Woodland Raccoon C2C Crochet Square Pattern for Beginners

Looking to crochet something super cute? Let me introduce my cute Raccoon C2C crochet square pattern! This pattern creates a finished square that measures 22 by 22 inches. It’s one of four woodland animals I designed, all the same size. The other three animals are a bear, a fox, and an owl. They are all super cute!

These squares can be used together to make a baby blanket or for many other crochet projects. Imagine making pillows, wall hangings, or a cozy throw with these charming woodland friends. Let’s get started on this fun and creative project together! The free crochet pattern is below.

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Lovable Loops free Woodland Crochet Raccoon Pattern C2C Square

Free C2C Crochet Square Pattern

People love raccoons and find them incredibly cute because of their playful and curious nature. With their distinctive black mask markings and bushy tails, raccoons have a unique and charming appearance. Their clever and mischievous behavior, often seen in the way they explore their surroundings and use their little paws, adds to their appeal.

Raccoons remind us of playful nights and adventurous spirits. In crafting, creating raccoon-themed items brings a touch of this playful mischief and cuteness into our homes, making projects even more fun and delightful.

Crochet Project Materials Needed

  •  Crochet Hook Size: G-6 4 mm
  • Yarn: Worsted weight yarn #4 in white, black, pink, gray, and dark gray. My square weighs 335 grams/11.8 ounces.
  • Yarn needle: Use this to weave in your ends.
  • Scissors: Use scissors to fasten off your yarn.
  • Stitch marker(s): Optional. Use these to help keep track of your stitches. 

Printable PDF Version

View this pattern in my Etsy shop: Crochet Raccoon Pattern C2C Square

C2C Crochet Square Pattern Information

Skill Level

Advanced beginners. The raccoon square is made using the corner to corner C2C crochet method. It involves color changes.  

Finished Size

22 inches by 22 inches

Gauge

8 squares (ch 3 + 3 dc) = 4 inches

Crochet Terms

  • dc = double crochet
  • sc = single crochet
  • hdc = half double crochet
  • ch/chs = chain/chains
  • st/sts = stitch/stitches
  • sl st = slip stitch

C2C Crochet Technique

  • The square is made in the C2C technique. You make “squares” in diagonal rows starting in the bottom right corner and ending in the top left corner.
  • Each square is made of a chain 3 + 3 double crochet.
  • Chain 6 to start a new row and chain 3 to start a new square.
  • You can follow the picture graph or the written instructions.
  • The written pattern tells you how many squares to make of each color and in what order.

C2C Video Tutorial

Need C2C help? I have a step by step C2C tutorial for my mini heart square on my YouTube channel.

C2C Crochet Pattern Notes

  • The pattern is written in US terms. 
  • ↙ You are working on the “right side”.
  • ↗ You are working on the “wrong side”. 

C2C Crochet Square Pattern Instructions

Download the crochet raccoon pattern graph.

