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:

  1. Magic ring, ch 1.
  2. Work 6 sc into the magic ring. Pull the ring tight and join with a slip stitch to the first sc. (6 stitches)
  3. Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next st repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (9 stitches)
  4. Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next 2 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (12 stitches)
  5. Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next 3 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (15 stitches)
  6. Ch 1, inc in the next st, sc in the next 4 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (18 stitches)
  7. Ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join with a slip stitch. (18 stitches)
  8. Ch 1, dec, sc in the next 4 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (15 stitches)
  9. Ch 1, dec, sc in the next 3 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (12 stitches)
  10. Ch 1, dec, sc in the next 2 sts repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (9 stitches)
  11. Ch 1, dec, sc in the next st repeat around, join with a slip stitch. (6 stitches)
  12. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff the strawberry body firmly with fiberfill.

Leaves: Using green yarn:

  1. Ch 8.
  2. Starting in the second ch from the hook, sc in each ch across. (7 stitches)
  3. Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across. (7 stitches)
  4. Ch 1, turn, sc, inc in the next st, sc repeat, sc in the last st. (9 stitches)
  5. Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across. (9 stitches)
  6. Ch 1, turn, sc, dec repeat, sc in the last st. (6 stitches)
  7. Ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across. (6 stitches)
  8. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Seeds: Using black yarn, embroider small V shapes randomly onto the strawberry body.

Assembly:

  1. Sew the leaves to the top of the strawberry body.
  2. Embroider the seeds onto the strawberry body using the black yarn.
  3. 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!