Crochet A Giant Strawberry – Free Pattern
Sure, here’s a simple crochet pattern for creating a giant strawberry plushie. This plushie can be a fun and adorable addition to your home decor or a delightful gift for someone special.
Materials Needed:
- Worsted weight yarn in red (for the strawberry body), green (for the leaves), and black (for the seeds)
- Crochet hook appropriate for your yarn (usually around size G/4.0mm)
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Abbreviations:
- Ch: Chain
- Sc: Single crochet
- Inc: Increase (work 2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch)
- Dec: Decrease (single crochet two stitches together)
Instructions:
Strawberry Body: Using red yarn:
- Magic ring, ch 1.
- Work 6 sc into the magic ring. Pull the ring tight and join with a slip stitch to the first sc. (6 stitches)
- Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next st repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (9 stitches)
- Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next 2 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (12 stitches)
- Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next 3 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (15 stitches)
- Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next 4 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (18 stitches)
- Ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join with a slip stitch. (18 stitches)
- Ch 1, dec, sc in the next 4 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (15 stitches)
- Ch 1, dec, sc in the next 3 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (12 stitches)
- Ch 1, dec, sc in the next 2 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (9 stitches)
- Ch 1, dec, sc in the next st repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (6 stitches)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff the strawberry body firmly with fiberfill.
Leaves: Using green yarn:
- Ch 8.
- Starting in the second ch from the hook, sc in each ch across. (7 stitches)
- Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across. (7 stitches)
- Ch 1, turn, sc, inc in the next st, sc repeat, sc in the last st. (9 stitches)
- Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across. (9 stitches)
- Ch 1, turn, sc, dec repeat, sc in the last st. (6 stitches)
- Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across. (6 stitches)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Seeds: Using black yarn, embroider small V shapes randomly onto the strawberry body.
Assembly:
- Sew the leaves to the top of the strawberry body.
- Embroider the seeds onto the strawberry body using the black yarn.
- Weave in all ends.
Your giant crochet strawberry plushie is now complete! Feel free to get creative with colors and sizes to make a bunch of strawberries in different stages of ripeness. Enjoy your adorable creation!