 grams of grey plus smaller amounts of black and white — with 10 mm safety eyes and truly minimal sewing at the end. The result still reads unmistakably as a raccoon, with those bold circular eye patches giving him a sweet graphic look. If you have a friend who keeps saying she wants to learn amigurumi, this is the pattern to make together. Quick, forgiving and genuinely cute.
Pattern: Easy Crochet Raccoon by Lucy Kate Crochet — Get the free pattern
9. The Chunky Chenille Cuddle
Amigurumi Today's plush raccoon is the one that looks like he wandered out of a toy shop window. He is worked in bulky weight-5 plush chenille yarn — Himalaya Dolphin Baby or YarnArt Dolce — with a 4 mm hook, and that soft yarn builds a chunky, rounded body remarkably fast. Finished, he stands about 21 centimetres (eight inches) tall, with masked eyes, 12 mm safety eyes and the all-important ringed tail rendered in squishy plush stitches. The pattern is rated easy, which in chenille means a deeply relaxing weekend make. Here is the honest detail: the pattern is free to read online with a free Amigurumi Today account — a quick sign-up, no payment — and a PDF is sold in their shop if you would rather own it outright. For a baby gift that looks genuinely expensive, this is the one.
Pattern: Plush Amigurumi Raccoon by Amigurumi Today — Get the free pattern
10. Two Sizes, Cotton or Velvet
Mariska Vos-Bolman's little raccoon lets you choose your own adventure: work him small and neat at about 11 centimetres in sport weight cotton with a 2.5 mm hook, or soft and huggable at about 18 centimetres in velvet yarn with a 3.5 mm hook. The same written pattern — in English using US terms, and in Dutch — covers both, which makes him a lovely stash project at either scale. His shape is simple and rounded, the kind of classic amigurumi silhouette that always photographs well. To be transparent about the link: her Ravelry page is the hub, and from there you hop to the complete pattern, which is free on her own DIY Fluffies website. Mariska also happily allows finished raccoons to be sold, as long as she is credited as the designer — good news for market makers. One pattern, two very different little bandits.
Pattern: Raccoon Amigurumi by Mariska Vos-Bolman (DIY Fluffies) — Get the free pattern
11. The Winter Woodland Lovey
For the smallest raccoon fans, this lovey from Unique Baby Gear Ideas pairs a stuffed raccoon head with a draping blanket body — a roughly twenty-inch square worked in an alternating single and double crochet texture with a 4 mm hook, then turned point-down so it falls like a little cape. The raccoon himself is assembled over the centre with a stuffed head, small arms and his striped tail peeking out at the back, and the finishing touch is a short black winter cowl sewn permanently around his neck, which is almost unbearably cute. Finished, the lovey hangs about nineteen and a half to twenty and a half inches from ears to blanket point. It is rated advanced beginner to intermediate, and do follow the designer's gauge checkpoints as you go — she is upfront that this one rewards careful measuring. A woodland nursery gift with real heirloom energy.
Pattern: Winter Woodland Raccoon Lovey by Jan Bay at Unique Baby Gear Ideas — Get the free pattern
12. A Raccoon Hat for the Whole Family
Sarah Zimmerman's raccoon hat began life as her fox hat — until she looked at it one day and saw the raccoon hiding inside, needing only black eye patches to appear. The pattern is written in seven sizes, from 0–3 months right up to teen and adult, so the entire family can match, which is either adorable or excellent blackmail material depending on the age of your children. It is worked in Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in Silver Grey, Silver Blue and black with an H hook: a double crochet beanie base, then a nose bridge and nose, spiky cheek fluff, and ears in two sizes with pale inner ears. The button eyes — a white button layered with a smaller black one on each patch — give it a charming handmade-storybook finish, and the full pattern is free on her blog. Start with the baby size; you will be making the adult one by Friday.
Pattern: Crochet Raccoon Hat by Sarah Zimmerman at Repeat Crafter Me — Get the free pattern
13. The Plaid Woodland Hat
Whistle and Ivy's plaid animal hats are a woodland wardrobe all by themselves — fox, deer and bear versions exist, but naturally it is the raccoon we are here for. The hat is worked from the bottom up in her signature plaid and gingham colourwork, and the ears are formed in the simplest possible way: the top is closed flat and cinched a little, and ears appear as if by magic. Add the raccoon's mask and face details and the grey plaid suddenly reads as pure forest bandit. The pattern is sized for the whole family, so this is a brilliant choice for matching autumn photos or a woodland-themed birthday. Like all her patterns, it is free on her blog — and if you have never tried plaid colourwork, a hat is the friendly place to learn it.
Pattern: Plaid Woodland Animal Hats (Raccoon) by Whistle and Ivy — Get the free pattern
14. The Big-Tailed Appliqué
Sometimes you do not need a whole raccoon — you need a flat one, ready to sew onto a baby blanket, a bath towel or the front of a plain little hat. This appliqué from Unique Baby Gear Ideas is built from simple flat pieces in worsted scraps: about 35 yards of medium grey, 20 of charcoal and a whisper of cream, with a 3.5 mm (E) hook. The face is embroidered rather than made with safety eyes, which keeps the whole thing soft and baby-safe, and the star of the design is the tail — big, curved and boldly striped, sweeping up beside the body so the raccoon reads clearly from across the room. There is even guidance for a smaller face-only version when the full animal is too large for your project. Flat, fast and endlessly useful in a nursery makes box.
