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Crochet cherry charm pattern for headphone accessories
A tiny crochet cherry, 18 sc at its widest, worked with a 2mm hook and stuffed for a headphone charm.
- Skill
- Beginner
- Time
- 45-60 minutes
- Yarn weight
- 4 ply
- Hook
- 2 mm
- Rounds
- 7
4 ply
What the sample was worked in. Any weight works; the size moves with it.
7
Each one is typed out whole and gets its own line.
This cherry works up in continuous rounds from a magic ring, growing from 6 stitches to 18 single crochet at its widest before decreasing back down and closing. A green chain stem is knotted through the center once the body is shaped, and light stuffing gives the finished piece its round form. A matching ribbon bow is tied directly onto the headphones and trimmed to size, so the crocheted cherry hangs as a charm alongside it. Before starting, have a 2mm hook, small amounts of red and green 4-ply milk yarn, a stitch marker, scissors, a needle, and stuffing within reach — the whole piece is worked in one sitting.
Common mistakes and their fixes
- Losing the start of the round
- Keep the stitch marker in the first stitch of every round and move it forward each time you close with the slip stitch, so the increase and decrease patterns land in the right place.
- Loose magic ring center
- Pull the starting tail firmly before working the first round of single crochet, since a loose ring leaves a visible gap at the top of the cherry.
- Stuffing too late
- Add stuffing while the decrease round is still open enough to work with, not after it has fully closed, or the fiberfill will not sit evenly inside.
The materials list
- 2 mm hook
- Needle (for weaving in ends)
- Stitch marker (signaling pin)
- Scissors
- Green and red yarn (preferably 4 ply milk yarn)
- Stuffing (for filling the cherry)
Listed by the pattern's own author, in their words.
Key to this pattern, 1 short form
Making the Bow
Cut a long piece of yarn and tie a normal bow on your headphones. Adjust the ribbon to your desired size and trim the ends.
Crocheting the Chain (Stem)
Create a slip knot on your hook.
Chain
To the length equal to the desired length of the bow's ribbon. Secure the end and cut, leaving a tail.
Creating the Cherry
Magic Ring:
Wrap yarn over your finger to create a loop and an X shape, insert the hook under both loops, yarn over (pull loop through), then yarn over again and pull through to complete the magic ring.
In the ring, do 6 single crochets (sc). Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch.
Round 1
Work 6 sc increase (2 sc in each stitch) around. Close with a slip stitch and chain 1.
Round 2
Pattern: (1 sc, 1 sc increase) around six times. Close with a slip stitch and chain 1.For Row 3: Attach the green yarn chain (stem) through the center of the cherry. Secure with a knot and trim any excess yarn.
Round 4
18 sc around. This forms the cherry's body. Close with a slip stitch and chain 1.
Round 5
Repeat Row 4.
Round 6
Pattern: (1 sc, then 1 sc decrease) six times around. Close with a slip stitch and chain 1.
Filling and Closing
Stuff the cherry to give it shape.
Final Row
Do 6 sc decreases around. Close with a slip stitch.With a needle, thread through the outer part of the last row's stitches to close the hole. Weave in the end and cut.
Check these before you start
- The 2mm hook keeps stitches dense enough that stuffing will not show through the finished shell — do not size up.
- Move the stitch marker up at the end of every round; with rounds closed by slip stitch and chain 1, it is easy to lose track of where the next round starts.
- Stuff the cherry while the decrease round is still partly open — once it closes fully, working stuffing in becomes difficult.
On one line
| Rounds | 7 |
|---|---|
| Parts | 4 |
| Level | Beginner |
| Time | 45-60 minutes |
| Hook | 2 mm |
| Yarn | 4 ply |
Set-up
- Wind off small amounts of both red and green 4-ply yarn — this piece uses very little of either color.
- Set a stitch marker in the first stitch of the opening round; you will need to move it forward every round to track where each round begins.
- Read through the increase rounds once before picking up the hook, so the shift from 6 stitches to 12 and then to 18 is clear ahead of time.
- Keep stuffing within reach before you reach the final decrease round, since the opening closes quickly once decreases begin.
Finishing
- Weave in the starting tail left from the magic ring before you begin stuffing.
- Stuff the cherry as the decrease round closes, adding fiberfill in small amounts so the shape stays round rather than lumpy.
- Thread the green chain stem through the center of the closed cherry, knot it securely, trim the excess, and weave in the remaining ends.
- After the final round of 6 sc decreases and its closing slip stitch, thread a needle through the outer part of the last row's stitches to close the hole, then weave in the end and cut.
Construction
The increase happens in two stages rather than one: a plain increase round takes the stitch count from 6 to 12, then an alternating sc-and-increase round spreads the next increase evenly to reach 18, spacing the shaping so the body rounds out smoothly instead of forming a point.
Each round closes with a slip stitch and chain 1 rather than working in a true spiral, which gives a clear checkpoint to confirm the stitch count before starting the next round.
Time per section
| Magic ring and increase rounds | about 15 minutes because the stitch count changes twice in quick succession, from 6 to 12 to 18 |
|---|---|
| Plain rounds at 18 stitches | about 15 minutes because these rounds are worked even and go quickly once the count is set |
| Decrease round, stuffing, and stem | about 15-20 minutes because stuffing must happen while the round is closing and the stem is attached and knotted afterward |
Photographs of this one
Every one was taken by whoever published the pattern, in the order the source listed them.
Common questions
These answers came from whoever first published the pattern, kept word for word.