Intermediate
What the pattern's own author called it. Nothing here is graded again.
Amigurumi 12 Laid out for paper No account, no download
Little crochet orange amigurumi with leaf and stalk
Small amigurumi orange body, leaf, and stalk; 17 rounds, embroidered face, perfect for gifts or decor.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Time
- 3-4 hours
- Yarn weight
- Worsted
- Rounds
- 12
Worsted
What the sample was worked in. Any weight works; the size moves with it.
12
Each one is typed out whole and gets its own line.
This small amigurumi orange builds from three worked pieces: a sphere-shaped body grown from a magic ring, a single flat leaf stitched along a short chain, and a slender stalk worked the same way in brown yarn. The body's rounds increase by six stitches through each of the early rounds, carrying the shape from a tight center ring out toward its widest point before the remaining rounds shape the crown. Have orange, green, brown, and black yarn ready alongside stuffing and a yarn needle before the first stitch.
Common mistakes and their fixes
- Losing the round's start
- Mark the first stitch of every round on the orange body with a stitch marker and move it up each round. Without one, the spiral is easy to overshoot once past round 5.
- Underfilling before closing
- Stuff the body before the final rounds draw the top closed. There is no way to add filling once the hole is cinched shut.
- Flattening the leaf's point
- Keep the triple crochet at the center of the leaf tall and loose. A tight tc stitch pulls the curve flat instead of letting it peak.
The materials list
- Orange worsted weight yarn (for the body)
- Green yarn (for the leaf)
- Brown yarn (for the stalk)
- Black yarn (for embroidering the face)
- Crochet hook (size to suit your yarn)
- Stuffing / fiberfill
- Yarn needle (for closing the body and weaving in ends)
- Scissors
Listed by the pattern's own author, in their words.
Key to this pattern, 4 short forms
Orange Body
Round 1
Make a magic ring with 6 single crochet (sc) stitches.
Round 2
Increase in each stitch to get a total of 12 stitches.
Round 3
Alternate 1 sc and 1 increase, for a total of 18 stitches.
Round 4
Crochet 2 sc and then an increase, repeating this pattern to reach 24 stitches.
Round 5
Crochet 3 sc and then an increase, repeating for a total of 30 stitches.
Round 6
Crochet 4 sc and then an increase, repeating for a total of 36 stitches.
Rounds 7–12
Crochet 36 single crochet stitches in each round.
Round 13
Decrease by crocheting 4 sc followed by a decrease, repeating to get 30 stitches.
Round 14
Crochet 3 sc followed by a decrease, repeating to get 24 stitches.
Round 15
Crochet 2 sc followed by a decrease, repeating to get 18 stitches.
Round 16
Crochet 1 sc followed by a decrease, repeating to get 12 stitches.
Round 17
Crochet 6 decreases, leaving 6 stitches total.Finish: Stuff the body with filling, cut the yarn, and use a needle to close the remaining hole.
Leaf
Chain Chain: With green yarn, chain 7 stitches.
Stitch pattern Stitch pattern: Crochet 1 sc, 1 half double crochet (hdc), 1 double crochet (dc), 1 triple crochet (tc), 1 dc, and 1 hdc.
Finish Finish: Cut the yarn and pull it through to secure.
Stalk
Chain Chain: With brown yarn, chain 4 stitches.
Stitch pattern Stitch pattern: Starting in the third chain from the hook, crochet 2 hdc.
Finish Finish: Cut the yarn and pull it through to secure.
Assembly, in order
Step 1Sew the leaf and stalk to the top of the orange.
Step 2Embroider a small face onto the orange with black yarn.
Check these before you start
- Place a stitch marker at the start of each round on the orange body; the continuous spiral makes the round's beginning easy to lose once the stitch count climbs past 24.
- Keep single crochet stitches on the body even and snug so the magic ring's six starting stitches don't show gaps once stuffed.
- Work the leaf in green and the stalk in brown as separate pieces, cutting and securing the yarn on each before moving to the next.
On one line
| Rounds | 12 |
|---|---|
| Parts | 3 |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Time | 3-4 hours |
| Yarn | Worsted |
Set-up
- Wind enough orange yarn for all 17 rounds of the body, including the increase rounds at the start — these add up quickly on a sphere.
- Set aside green yarn for the leaf's chain of 7 and graduated stitch row, and brown yarn for the short chain-4 stalk.
- Keep stuffing within reach; the orange body closes at the top and needs filling before the final rounds are drawn in.
- Read through Round 2 to Round 5 first, since each one changes its increase spacing — 12, 18, 24, then 30 stitches.
Finishing
- Weave in and secure the yarn tail from the body, leaf, and stalk, pulling each through firmly before trimming.
- Stuff the orange body before closing the final rounds, filling it evenly so the shape stays round rather than lopsided.
- Sew the leaf and stalk to the top of the orange, then embroider the face with black yarn once both pieces are in place.
Construction
The orange body is worked in continuous increasing rounds from a 6-stitch magic ring, adding six stitches every round (6, 12, 18, 24, 30), so the shaping spreads evenly around the sphere rather than sitting in one seam.
The leaf is worked flat from a single chain of 7, with stitch height rising from sc to hdc to dc to tc and back down, which curves the row into a pointed leaf shape without any separate increase rounds.
Time per section
| Orange body | about 2-3 hours because the 17 rounds include six rounds of steady increases that need careful counting. |
|---|---|
| Leaf and stalk | about 20-30 minutes because both pieces are short, flat rows worked from a single chain. |
| Assembly and face | about 30-45 minutes because sewing the leaf and stalk in place and embroidering the face by eye takes a steady hand. |
Photographs of this one
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Common questions
These answers came from whoever first published the pattern, kept word for word.