I needed a prize for the football pool I run at work, so I made a piggy bank (the “safe bet” prize) out of a Pom Wonderful bottle. It’s a working bank!
I don’t have a ton of the pictures of the construction but I do have a few of the bottle cutting - you cut the top off and that becomes the bottom (that is accessible via the flap) and then you cut the coin slip in the back of the head - I started crocheting and then marked the spot I needed to cut on the bottle.
Not going to lie, crocheting around the bottle was very frustrating and I looked into a lot of ways to be able to crochet it flat and sew it on later, but I really liked the way this looked.
Note that you will have to stuff the top of the head (the concave bottom of the bottle) with a little bit of fiberfill.
Pattern…
Red Heart Pink Yarn
G Hook
Head and body
- 6 sc in a magic ring
- inc around (12)
- (sc, inc) around (18)
- (sc, inc, sc) around (24)
- (3sc, inc) around (30)
- (2sc, inc, 2sc) around (36)
- (5sc, inc) around (42)
8-9. sc around (42) (2 rounds) - ch 4, sk first 4 st, sc in remaining st (42)
- 4 sc over chain, sc in remaining st (42)
12-14. sc around (42) (3 rounds) - (5sc, dec) around (36)
- (2sc, dec, 2sc) around (30)
17-25. sc around (42) (9 rounds) - (2sc, inc, 2sc) around (36)
- (5sc, inc) around (42)
28-32. sc around (42) (5 rounds)
Somewhere in here you have to squeeze it onto the bottle if you haven’t already. - (5sc, dec) around (36)
- (2sc, dec, 2sc) around (30)
- (3sc, dec) around (24)
- (sc, dec, sc) around (18)
- (sc, inc) around (12)
Fasten off
Coin flap
- 6sc in magic ring (6)
- inc around (12)
- (sc, inc) around (18)
- (2sc, inc) around (24)
Chain enough to hook around tail button, fasten back to coin flap, fasten off.
Ears (make 2)
- Ch 2, 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook (2)
- sc, inc (3)
- 2sc, inc (4)
- sc (4)
- inc, 3sc (5)
- inc, 4sc (6)
Turn and sc up the side, putting 3 sc in tip, then sc down the other side. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Snoot
Start with light pink
- Ch 5, starting in 2nd ch from hook 3 sc, then sc 3 into last stitch. Turn and work down the other side of the chain, 2 sc, inc (10)
- inc, 2sc, 3inc, 2sc, 2inc (17)
- 6sc, 2inc, 6sc, 2inc (21)
Change to darker pink
4, sc in blo (21)
5-6. sc around (21)
Fasten off, leave long tail for sewing
Arms (make 2)
Start with light pink
- 8 sc in magic ring
- 8 sc in BLO around, fasten off.
- Using dark pink, 8 sc
4-6. sc around
Legs (make 2)
Start with light pink
- 6 sc in magic ring
- Inc around (12)
- 12 sc in BLO around, fasten off.
- Using dark pink, 12 sc
5-7. sc around
It’s cloudy with a chance of awesome! This spring-tastic project is featured this week. 