Make cute crochet strawberries easily with this pattern! Use simple stitches and colorful yarns to bring delightful designs to life.
Crochet Strawberry Pattern
Creating cute crochet strawberries is as fun as picking them! This adorable pattern will have you crafting delightful strawberries that can be plain or chocolate-dipped. Perfect for all, each strawberry is formed using simple single crochet stitches worked in rounds. You’ll need red yarn for the body, green for the leaves, and yellow for the seeds. Embroider charming faces with pink and black yarn to bring them to life! Get ready to enjoy some berry delightful crocheting!
How To Crochet Strawberry Amigurumi
Materials Needed:
- Yarn: Red (for strawberries), Green (for leaves), Yellow (for seeds), Brown (for chocolate dipped version), Black and Pink (for facial embroidery)
- Safety Eyes: 4mm
- Stuffing: Polyester filling (pillow filling)
- Keychain Ring: Optional (for making keychains)
- Tools: 3 mm crochet hook, yarn needle, stitch marker or paper clip, scissors
Abbreviations:
- ch: Chain
- sc: Single Crochet
- inc: Increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
- dec: Decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
- st: Stitch
- sl st: Slip Stitch
Pattern:
Strawberry Base:
- Magic Circle:
- Start by wrapping the red yarn over your finger to form a cross, insert the hook underneath the cross, pull the yarn, and make a slip knot.
- Chain 1.
- Round 1:
- Make 6 sc into the magic circle. (Total 6 st)
- Pull the tail to close the circle.
- Round 2:
- Make 2 sc in each st around. (inc in each st) (Total 12 st)
- Round 3:
- Make 1 sc in each st around. (Total 12 st)
- Round 4:
- 1 sc in next 3 st, inc repeat all the way around. (Total 15 st)
- Round 5:
- Make 1 sc in each st around. (Total 15 st)
- Make 1 sc in each st around. (Total 15 st)
- Round 6:
- 1 sc in the next 4 st, inc repeat all the way around. (Total 18 st)
- Round 7:
- 1 sc in the next 2 st, inc repeat 6 times. (Total 24 st)
- Rounds 8 & 9:
- Make 1 sc in each st around. (Total 24 st each round)
For Chocolate Dipped Version:
- Use Brown yarn for rounds 1-8.
- On the last st of round 8, change to red yarn (yarn over with red yarn to finish the stitch).
- Continue with red yarn starting from round 9, working only in the back loops of Round 8.
Facial Features:
- Insert safety eyes between rounds 6 and 7, approximately 3 stitches apart.
- Embroider a smile with black yarn one row below the eyes.
- Use pink yarn to add blush under the eyes by making small horizontal stitches.
- Make seeds with yellow yarn around the strawberry body.
Decrease Rounds:
- Round 10:
- 1 sc in next 2 st, invisibly dec repeat. (Total 18 st)
- Round 11:
- 1 sc in next st, invisibly dec repeat. (Total 12 st)
- Stuff the body with polyester filling.
- Round 12:
- Invisibly dec all the way around. (Total 6 st)
- Cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Closing the Hole:
- Using the long tail, weave through the front loops of remaining 6 st, pull to close the hole.
Leaves:
- Magic Circle:
- Start with green yarn, chain 1 and make 6 sc into the magic circle. Pull to close.
- Round 1:
- Chain 4, sk first chain, sl st in next 2 ch, sc in last ch, sl st into next st of the circle. (Total 6 leaves)
- Finishing Leaves:
- Cut yarn, leave a long tail for sewing.
- Sew the leaves on top of the strawberry.
Keychain (Optional):
- Attach the keychain ring using the green yarn.
- Secure with knots and hide the tails inside the amigurumi.
And that's it! Your adorable strawberry amigurumi (plain or chocolate-dipped) is complete. Happy Crocheting!
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