Crochet hamburger pattern — six stacked layers, 74 rounds written out
About 9.5 cm across and about 9 cm tall once the six layers are stacked: a free crochet hamburger pattern, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in six colours, roughly four and a half hours. The lettuce leaf is a flat circle for six rounds and then gains twelve stitches a round twice over, so the surplus fabric has nowhere to go but sideways. All 74 rounds are written out across the six pieces, each one carrying the stitch count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 74 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 Medium
Medium for the stack rather than the stitches: the sesame seeds carry a second colour through three rounds of the crown, and all six layers have to be worked at one tension to sit square.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — six colours, all weight 4
~75 g (about 155 m)Worsted weight (CYC 4) cotton or acrylic
scraps, under 2 mWorsted weight, same yarn as the bun
~35 g (about 70 m)Worsted weight, a slightly fuzzy yarn reads well here
~15 g (about 25 m)Worsted weight cotton
~20 g (about 35 m)Worsted weight cotton
~10 g (about 20 m)Worsted weight cotton
Tools
4 you probably own, 2 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~40 g)
A long doll needle, 10 cm or longer, for cinching the stack
Optional
Row counter
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that no stuffing shows between stitches. Gauge is not critical on its own, but work all six layers at the same tension or they will not stack squarely.
Finished size
~9.5 cm across and ~9 cm tall once the six layers are stacked
Drop to a 3.5 mm hook and all six layers shrink together — the counts do not change, so the stack still sits square, it only gets smaller.
How to make the hamburger, 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 top bun
A dome worked from the crown down: out to forty-eight stitches, four…19 RNDS
starts in bunTan· magic ring· Piece 1 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
Opening out, seeds on the way
RND 1–81[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[42]
8[48]
Straight sides
RND 9–129[48]
10[48]
11[48]
12[48]
Closing the underside
RND 13–1913[42]
14[36]
15[30]
16[24]
17[18]
18[12]
19[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff it firmly and round while the opening is still wide, then close the last rounds tight so the underside sits flat on the filling below.
2
02The bottom bun
The same disc as the top, with a back-loop round at forty-eight to…18 RNDS
starts in bunTan· magic ring· Piece 2 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
The flat base
RND 1–81[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[42]
8[48]
Back loops, then the wall
RND 9–119[48]
10[48]
11[48]
Closing the top
RND 12–1812[42]
13[36]
14[30]
15[24]
16[18]
17[12]
18[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff this one lightly. It is the base of the burger and wants to be firm but flat, not domed.
3
03The patty
A brown puck: disc to forty-eight, a back-loop round to set the edge…17 RNDS
starts in beefBrown· magic ring· Piece 3 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
Opening out to 48
RND 1–81[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[42]
8[48]
Straight sides at 48
RND 9–109[48]
10[48]
Closing in
RND 11–1711[42]
12[36]
13[30]
14[24]
15[18]
16[12]
17[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneA thin layer of stuffing is enough. A patty that is too full pushes the whole stack apart.
4
04The cheese slice
A square from a ring of eight, gaining two stitches at each of four…6 RNDS
starts in cheeseYellow· magic ring· Piece 4 of 6
First six rounds[8] [16] [24] [32] [40] [48]
1[8]
2[16]
3[24]
4[32]
5[40]
6[48]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLay it on the patty with the corners turned to the gaps between the bun and the lettuce, so all four points show.
5
05The lettuce leaf
A flat circle for six rounds, then two rounds that gain twelve…8 RNDS
starts in lettuceGreen· magic ring· Piece 5 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[48]
8[60]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneIt will not lie flat, and that is the whole point. Squeeze it into the stack and let the edge spill out past the bun.
6
06The tomato slice
A plain red circle, six rounds, worked flat and left as it is.6 RNDS
starts in tomatoRed· magic ring· Piece 6 of 6
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreaseBLOback loop onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSix rounds and the burger is fully built. Press it flat and set it between the lettuce and the top bun.
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Eight notes on the hamburger
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Every piece is smooth single crochet worked in a continuous spiral. The fabric is plain and solid throughout — no ribbing, no openwork, no gaps anywhere in it.
03Round 9 of the bottom bun and round 9 of the patty are worked in back loops only. The stitch count does not change — forty-eight stitches in, forty-eight stitches out — the freed front loops are only there to fold the fabric into a crisp edge.
04The sesame seeds are nine single cream stitches worked into rounds 4, 6 and 8 of the top bun, carrying the tan along behind. If carrying two colours is more trouble than it is worth, work the crown in plain tan and embroider the seeds on afterwards.
05The lettuce ruffle comes from over-increasing, not from a fancy stitch. Rounds 7 and 8 each gain twelve stitches where a flat circle would gain six, so the last two rounds hold more fabric than the edge can lie flat with and the leaf waves on its own. Do not block it.
06The cheese slice is a square worked in the round: two increases at each of the four corners every round, eight stitches gained in all. The corners come out very slightly rounded rather than knife-sharp, and they are meant to point out past the bun.
07The tomato slice is worked flat and left unstuffed, so it presses thin between the lettuce and the top bun.
08Stack the layers bottom bun, patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, top bun. Thread a long needle with bun tan, pass it down through the centre of the whole stack and back up twice, then pull gently and tie off inside the bottom bun. Sewing each layer to the one below around its edge works as well and holds the burger flatter.
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