Knit a Wolf! Free and Easy Stuffed Animal Knitting Pattern

If you’ve been looking for a fun and cozy project, this stuffed wolf knitting pattern is a great one to try. The toy is knit flat on straight needles, so you don’t need to fuss with knitting in the round. Once you sew the pieces together and add stuffing, you’ll have a handmade wolf that’s soft, cuddly, and full of character.

I designed this wolf knitting pattern to be simple and enjoyable, with clear instructions that make it easy to follow along. It’s perfect if you’ve been wanting to try a knitting pattern for stuffed animals but don’t want anything too complicated. Whether you’re making it as a gift, adding to your collection of knitted toys, or just looking for your next relaxing project, this wolf is a fun way to bring a little wild charm into your knitting. Grab your yarn, cast on, and let’s knit a wolf!

As a side note, I’ve always wanted to make videos for kids starring stuffed animals. Good wholesome stuff for the kids to watch. I’ve received some negative feedback on the use of AI to animate the wolf. I thought that this would be a great use of the new tech, but now I’m not so sure. I made a demo video you can watch here. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. Should I do this or not? Even with AI it’s a lot of work to make these videos. Just because I’m not making the animations myself, there is still the story and video editing required.

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Things You Need

Worsted weight yarn – one standard ball size: 250g / 8.8 oz, 381 meters / 417 yards. 

4 mm (US 6) single point knitting needles

Stitch holder

Tapestry needle

Stuffing – how much depends on the size you make and how firm or soft you like your stuffed animals and dolls.

You can use any type and thickness of yarn you like for this project. If it’s a thinner yarn, it will be smaller. If thicker – larger. I recommend using a needle size one size smaller than recommended for the yarn. It makes the stitches tighter to help the wolf hold its shape and contain the stuffing.

Gauge

In garter stitch and with 4 mm needles and worsted weight yarn

34 rows – 4 inches

18 sts – 4 inches

Wolf Body

Cast on 30

Row 1: K across. 

Row 2: P across. Repeat row 1 and 2 for a total of 24 rows.

Row 25: K5 K2tog K12 K2tog K9. (28 sts)

Row 26: P5 TBLP2tog P11 TBLP2tog P8. (26 sts)

Row 27: K4 K2tog K10 K2tog K8. (24 sts)

Row 28: P4 TBLP2tog P9 TBLP2tog P7. (22 sts)

Row 29: * K1 K2tog * Repeat from * to * to the last st. K1. (15 sts)

Row 30: P across.

Row 31: K across.

Row 32: P across.

Head

Row 33: Reach down and increase in every st. (30 sts)

Knit the stitch as you normally would.

Pick up the stitch below the stitch you just knit.

Pick up the stitch and knit as you normally would.

Stitch completed

Row 34: P across

Row 35: K13 M1 Sl 4 sts (do NOT knit slipped stitches now and for the rest of the pattern) M1 K13 (32 sts)

Row 36: P across

Row 37: K8 M1 K6 M1 Sl 4 sts M1 K6 M1 K8 (36 sts)

Row 38: P across

Row 39: K8 M1 K8 M1 Sl 4 sts M1 K8 M1 K8. (40 sts)

Row 40: P across

Row 41: K18 M1 Sl 4 sts M1 K18. (42 sts)

Row 42: P across

Row 43: K18 K2tog K22. (41 sts)

Row 44: P18 TBLP2tog P21. (40 sts)

Row 45: K17 K2tog K21. (39 sts)

Row 46: P17 TBLP2tog P20. (38 sts)

Row 47: K16 K2tog K20. (37 sts)

Row 48: P16 TBLP2tog P19. (36 sts)

Row 49: K15 K2tog K19. (35 sts)

Row 50: P15 TBLP2tog P18. (34 sts)

Row 51: K14 K2tog K18. (33 sts)

Row 52: P14 TBLP2tog P17. (32 sts)

Row 53: K13 K2tog K17. (31 sts)

Row 54: P13 TBLP2tog P16. (30 sts)

Row 55: K12 K2tog K16. (29 sts)

Row 56: P12 TBLP2tog P15. (28 sts)

Row 57: K19 K2tog K7. (27 sts)

Row 58: P18 TBLP2tog P7. (26 sts)

Row 59: K17 K2tog K7. (25 sts)

Row 60: P16 TBLP2tog P7. (24 sts)

Row 61: K across

Row 62: P across

Row 63: K2tog across

Row 64: P across

Row 65: K2tog across. Break yarn leaving a long enough length to sew seam up the back of the body and head. Draw through.

Foot and Leg (make 2)

Cast on 22

Row 1: K across

Row 2: P across. Repeat row 1 and 2 for a total of 8 rows.

Row 9: K7. Cast off 8 sts. K6. (One st remains on your working needle when casting off). (14 sts)

Row 10: P across. (Bring the sts on the left and right side of the cast off section together so they touch. Purl across as you normally would) (14 sts)

Bring the sts on each side of the cast off sts together.

Purling the sts

Row 10 complete. Wrong side.

View from the side.

Row 11: K across

Row 12: P across. Repeat row 11 and 12 for a total of 12 rows.

