{"id":23682,"date":"2024-07-22T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=23682"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:37:51","slug":"raccoon-crochet-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/raccoon-crochet-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon crochet pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Don&#8217;t miss the Ravellenic Games discount on this pattern until Aug 11 &#8211; keep reading for details!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It feels like forever since I designed a new amigurumi mammal &#8211; my latest designs have all been plants, birds, and reptiles &#8211; so I had to get back to my PlanetJune roots and make a new cute and realistic amigurumi animal for you. And here&#8217;s the result: my <a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\">Raccoon crochet pattern<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/raccoon.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon amigurumi crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Raccoon Fun Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raccoons are naturally found throughout North America, but they&#8217;ve also been introduced into Europe and Japan.<\/li>\n<li>They are named for their dexterous hands, from the Algonquian word <em>aroughcun<\/em>. At night, they can &#8216;see&#8217; their food by touch.<\/li>\n<li>Raccoons are very adaptable and thrive in both wild and urban environments. As omnivores, they can eat any available food.<\/li>\n<li>Urban raccoons are nicknamed &#8216;masked bandits&#8217; and (my favourite) &#8216;trash pandas&#8217; for their black face markings and habit of scavenging garbage!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About the Design<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m shocked it&#8217;s taken this long for me to design a raccoon pattern &#8211; I&#8217;ve had a soft spot for trash pandas since we first moved to Canada and had occasional raccoon visitors to our birdfeeders, and once a litter of adorable babies playing on the garage roof!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/raccoons.jpg\" alt=\"a raccoon eating bird seed; two baby raccoons on the edge of a roof\" \/><em>My very old photos, from 2006-7 (sorry about the quality &#8211; this was before the days of cellphone cameras with low-light modes!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before I started this design, I thought it&#8217;d be pretty easy &#8211; cross the colours of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/badger-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-379.html\">Badger<\/a> with the markings of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/red-panda-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-244.html\">Red Panda<\/a>, and boom! instant Raccoon! &#8211; but <em>every single part<\/em> of the Raccoon needed to be a different shape and size from my previous patterns, so I didn&#8217;t get to take any shortcuts with this pattern \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/raccoon4.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon amigurumi crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The iconic striped tail gives you a perfect opportunity to practice my <a href=\"\/stripes\">Ultimate Stripes<\/a> technique. (I also include alternatives in the pattern, if you prefer speed to perfection.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/raccoon2.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon amigurumi crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And although the all-important face mask has detailed colour changes, they&#8217;re limited to just 5 rounds, and the rest of the pattern is fast and easy, with realistic shaping built right in. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/raccoon3.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon amigurumi crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In real life, raccoons can come in many shades of grey and brown. I chose to make mine pale grey, and used a very dark grey instead of black for the mask to help the eyes stand out. But you can go with the classic black\/white\/grey combo, or make a raccoon with a warmer colouring by using a warm grey or even brown for the main colour and cream or off-white for the face. That&#8217;s one of the great things about amigurumi: it&#8217;s so easy to make a unique animal just by choosing different yarn colours!<\/p>\n<h2>Buy Now<\/h2>\n<p>Are you ready to get started on your Raccoon? If so, you can pick up the <a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\">Raccoon amigurumi crochet pattern<\/a> right now from my shop <em>(but check for the discount below first!)<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Or, if you&#8217;re not quite ready to buy, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/raccoon-38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">favourite\/queue it on Ravelry<\/a> so you don&#8217;t forget about it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=raccoon-38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=raccoon-38&#038;t=.svg\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Ravellenic Games Discount!<\/h2>\n<p>The 2024 Ravellenic Games start this Friday! If you&#8217;d like to challenge yourself to crochet anything from any of my patterns during the timeframe of the Olympic Games (July 26 &#8211; Aug 11 2024), join Team PlanetJune and compete along with us to earn virtual medals and laurel awards.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to make a Raccoon for Team PlanetJune, look out for the <strong>exclusive Team PJ discount code<\/strong> in the Ravelry or Discord <a href=\"\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlanetJune Community groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>From this year, I&#8217;ll be awarding our team laurels via the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/ravgames\">Team PlanetJune microsite<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll find all the info for how to join, plus links to the Team PJ project archives for every games since 2012! (If you don&#8217;t use Ravelry, you can still join in via the Team PJ site and I&#8217;ll award all your Team PJ laurels, but note that you&#8217;ll only be eligible for event medals if you cross the official Ravellenic Games finish lines on Ravelry.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/raccoon-amigurumi-crochet-pattern-p-415.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/raccoon.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon amigurumi crochet pattern by planetjune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not you decide to join us for the Rav Games, I hope you&#8217;ll enjoy my Raccoon pattern! And if you make a raccoon, I&#8217;d <strong>love<\/strong> to see it &#8211; please share it in one of the PJ groups, or tag me (I&#8217;m @planetjune on all the socials) if you post a pic anywhere else \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t miss the Ravellenic Games discount on this pattern until Aug 11 &#8211; keep reading for details! It feels like forever since I designed a new amigurumi mammal &#8211; my latest designs have all been plants, birds, and reptiles &#8211; so I had to get back to my PlanetJune roots and make a new cute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","category-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23682"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23903,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23682\/revisions\/23903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}