Crochet instruction
Amigurumi strawberry in a pot
This fruity amigurumi will bring joy and a summer atmosphere to your home. Inga Borges, also known as Frau Line, created this adorable strawberry for you. Grab your hook and let’s tackle this sweet project together!
Table of contents
What you need
- Cotton yarn (100% cotton, 125m/50g – 136yd/1.8oz)
- here in red, light green, and dark green about 20g/0.7oz each, as well as scraps in black, white, and apricot.
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addiNature olive wood crochet hook, 2.5mm/US #B
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safety eyes, diameter 5mm/0.2″
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clay pot, diameter 5cm/2″
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filling cotton wool
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Textile glue
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Tapestry needle
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pins
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Scissors
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optional: stitch marker
Size: ca. 12 cm
Abbreviations
sc2tog = decrease (= crochet 2 sc together)
col = colour
sc = single stitch
hdc = half double crochet
sl st = slip stitch
ch = chain stitch
st/s = stitch(es)
ndl = needle
rd = row/s
rnd/s round(s)
dc = double crochet
rep = repeat
inc = increase (= crochet 2 sc in one st)
tog = together
Amigurumi strawberry in a pot
How it works
Crochet the little strawberry in spiral rnds of sc. Meanwhile, stuff the amigurumi firmly with stuffing material. The leaves are crocheted in rnds around a ch. Fix the finished strawberry in the pot with fabric glue.
Crochet cheeks (2 x in red):
- Crochet 5 sc in magic ring.
- Pull the ring tight.
Put the cheeks aside until they are sewn on later.
Crochet strawberry (in red):
Crochet in spiral-rnd:
| Round 1: | 7 sc in a magic ring. |
| Round 2: | 7 x inc [= 14 sts]. |
| Round 3: | 7x (1 sc, inc) [= 21 sts]. |
| Round 4 | 7x (2 sc, inc) [= 28 sts]. |
| Round 5 | 7x (3 sc, inc) [= 35 sts]. |
| Round 6 | 7x (4 sc, inc) [= 42 sts]. |
| Round 7 | 42 sc. |
| Round 8 | 7x (5 sc, inc) [= 49 sts]. |
| Round 9+10 | 49 sc. |
| Round 11 | 7x (5 sc, sc2tog) [= 42 sts]. |
| Round 12-16 | 42 sc. |
| Round 17 | 2x (19 sc, sc2tog) [= 40 sts]. |
| Round 18 | 40 sc. |
| Round 19 | 2x (18 sc, sc2tog) [= 38 sts]. |
| Round 20-22 | 38 sc. |
| Round 23 | 2x (6 sc, sc2tog, 5 sc, sc2tog), 6 sc, sc2tog [= 33 sts]. |
| Round 24 | 33 sc. |
| Place safety eyes between 15th and 16th rnd, 6 sts apart. Sew the cheeks slightly offset to the outside at the bottom of the eyes. Beg to stuff the body. | |
| Round 25 | 3x (9 sc, sc2tog) [= 30 sts]. |
| Round 26 | 10x (1 sc, sc2tog) [= 20 sts]. |
| Round 27 | 10x sc2tog [= 10 sts]. |
Cut yarn and weave in ends .
- Embroider with black for eyebrows one tension stitch each over 3 sts width and 1 st height with 2 rnds spacing over eyes.
- For the mouth, embroider a tension stitch with black between the 18th and 19th rnd centered below the eyes over 4 sts width and round down the center with another tension stitch.
- Finish by embroidering the entire strawberry with short tension stitches with white.
Crochet big leaf (1x light green, 1x dark green):
Crochet in rnds around a chain. Make ch 10 and crochet from 3rd ch from ndl:
- Round 1: 4 dc, 3 hdc, 3 sc in 1 st, continue crocheting on back of chain, 3 hdc, 4 dc, ch 2, 1 sl st in beginning ch [= 17 sts].
- Round 2: ch 2, 8 (sc 1, ch 1), 3 sc in 1 st, 8 (ch 1, sc 1), ch 2, 1 sl st in sl st of previous rnd [= 19 sts].
- Cut yarn and weave in ends .
Crochet small leaf (3x light green, 2x dark green):
Crochet in rnds around a chain. Make ch 10 and crochet from 3rd ch from ndl:
- Round 1: 4 dc, 3 hdc, 3 sc in 1 st, continue crocheting on back of chain, 3 hdc, 4 dc, ch 2, 1 sl st in beginning ch [= 17 sts].
- Round 2: ch 2, 8 sc, 3 sc in 1 st, 8 sc, ch 2, 1 sl st in sl st of previous rnd [= 19 sts].
- Cut yarn and weave in ends.
Amigurumi strawberry in a pot
Finishing
- Drape 1 large leaf in dark green and light green and 1 small leaf in dark green, as well as 2 small leaves in light green on the head of the strawberry and fix them with pins.
- If you like the arrangement, sew the leaves in place. Now spread textile glue on the inner top edge of the clay pot and carefully place the strawberry in the pot.
- The strawberry should sit straight in the pot. Let everything dry well. Follow the drying times indicated on the glue.
When everything is firm, sew the remaining leaves to the left and right of the face above the edge of the pot.
Design and Photos: Ms Line
Amigurumi strawberry in a pot
Finishing
- Drape 1 large leaf in dark green and light green and 1 small leaf in dark green, as well as 2 small leaves in light green on the head of the strawberry and fix them with pins.
- If you like the arrangement, sew the leaves in place. Now spread textile glue on the inner top edge of the clay pot and carefully place the strawberry in the pot.
- The strawberry should sit straight in the pot. Let everything dry well. Follow the drying times indicated on the glue.
When everything is firm, sew the remaining leaves to the left and right of the face above the edge of the pot.
Design and Photos: Ms Line
