Strawberry crochet pattern — two pieces, 14 rounds written out
This is a free strawberry crochet pattern. The finished berry is about 4 cm across and about 4 cm tall, worked on a 3.0 mm hook in two colours, roughly two hours of work. The berry is a symmetrical ball — three rounds out to 24 stitches, four straight rounds, three rounds back in — so the strawberry shape comes from the green calyx sewn across the top rather than from any taper in the red. All 14 rounds are written out below across the two pieces, and each one shows the stitch count it finishes on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 14 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: the berry is the standard sphere — increase to 24, four straight rounds, decrease back — and the calyx is three rounds of flat disc with no shaping to judge.
Sell what you make. Anything you crochet from this pattern is yours to sell — any quantity, no fee, no credit required.
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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 3
scrapsDK cotton
scrapsDK cotton
Tools
3 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
You need to buy
Polyester stuffing
Optional
Cream yarn for embroidered seeds
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Tight enough that the stuffing does not show between the stitches. Exact gauge is not critical — a looser hand gives a larger berry, and the calyx grows with it.
Finished size
~4 cm across, ~4 cm tall
In 4-ply cotton on a 2.5 mm hook the same counts give a smaller berry, and the calyx shrinks with it, so the proportion between the two holds.
How to make the strawberry, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US6 sc in magic ringUK6 dc in magic ringWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The berry
Out to twenty-four stitches in three rounds, four rounds straight…11 RNDS
starts in berry· magic ring· Piece 1 of 2
First six rounds[6] [12] [18] [24] [24] [24]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
4[24]
5[24]
6[24]
7[24]
8[24]
9[18]
10[12]
11[6]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasemrmagic ring
When this piece is doneEmbroider the cream seeds while the last six stitches are still open, so you can reach inside to start and finish each one. Then stuff firmly and close the ring.
2
02The calyx
Three rounds and nothing else — six, twelve, eighteen. The disc is…3 RNDS
starts in leaf· magic ring· Piece 2 of 2
First three rounds[6] [12] [18]
1[6]
2[12]
3[18]
US termsscsingle crochetincincreasedecdecreasemrmagic ring
When this piece is doneLeave a long tail. Sew the centre down onto the top of the berry and leave the eighteen edge stitches free, so the rim lifts away instead of lying flat against the red.
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Three notes on the strawberry
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01Embroider seeds in cream before closing, while you can still reach inside.
02Sew the calyx on flat, letting its edge cup the berry.
03An original Crochet Genie design.
Four questions this pattern answers
Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.
How many pieces make up the strawberry?
How much yarn will the strawberry take?
What hook will the strawberry need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the strawberry take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
Tell us the piece and the round number — the stepper already knows where you are.There is nowhere to send one yet.
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