↙ Row 1: white x 1 (1 square) 
↗ Row 2: white x 2 (2 squares) 
↙ Row 3: white x 3 (3 squares) 
↗ Row 4: white x 4 (4 squares) 
↙ Row 5: white x 5 (5 squares) 
↗ Row 6: white x 6 (6 squares) 
↙ Row 7: white x 7 (7 squares) 
↗ Row 8: white x 8 (8 squares) 
↙ Row 9: white x 9 (9 squares) 
↗ Row 10: white x 10 (10 squares) 
↙ Row 11: white x 11 (11 squares) 
↗ Row 12: white x 12 (12 squares) 
↙ Row 13: white x 10, black x 1, white x 2 (13 squares) 
↗ Row 14: white x 2, black x 1, white x 2, black x 3, gray x 2, black x 2, white x 2 (14 squares) 
↙ Row 15: white x 2, gray x 1, black x 2, gray x 2, black x 3, gray x 1, black x 2, white x 2 (15 squares) 
↗ Row 16: white x 2, black x 2, gray x 2, black x 3, gray x 1, black x 3, gray x 1, white x 2 (16 squares) 
↙ Row 17: white x 2, gray x 2, black x 2, gray x 2, black x 2, gray x 3, black x 2, white x 2 (17 squares) 
↗ Row 18: white x 2, black x 2, gray x 4, black x 2, gray x 2, black x 2, gray x 1, black x 1, white x 2 (18 squares) 
↙ Row 19: white x 2, black x 1, gray x 2, black x 2, gray x 2, black x 1, gray x 5, black x 2, white x 2 (19 squares) 
↗ Row 20: white x 2, black x 2, gray x 6, black x 1, gray x 2, black x 2, gray x 1, black x 2, white x 2 (20 squares) 
↙ Row 21: white x 2, gray x 1, black x 1, gray x 2, black x 2, gray x 1, white x 1, gray x 8, white x 3 (21 squares) 
↗ Row 22: white x 3, gray x 3, white x 3, gray x 3, white x 1, black x 3, gray x 1, black x 2, gray x 1, white x 2 (22 squares) 
↙ Row 23: white x 3, gray x 1, black x 1, gray x 2, black x 2, white x 1, black x 1, gray x 2, white x 4, gray x 3, white x 3 (23 squares) 
↗ Row 24: white x 3, gray x 3, white x 5, black x 3, white x 1, black x 2, gray x 1, white x 6 (24 squares) 
↙ Row 25: white x 10, black x 4, white x 5, gray x 3, black x 1, white x 2 (25 squares) 
↗ Row 26: white x 2, black x 1, gray x 3, white x 5, black x 5, white x 10 (26 squares) 
↙ Row 27: white x 11, black x 5, white x 5, gray x 2, black x 2, white x 2 (27 squares) 
↗ Row 28: white x 2, black x 2, gray x 2, white x 5, black x 6, white x 11 (28 squares) 
↙ Row 29: white x 6, gray x 2, white x 4, black x 5, white x 6, gray x 2, black x 2, white x 2 (29 squares) 
↗ Row 30: white x 2, black x 2, gray x 2, white x 7, black x 5, white x 2, gray x 4, white x 6 (30 squares) 
↙ Row 31: white x 6, gray x 5, white x 2, gray x 2, white x 10, gray x 2, black x 2, white x 2 (31 squares) 
↗ Row 32: white x 2, black x 2, gray x 3, white x 10, gray x 2, white x 1, gray x 6, white x 6 (32 squares) 
↙ Row 33: white x 6, (dark gray) x 3, gray x 4, white x 1, gray x 2, white x 10, gray x 3, white x 4 (33 squares) 
↗ Row 34: white x 4, gray x 4, white x 10, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 4, white x 6 (34 squares) 
↙ Row 35: white x 6, gray x 1, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 6, white x 6, black x 1, white x 3, gray x 3, white x 5 (35 squares) 
↗ Row 36: white x 5, gray x 4, white x 2, black x 2, white x 5, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 5, white x 7 (36 squares) 
↙ Row 37: white x 7, gray x 1, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 6, white x 4, black x 3, white x 1, gray x 4, white x 6 (37 squares) 
↗ Row 38: white x 7, gray x 4, black x 3, white x 4, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 2, black x 1, (dark gray) x 3, gray x 2, white x 6 (38 squares) 
↙ Row 39: white x 6, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 2, black x 2, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 1, gray x 2, white x 3, black x 4, gray x 3, white x 8 (39 squares) 
↗ Row 40: white x 9, gray x 3, black x 3, white x 3, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 1, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 3, black x 1, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 2, pink x 1, gray x 1, white x 6 (40 squares) 
Corner: Start decreasing on both ends 
↙ Row 41: white x 5, gray x 1, pink x 2, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 2, white x 2, black x 4, gray x 2, white x 9 (39 squares) 
↗ Row 42: white x 10, black x 4, gray x 4, (dark gray) x 3, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 3, pink x 2, gray x 1, white x 4 (38 squares) 
