Learn how to crochet a life-like strawberry plant amigurumi with a step-by-step tutorial in this post to educate your kids. It features the strawberries in the growth phase from blooms to green strawberries and ripe ones, too. In this way, it is a super-detailed and educational addition to your home decor perfect for beginners.
You can crochet it as a large or small within just a few hours and the pattern is very repetitive. It can also be a great spring gift for anybody around you.
Below we have mentioned important details about this project so that novices may follow along with the tutorial.
Skill Level: Intermediates
Crochet Strawberry Plant Amigurumi Tutorial
In the following video tutorial, the tutor teaches how to crochet a cute strawberry plant using basic amigurumi and flat-working techniques. This project is perfect for both beginners and experienced looking for a unique spring project. Following are the video notes:
- Ripe Strawberry: The tutor starts with a basic strawberry crochet pattern that includes stuffed part in 9 rounds, and embroidery seeds using a yarn needle. Instead of polyester, she puts Plastic Cellophane inside. To crochet the leaves, you will work flat, using slip stitch, chains, and stitch skipping. Five leaflets are required that will be joined to the strawberry top.
- Green strawberry: Using light green yarn, you will crochet green strawberries in a similar pattern but smaller than ripe. It also needs leaves.
- Flower: You will crochet basic flower petals and insert some yarn cuttings in yellow. There is also a pattern for crocheting individual leaves and branches which will be attached together yarn. For durability, make sure to insert the wire.
Supplies Needed
Following are the tools and materials recommended by the tutor to crochet this strawberry plant amigurumi. You can choose specific supplies, too.
- Yarns: Green, Light Green, Red, Yellow, White,
- Hook 3mm
- Scissor
- Needle
- Cross Stitch thread (yellow)
- Plastic Cellophane
- Wire 19cm for fruits & flowers
- Wire 24cm for leaves
What is the best yarn for the crochet strawberry plant amigurumi?
For crocheting a strawberry plant amigurumi, the best yarn fiber is Cotton Yarn. Cotton provides excellent stitch definition, holds its shape well, and gives a nice, smooth finish that's ideal for detailed work like amigurumi strawberry.
Stitches Used
Here is the overview of the stitches used in the crochet Strawberry Plant Amigurumi:
- Single Crochet (sc): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops on the hook.
- Chain (ch): Yarn over, pull through the loop on the hook.
- Double Crochet (dc): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
- Skip (sk): Skip the next stitch and work into the following stitch.
- Increase (inc): Work two single crochet stitches into the same stitch.
- Decrease (dec): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all three loops on the hook.
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