Free crochet pattern
Little Lemon Amigurumi Pattern
This free little lemon amigurumi pattern is worked in continuous rounds of single crochet, with increases and decreases for the shaping. In worsted yarn with a 3.5 mm hook it makes a toy about 2½ in tall, and it takes about 30-40 min at an everyday pace. It is one crocheted piece: the safety eyes go in while you make it, then you stuff it and close the last round. Nothing to sew on.
- Level
- Easy
- Size
- About 2½ in
- Time
- 30-40 min
- Piece
- 1
- Yarn
- Worsted
- Hook
- 3.5 mm
The app counts your stitches round by round, reminds you when to add the eyes, and can resize the pattern for other yarns. Free, no account.
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What you need
- Lemon yellow yarn, worsted weight: about 20 yd (20 m)
- 2 safety eyes, 7 mm
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
Yarn amounts are estimates with a little extra for tails.
Stitches and techniques
Magic ring · Single crochet · Increase · Invisible decrease · Stuffing · Safety eyes
Abbreviations (US terms): MR = magic ring, sc = single crochet, inc = 2 sc in the same stitch, dec = crochet 2 stitches together (an invisible decrease looks neatest). The number in brackets is the stitch count at the end of the round.
The pattern
Work in continuous rounds. Move the stitch marker up each round.
Lemon · make 1 · Lemon yellow
| Round | Stitches | Count |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | 8 sc in MR | 8 |
| R2 | inc x4, (sc, inc) x2 | 14 |
| R3 | (sc, inc) x4, (2 sc, inc) x2 | 20 |
| R4 | sc, (inc, 3 sc) x4, inc, 2 sc | 25 |
| R5 | (7 sc, inc) x2, (8 sc, inc) x1 | 28 |
| R6 | (8 sc, inc) x2, (9 sc, inc) x1 | 31 |
| R7 | (9 sc, inc) x2, (10 sc, inc) x1 | 34 |
| R8 | 33 sc, inc | 35 |
| R9 | 34 sc, inc | 36 |
| R10 | sc around | 36 |
| R11 | 34 sc, dec | 35 |
| R12 | 33 sc, dec | 34 |
| R13 | (15 sc, dec) x2 | 32 |
| R14 | (8 sc, dec) x1, (9 sc, dec) x2 | 29 |
| R15 | (5 sc, dec) x3, (6 sc, dec) x1 | 25 |
| R16 | (4 sc, dec) x3, (5 sc, dec) x1 | 21 |
| R17 | (sc, dec) x3, (2 sc, dec) x3 | 15 |
| Stuff firmly. | ||
| R18 | dec x3, (sc, dec) x3 | 9 |
| R19 | dec x3, (sc, dec) x1 | 5 |
| Fasten off, then gather the last 5 stitches closed. | ||
Eyes: Put the safety eyes in now, one between R9 and R10, the other between R11 and R12, level with each other. Once the piece is closed you can't add them.
Stuff firmly. This is the only piece. Nothing to sew on.
Putting it together
- Put the safety eyes in about 4 stitches apart near the middle, before you close the oval.
- Stuff, then close the last round: weave the yarn tail through the front loops and pull it shut.
- Optional: two pink cheeks.
Make it round by round
Open the little lemon in the free Crochet Shelf app to count stitches as you go, see the toy in 3D, and rate the pattern when you finish.