↙ Row 43: white x 3, gray x 1, pink x 3, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 1, (dark gray) x 1, gray x 3, black x 4, white x 10 (37 squares) 
↗ Row 44: white x 10, black x 3, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 1, black x 2, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 4, pink x 3, gray x 1, white x 2 (36 squares) 
↙ Row 45: white x 2, gray x 3, pink x 1, gray x 4, (dark gray) x 3, black x 3, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 1, gray x 3, black x 3, white x 10 (35 squares) 
↗ Row 46: white x 14, gray x 5, black x 2, gray x 10, white x 3 (34 squares) 
↙ Row 47: white x 5, gray x 8, black x 2, gray x 5, white x 13 (33 squares) 
↗ Row 48: white x 12, gray x 6, black x 1, gray x 9, white x 4 (32 squares) 
↙ Row 49: white x 4, gray x 9, (dark gray) x 3, gray x 4, white x 11 (31 squares) 
↗ Row 50: white x 10, gray x 4, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 8, white x 4 (30 squares) 
↙ Row 51: white x 4, gray x 8, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 4, white x 9 (29 squares) 
↗ Row 52: white x 9, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 7, white x 4 (28 squares) 
↙ Row 53: white x 4, gray x 7, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 3, white x 8 (27 squares) 
↗ Row 54: white x 7, gray x 3, (dark gray) x 2, black x 1, (dark gray) x 3, gray x 6, white x 4 (26 squares) 
↙ Row 55: white x 4, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 2, black x 2, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 2, white x 7 (25 squares) 
↗ Row 56: white x 6, gray x 2, (dark gray) x 3, black x 1, (dark gray) x 2, gray x 6, white x 4 (24 squares) 
↙ Row 57: white x 4, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 2, white x 6 (23 squares) 
↗ Row 58: white x 6, gray x 1, (dark gray) x 5, gray x 6, white x 4 (22 squares) 
↙ Row 59: white x 4, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 1, white x 6 (21 squares) 
↗ Row 60: white x 6, (dark gray) x 4, gray x 6, white x 4 (20 squares) 
↙ Row 61: white x 4, gray x 6, (dark gray) x 3, white x 6 (19 squares) 
↗ Row 62: white x 6, gray x 8, white x 4 (18 squares) 
↙ Row 63: white x 5, gray x 5, white x 7 (17 squares) 
↗ Row 64: white x 7, gray x 1, pink x 3, gray x 1, white x 4 (16 squares) 
↙ Row 65: white x 4, gray x 1, pink x 3, gray x 1, white x 6 (15 squares) 
↗ Row 66: white x 6, gray x 1, pink x 3, white x 4 (14 squares) 
↙ Row 67: white x 3, gray x 1, pink x 2, gray x 1, white x 6 (13 squares) 
↗ Row 68: white x 6, gray x 1, pink x 1, gray x 1, white x 3 (12 squares) 
↙ Row 69: white x 3, pink x 1, gray x 1, white x 6 (11 squares) 
↗ Row 70: white x 6, gray x 2, white x 2 (10 squares) 
↙ Row 71: white x 2, gray x 1, white x 6 (9 squares) 
↗ Row 72: white x 8 (8 squares) 
↙ Row 73: white x 7 (7 squares) 
↗ Row 74: white x 6 (6 squares) 
↙ Row 75: white x 5 (5 squares) 
↗ Row 76: white x 4 (4 squares) 
↙ Row 77: white x 3 (3 squares) 
↗ Row 78: white x 2 (2 squares) 
↙ Row 79: white x 1 (1 square) 

Border for the C2C Crochet Square Pattern

Make 2 hdc in each square along the sides and in each corner square make (2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc).

Finishing the C2C Crochet Square Pattern

Fasten off and then weave in the ends.

Exploring Pixel Art in Crochet

When I design my corner to corner (C2C) crochet designs, I create pixel charts. These charts are super helpful and are also known as “graphs”, “alpha patterns”, and “grids”.

What’s cool is that you can use these pixel crochet pdf pattern free downloads not just for crochet but also for knitting, cross-stitch, needlepoint, weaving, tapestry, beadwork, and even pixel art.

They make creating beautiful crafts easier, especially if you’re using easy pixel art templates or looking for pixel drawing grid art ideas. Whether you want a big project or something smaller, my small pixel art grid easy and pix art pixel grid crochet pattern are perfect for all craft lovers!

Looking for More Free Crochet Patterns?

You may also like my woodland animals blanket, woodland wall hanging, bear hat, and my smaller C2C raccoon patterns.

Let’s Connect!

I’d love to hear from you. You can find me on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and my YouTube channel. Until then, happy crocheting!