Croissant crochet pattern — two pieces, 33 rounds written out
This free croissant crochet pattern makes a pastry about 9 cm tip to tip once curved and about 3 cm thick through the middle, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in two colours, roughly ninety minutes of work. The body is one tube that gains a single stitch a round out to 14, runs four rounds straight and loses a single stitch a round back to 6, so each of those sixteen shaped stitches has to be moved a few places around the round or the tube winds itself into a corkscrew instead of tapering straight. All 33 rounds are written out below across the two pieces, each one carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 33 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 Easy
Easy: single crochet throughout and never more than one stitch of shaping in a round — the only judgement is moving that stitch around the tube so the taper stays straight.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — two colours, all weight 4
1 small skein (~20 g)Worsted / aran acrylic or cotton
scraps (~5 g)Worsted / aran, same weight as the tan
Tools
3 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~15 g)
Optional
A contrast stitch marker for the start of the round
Long pins, to hold the crescent in shape while you sew the roll on
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Firm enough that the stuffing does not show between the stitches. Exact gauge does not matter here — a looser hand gives a larger croissant.
Finished size
~9 cm tip to tip once curved, about 3 cm thick through the middle
In DK on a 3.5 mm hook the same 33 rounds give a shorter croissant. Keep the roll in the same yarn as the body, or it will not sit down flat against the curve.
How to make the croissant, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in mrUK6 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The body
One stitch added per round on the way out, four rounds straight, one…21 RNDS
starts in bakedBrown· magic ring· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Opening out, one stitch a round
RND 1–91[6]
2[7]
3[8]
4[9]
5[10]
6[11]
7[12]
8[13]
9[14]
Straight through the middle
RND 10–1310[14]
11[14]
12[14]
13[14]
Closing in, one stitch a round
RND 14–2114[13]
15[12]
16[11]
17[10]
18[9]
19[8]
20[7]
21[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneClose the last round, then bend the tube into a crescent with the fuller side outward and pin it there. Tack the ends lightly toward each other — the roll will cover the stitches you use.
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02The top roll
A short plain tube. Out to twelve stitches, eight rounds straight…12 RNDS
starts in goldenTan· magic ring· Piece 2 of 2
First six rounds[6] [12] [12] [12] [12] [12]
Opening out to 12
RND 1–21[6]
2[12]
Straight sides at 12
RND 3–103[12]
4[12]
5[12]
6[12]
7[12]
8[12]
9[12]
10[12]
Closing in
RND 11–1211[6]
12[3]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff it lightly — it should stay soft enough to sit down against the curve of the body.
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Six notes on the croissant
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in a continuous spiral in single crochet only, so the fabric comes out smooth all over. The layered, flaky look of real pastry is not crocheted in — the sewn-on top roll is the only raised line on the surface.
03Each round of the taper adds or removes a single stitch. Move that stitch two or three places around the round each time instead of stacking it over the one before, or the tube leans and winds itself into a corkscrew.
04Stuff the body a little at a time as you work down it. The last few rounds are too narrow to reach into once they are closed.
05The body is crocheted straight and curved by hand at the end. Stuff it slightly fuller along what will be the outer edge of the crescent, then hold the two ends toward each other with a few tacking stitches.
06The top roll is laid across the middle of the curved body and sewn down all the way round. It makes the centre fold of the pastry and covers the tacking stitches at the same time.
Four questions this pattern answers
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How much yarn will the croissant take?
What hook will the croissant need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the croissant take to crochet?
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