Crochet rattle pattern: one piece, twelve rounds, closed on itself
A free crochet rattle pattern for a ring ~8 cm across the outer edge with a hole about 5 cm wide, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in three colours over about an hour and a half. There is no magic ring in it: round 1 goes into a chain of 24 joined into a circle, and the twelve rounds are symmetrical about the middle — four increases a round out to 40, three straight rounds around the outer curve, then four decreases a round back to the 24 it began with, so the last round closes onto the foundation chain. The colour bands mirror the same way, cream to sage to blue and back again. All twelve rounds are written out below for the single piece, each carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 12 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Beginner
Beginner: one piece, one stitch, and twelve rounds that mirror each other — four increases a round out, three straight, four decreases a round back to the count it started on.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 4
small amount (~10 g)DK cotton, firm and washable
small amount (~12 g)DK cotton, firm and washable
small amount (~15 g)DK cotton, firm and washable
Tools
4 you probably own, 2 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Sealed plastic rattle capsule, 25-30 mm — one solid moulded piece with nothing that can come apart
Polyester stuffing (~20 g), toy grade and washable
Optional
A contrast stitch marker for the round start
Row counter
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Work tighter than the yarn label suggests. The fabric has to be dense enough that no stuffing shows between stitches and nothing inside can work its way out. Exact gauge is not critical — a looser hand makes a larger ring.
Finished size
~8 cm across the outer edge, with a hole about 5 cm wide
Firm cotton is what keeps this washable and keeps the stuffing in. Whatever you use, keep it smooth: nothing fluffy, nothing that sheds, and nothing with a novelty thread plied through it.
How to make the baby rattle ring
Switching rewrites every round:US24 sc around the starting loopUK24 dc around the starting loopWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The ring
Chain 24, join the chain into a circle without letting it twist, and…12 RNDS
starts in cream· picked up· Piece 1 of 1
First six rounds[24] [28] [32] [36] [40] [40]
Opening out over the front
RND 1–51[24]
2[28]
3[32]
4[36]
5[40]
Around the outer edge
RND 6–86[40]
7[40]
8[40]
Coming back in to close
RND 9–129[36]
10[32]
11[28]
12[24]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasechchainst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff it firmly a little at a time, slide the sealed capsule in when the ring is about two thirds full, then close the last round to the foundation chain with the working tail and bury the end inside.
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Eight notes on the baby rattle ring
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Made for a baby, so nothing is glued, pinned or pushed through the fabric. No safety eyes, no buttons, and no loose beads or pellets anywhere in the stuffing. The sound comes from a single sealed plastic rattle capsule, moulded in one piece, which goes inside before the ring is closed.
03Every round is plain single crochet in a continuous spiral. The fabric comes out smooth and even, with no ribbing, no texture and no gaps — the colour bands are the only pattern on it.
04This part has no magic ring. Chain 24 and join the chain into a circle without twisting it, then work round 1 into those 24 chains. That circle becomes the hole in the middle of the ring.
05Rounds 1 to 5 open out over the front of the ring, rounds 6 to 8 run around the outer edge, and rounds 9 to 12 come back in to meet the start on the other side. The finished ring is about 2 cm thick.
06Colour changes happen at the start of rounds 3, 5, 9 and 11, so no yarn is carried through the middle of a round.
07Stuff a little at a time as you go, firmly, and add the capsule when about two thirds of the ring is filled. Close the last round to the foundation chain with the working tail, working all the way around, and bury the tail inside.
08Wash it. Cotton and toy-grade stuffing both take a warm hand wash, and a baby toy will need one.
Four questions this pattern answers
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