Pattern: Raccoon Appliqué by Jan Bay at Unique Baby Gear Ideas — Get the free pattern
15. A Woodland Ornament for the Tree
Maria's Blue Crayon brings the raccoon to the Christmas tree with this sweet little ornament, worked in worsted weight yarn — light grey, dark grey, white and black, with a touch of red — on a 4.00 mm hook with tiny 6 mm safety eyes. Her pattern notes are full of the small kindnesses experienced designers share, like working your decreases in the front loops only so the face stays neat and clean. He is just the right size to hang on the tree, tie onto a wrapped gift as the tag everyone keeps, or dangle in a woodland nursery all year round. The pattern is free on her blog; an ad-free PDF is available on Etsy and Ravelry if you collect printables. Make a set of woodland friends to match and your tree becomes a tiny forest.
Pattern: Woodland Raccoon Ornament by Maria’s Blue Crayon — Get the free pattern
16. The Raccoon Pumpkin
And now for the most gloriously silly idea in this collection: a pumpkin, dressed as a raccoon. Lindsey's design at Winding Road Crochet adds a grey raccoon face and mask to a plump crochet pumpkin, with pointed ears worked in rows and a neat felt inner-ear detail sewn halfway through the crochet so the back stays tidy. It is autumn decorating at its most cheerful — a whole row of them along the mantel would make me happy every single day of October. The pattern is free on her blog with clear photos for the ear shaping, which is the trickiest part and still very manageable. Use him as a porch greeter, a table centrepiece, or the Halloween decoration that even the non-spooky households vote for. Some projects are heirlooms; this one is pure joy, and that counts double.
Pattern: Crochet Raccoon Pumpkin by Winding Road Crochet — Get the free pattern
17. A Tapestry Square for Blankets and Blocks
Left in Knots' raccoon square belongs to her Grids for Kids Forest Friends series, and it is tapestry crochet at its friendliest: a pixel-style raccoon face worked into a square with full written colour changes, so you are never left squinting at a chart. It is a true scrap-buster — well under a hundred yards of each colour — in sturdy Red Heart Super Saver and With Love yarns with an H (5.0 mm) hook. The squares are designed to join into a woodland afghan, but the designer's own favourite use is even better: sew two together, stuff them, and you have soft plush blocks that toddlers can stack, toss and sneak into bed. The complete pattern is free on her blog. One square is an evening; a blanket is a season of very happy evenings.
Pattern: Crochet Raccoon Square by Left in Knots — Get the free pattern
18. The C2C Face Panel
If corner-to-corner is your love language, Lovable Loops has drawn you a raccoon. Her C2C panel works up to fourteen inches square in worsted yarn — Red Heart Super Saver in white, black, dusty grey and charcoal — with a G-6 (4 mm) hook, and she gives you both the graph and the complete written row-by-row colour counts, so you can follow whichever format your brain prefers. It is rated for advanced beginners, which in C2C terms means the colour changes are kind and the face is forgiving. The panel is one of twelve animal designs in her woodland baby blanket, but it stands perfectly well alone as a cushion front, a tote panel or nursery wall art. The pattern is free on her blog, border instructions included. Grey on white has never looked so cheerful.
Pattern: C2C Crochet Raccoon Panel by Lovable Loops — Get the free pattern
19. The Wildlife Graphghan Square
Kinga Erdem's raccoon is Week 7 of her much-loved Wildlife Graphghan crochet-along at My Hobby Is Crochet — a whole menagerie of corner-to-corner animal blocks designed to join into one spectacular blanket. Her squares are worked in half double crochet C2C, the mini box stitch that keeps pixels crisp, and finish around sixteen inches square, with the graph and full written row-by-row instructions published free on her blog. The raccoon's portrait is a charmer: bold mask, bright eyes and enough contrast to hold his own next to the CAL's owls, deer and bears. A small note on the link: the credit below takes you to Kinga's Ravelry page for the square, which leads straight on to the free pattern and graph on her blog. Work him alone as a cushion, or let him start a very ambitious blanket.
Pattern: Raccoon C2C Square by Kinga Erdem at My Hobby Is Crochet — Get the free pattern
20. The Autumn Leaves C2C Blanket
We are finishing with the showstopper: Hailee Lynn's It's Fall Y'all Raccoon, a full corner-to-corner blanket — sixty by ninety squares — showing one joyful raccoon mid-leap, diving into a glorious pile of autumn leaves. Nine colours build the scene, from the blue background to the orange, gold and yellow leaves. Now the honest part: the free version on her Knotted Up In String blog gives you the one-page chart and the written row-by-row instructions, which is everything you need to make it; the premium PDF (five dollars) simply adds an oversized four-page chart, colour-block rows and yarn conversions for DK and chunky weights. The credit link goes to her Ravelry page, which points you to both versions. As a fall heirloom or a woodland nursery centrepiece, nothing else on this list comes close.
Pattern: Raccoon Autumn Leaves C2C Blanket by Hailee Lynn at Knotted Up In String — Get the free pattern
Conclusion
And that is twenty raccoons, my friend — velvet and chenille plushies, a colourwork portrait with tiny fingers, a pocket ragdoll, a lovey in a winter cowl, hats for babies and for whole families, an appliqué, an ornament, one very proud pumpkin, and enough C2C graphs to blanket a small forest. If you are new to amigurumi, start with Lucy Kate's easy raccoon or little Rocky; if you are ready for a showpiece, Jr. Rakku's colourwork or the Autumn Leaves blanket are calling your name. Whichever bandit you choose, remember the raccoon rule: keep your stitches neat, your tail stripes bold, and your snacks well guarded.
Now tell me — are you team cuddly plush raccoon or team cosy raccoon hat, and which of these twenty is going on your hook first? I read every comment, and I cannot wait to see your makes!