Row 23: K1 M1 K12 M1 K1 (16 sts)

Row 24: P across

Row 25: K1 M1 K5 M1 Sl 4 M1 K5 M1 K1 (20 sts)

Row 26: P across

Row 27: K1 M1 K7 M1 Sl 4 M1 K7 M1 K1 (24 sts)

Row 28: P across

Row 29: K1 M1 K9 M1 Sl 4 M1 K9 M1 K1 (28 sts)

Row 30: P across

Row 31: K1 M1 K26 M1 K1 (30 sts)

Row 32: P across

Row 33: K1 M1 K11 K2tog K15 M1 K1 (31 sts)

Row 34: P13 TBLP2tog P16 (30 sts)

Row 35: as row 33 K1 M1 K11 K2tog K15 M1 K1 (31 sts)

Row 36: as row 34 P13 TBLP2tog P16 (30 sts)

Row 37: as row 33 K1 M1 K11 K2tog K15 M1 K1 (31 sts)

Row 38: as row 34 P13 TBLP2tog P16 (30 sts)

Row 39: K12 K2tog K16 (29 sts)

Row 40: P12 TBLP2tog P15 (28 sts)

Cast off. Break yarn leaving a long enough length to sew seam up the back of the leg, bottom and top of foot.

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Arm (make 2)

Cast on 14

Row 1: K across

Row 2: P across. Repeat row 1 and 2 for a total of 20 rows.

Row 21: K3 K2tog K9 (13 sts)

Row 22: P3 TBLP2tog P8 (12 sts)

Row 23: K across

Row 24: P across

Row 25: K3 M1 Sl 6 M1 K3 (14 sts)

Row 26: P across

Row 27: K across

Row 28: P across. Repeat row 27 and 28, 3 more times.

Row 35: K2tog across (7 sts) 

Row 36: P across

Row 37: K2tog across to the last st. K1.

Break yarn leaving a long enough length to sew seam up the back of the paw and arm. Draw through.

Ear (make 2)

Cast on 10 sts. Leave a long length of yarn when casting on to sew the ear to the head

Row 1: K across

Row 2: P across

Row 3: K7 K2tog. K1 (9 sts)

Row 4: P6 TBLP2tog P1 (8 sts)

Row 5: K5 K2tog. K1 (7 sts)

Row 6: P4 TBLP2tog P1 (6 sts)

Row 7: K3 K2tog. K1 (5 sts)

Row 8: P2 TBLP2tog P1 (4 sts)

Row 9: K1 K2tog. K1 (3 sts)

Row 10: TBLP2tog P1 (2 sts)

Row 11: K2tog. Break yarn. Draw through.

Tail

Cast on 8 sts

Row 1: K across

Row 2: P across. Repeat row 1 and 2 for a total of 4 rows.

Row 5: K3 M1 Sl 2 M1 K3 (10 sts)

Row 6: P across

Row 7: K4 M1 Sl 2 M1 K4 (12 sts)

Row 8: P across

Row 9: K5 M1 Sl 2 M1 K5 (14 sts)

Row 10: P across

Row 11: K6 M1 Sl 2 M1 K6 (16 sts)

Row 12: P across

Row 13: K across

Row 14: P across. Repeat row 13 and 14, 2 more times.

Row 19: K2 K2tog K12 (15 sts)

Row 20: P2 TBLP2tog P11 (14 sts)

Row 21: K2 K2tog K10 (13 sts)

Row 22: P2 TBLP2tog P9 (12 sts)

Row 23: K2 K2tog K8 (11 sts)

Row 24: P2 TBLP2tog P7 (10 sts)

Row 25: K2 K2tog K6 (9 sts)

Row 26: P2 TBLP2tog P5 (8 sts)

Row 27: K2 K2tog K4 (7 sts)

Row 28: P2 TBLP2tog P3 (6 sts)

Row 29: K2tog across. Break yarn leaving a long enough length to sew seam up the back of the tail and sew to body. Draw through.

Hints and Tips

If you have difficulty picking up the sts below in row 33 of the head, you can always do a simple increase in each st (2 sts in one st). I’m showing you how to do it this way so you avoid holes around the neck.

Sew together however you feel is best. The legs are large enough at the top the form what you could call butt cheeks. Sew the legs together, then sew them to the back and front. They don’t match st for st so you’ll need to fiddle with making it go together.

You may need another length of yarn when sewing to top of the foot.

Stuff it as firmly as you like. I like mine more on the squishy side yet firm enough to hold its shape.

Embroider on a nose and eyes or you can use googly eyes. You can leave the front paws as is or add lines to separate the “fingers”. Or are they toes? I’m not sure how to refer to them.

I have not done this, but if you use pure wool you can felt this. I would recommend you felt it BEFORE you sew the pieces together and stuff it. If you do this, let me know how it works out for you.

Abbreviations

st – stitch

sts – stitches

Sl – slip the stitch

K – knit

P – purl 

K2tog – knit 2 stitches together

M1 – Make one (knit wise). Increase one stitch between the stitches. Pick up the yarn between the stitches. Twist it slightly and place it on your non-working needle. Knit the stitch. Click this link to watch this video on How to M1 or Make 1 to see how.

TBLP2tog – (Through the Back Loop, Purl 2 sts together) – Purl 2 together through the back loop from left to right. Click this link TBLP2tog  to watch the video. Yes it’s for a different pattern but the stitch technique is the same.

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