Crochet pea pod pattern — two lists, four pieces, 14 rounds
This free crochet pea pod pattern makes a pod about 8 cm long and 3 cm across with three peas of about 2.5 cm each, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in three colours, about an hour and a half of work. Two stitch lists make four pieces here — the five-round pea is worked three times — and every increase and decrease in the nine-round pod falls at the two tips of the oval, which is what keeps it long instead of round. The 14 rounds of both lists follow below, each one carrying the stitch count it ends on.
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy: nine rounds and five rounds of plain single crochet, but round 1 works twenty stitches around a foundation chain rather than into a magic ring.
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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
1 small ball (~25 g)Worsted cotton (aran, 10 ply)
scraps (~15 g)Worsted cotton (aran, 10 ply)
scraps (~5 g)Worsted cotton (aran, 10 ply)
Tools
4 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~15 g, for the three peas)
Optional
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
A row counter
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that the stuffing does not show through the peas. Gauge is not critical here — a looser hand gives a longer pod, and the peas grow with it.
Finished size
~8 cm long and 3 cm across, with three peas about 2.5 cm each
How to make the pea pod, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US20 sc around a foundation chain of 10UK20 dc around a foundation chain of 10Work a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
1
01The pod
A flat oval base that stands up into low walls and narrows at the two…9 RNDS
starts in peaGreen· picked up· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[20] [26] [32] [32] [32] [32]
The oval base
RND 1–31[20]
2[26]
3[32]
Straight walls
RND 4–64[32]
5[32]
6[32]
Narrowing the tips
RND 7–97[28]
8[24]
9[24]
US termsmrmagic ringchchainscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLeave the top open — that cream round is the rim the peas sit behind. Press the base flat with your fingers so the pod rests on a shelf without rolling.
2
02The peas
A six-stitch ring out to twelve, two rounds straight, then back in…5 RNDS
starts in springGreen· magic ring· Piece 2 of 2· make 3
First five rounds[6] [12] [12] [12] [6]
1[6]
2[12]
3[12]
4[12]
5[6]
US termsmrmagic ringchchainscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneStuff each pea into a firm little ball before you close it, then run the tail through the last six stitches and draw them shut.
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Eight notes on the pea pod
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in a spiral in single crochet throughout — nothing to join and nothing to turn.
03The pod opens on a foundation chain of 10, worked along both sides of it to make an oval base. The app counts that opening round as 20 plain single crochet.
04The fabric is smooth single crochet everywhere — no ribbing, no openwork, no gaps anywhere in the piece. The pod's opening is the top edge of an open oval bowl, not a slit worked into a closed pod.
05Every increase and decrease falls at the two rounded tips of the oval: three increases at each tip on rounds 2 and 3, two decreases at each tip on rounds 7 and 8. The long sides stay plain, and that is what keeps the pod long rather than round.
06The pod's last round changes to cream for a pale rim along the opening. It is a colour change at a round boundary, so carry the pea green up inside or cut it, whichever you prefer.
07The peas are not sewn in. They sit loose in the trough so they can be lifted out and dropped back.
08The pod needs no stuffing — cotton holds the oval on its own. Stuff each pea firmly before closing it.
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How much yarn will the pea pod take?
What hook will the pea pod need, and what is the finished size?
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