Crochet pizza slice pattern — seven pieces, 28 rounds written out
A free crochet pizza slice pattern, about 11.5 cm along the crust and about 10 cm from crust to tip, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in five colours, around two and a half hours. The crust is not a roll sewn on afterwards: round 7 of the cheese side lays fourteen stitches of tomato red along the wide edge, and rounds 8 and 9 carry sixteen and then eighteen stitches of tan straight over the top of it. All 28 rounds are written out across the seven pieces, with the number it leaves you on printed beside it.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 28 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 one reason: the six increases in every round of both triangles have to land two at each of three corners, and spreading them evenly gives a circle instead of a wedge.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — five colours, all weight 4
~20 gWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic
~25 gWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic
scrapsWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic
scrapsWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic
scrapsWorsted / aran cotton or acrylic
Tools
4 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing (~20 g)
Optional
Three stitch markers in a contrast colour, one per corner
Pins to hold the two triangles together while you join them
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that the stuffing does not show between stitches. Gauge is not critical here — a looser hand gives a larger slice.
Finished size
~11.5 cm along the crust, ~10 cm from crust to tip
Any smooth worsted works on these counts. A 3.5 mm hook makes a smaller, denser slice, which matters at the joining round — a loose fabric lets the two edges shift while you work through both.
How to make the pizza slice, 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 cheese side
A flat triangle worked out from a magic ring. Six increases a round…9 RNDS
starts in cheeseYellow· magic ring· Piece 1 of 5
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[42]
8[48]
9[54]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneRound 7 puts a thin line of tomato red along one side, and rounds 8 and 9 lay the tan crust over the top of it. That side is the wide end of the slice.
2
02The underside
The same triangle again, all in crust tan, so the slice reads the…9 RNDS
starts in crustTan· magic ring· Piece 2 of 5
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [30] [36]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[30]
6[36]
7[42]
8[48]
9[54]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLay it against the cheese side and check the corners sit on top of each other before you go on.
3
03Joining the two sides
Hold the triangles wrong sides together and work one single crochet…1 RND
starts in cheeseYellow· picked up· Piece 3 of 5
1[54]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneTan across the crust side, cheese yellow down the two cut sides. Stuff lightly through the last opening, then close it.
4
04The pepperoni
A small disc worked three times. Out to twelve stitches, then one…3 RNDS
starts in pepperoniRed· magic ring· Piece 4 of 5· make 3
First three rounds[6] [12] [12]
1[6]
2[12]
3[12]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLeave a long tail on each one for sewing. Three rounds is all there is, so make all three discs before you start placing them on the cheese side.
5
05The basil leaf
A pointed oval. All the shaping goes at the two ends, so the middle…6 RNDS
starts in basilGreen· magic ring· Piece 5 of 5
First six rounds[6] [10] [14] [14] [10] [6]
1[6]
2[10]
3[14]
4[14]
5[10]
6[6]
US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneSew it flat between two of the pepperoni, with one tip pointing toward the crust.
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Nine notes on the pizza slice
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Every piece is smooth single crochet worked in a continuous spiral. The fabric comes out flat and even, with no ribbing, no openwork and no gaps anywhere in this pattern.
03The wedge shape comes from where the increases sit, not from how many there are. Each round of both triangles adds six stitches, worked as two increases at each of three corners with plain single crochet along the sides between them. Spread the same six evenly and you get a circle instead of a slice.
04Mark the three corners on round 2 and carry the markers up as you go. Everything else on this pattern lines up against them.
05The crust is a colour change along one side only, not a separate roll sewn on afterwards. Rounds 8 and 9 of the cheese top carry tan across the crust side, and round 7 carries a single line of tomato red just inside it.
06The three pepperoni are one small disc worked three times. Its last round has no increases, so the edge draws in a little and each disc sits proud of the cheese.
07The joining round is worked through both triangles at once, holding them wrong sides out, one single crochet into each pair of edge stitches. Stuff lightly through the opening before the last few stitches close it.
08The basil leaf is a small pointed oval — put the increases and decreases at the two ends and work the sides plain, the same trick that shapes the triangles.
09Sew the pepperoni and the leaf flat to the cheese side once the slice is joined and stuffed.
Four questions this pattern answers
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How is the colour worked into the pizza slice?
How much yarn will the pizza slice take?
What hook will the pizza slice need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the pizza slice take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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