{"title":"How to Crochet a Strawberry - 7-Step Amigurumi Tutorial","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-crochet-a-strawberry","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"Small Serenity Studio","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfpuyB57CCU2FVHVIA87G4Q","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43CwZBpg_Mw"},"tldr":"Crochet a cute amigurumi strawberry in 7 steps. Magic ring, increase to 24 stitches, embroider the seeds, attach the green leaf cap, and weave in ends.","totalDurationSeconds":417,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["3.5 mm crochet hook","Yarn needle (for embroidering the seeds and attaching the leaf cap)","Sharp scissors"],"materials":["Medium-weight (size 4) yarn in red - one small ball is plenty","Medium-weight yarn in green for the leaf cap","Cream or off-white yarn for the embroidered seeds (small amount)","Polyester fiberfill stuffing"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Step 1: Gather Supplies and Make a Magic Ring","text":"Lay out a 3.5 mm crochet hook, a small ball of red worsted yarn, a small ball of green yarn for the leaves, a scrap of cream yarn for the seeds, a yarn needle, scissors, and polyester fiberfill.Form a magic ring with the red yarn (wrap the yarn around your finger, slide the loop off, insert the hook, yarn over and pull a loop through) and work 6 single crochets into the ring. Pull the loose tail to tighten the ring closed. This becomes the bottom point of the strawberry."},{"number":2,"title":"Step 2: Three Increase Rounds to 15 Stitches","text":"Begin shaping the strawberry. Round 2: single crochet 1, then increase (2 single crochets in next stitch). Repeat that pattern all the way around (9 stitches at end of round).Round 3: single crochet 2, then increase, around (12 stitches). Round 4: single crochet 3, then increase, around (15 stitches). Each round adds 3 stitches and gently widens the cone, which is what gives the strawberry its tapered bottom."},{"number":3,"title":"Step 3: Reach 24 Stitches and Work Two Even Rounds","text":"Two more increase rounds and you're at the widest point. Round 5: single crochet 4, then increase, around (18 stitches). Round 6: single crochet 2, then increase, around (24 stitches).Now work 2 rounds of plain single crochet with no increases - just one single crochet in each stitch around. This is what gives the strawberry its barrel shape at the widest point. The body should look unmistakably strawberry-like by now."},{"number":4,"title":"Step 4: Decrease Rounds to Curve the Top","text":"Now reverse direction and start narrowing the body. Round 9: single crochet 2, then single-crochet-2-together (a decrease), repeated around. That drops the count from 24 to 18 stitches.Round 10: single crochet 1, then decrease, around. That drops it from 18 to 12. The fabric curves inward, beginning to close the top of the strawberry."},{"number":5,"title":"Step 5: Stuff the Body and Close the Top","text":"Stuff the strawberry firmly with polyester fiberfill before the hole gets too small to fit your fingers through. Pack it tightly - amigurumi looks deflated when under-stuffed.Continue decreasing all the way around for the final round. Then cut the yarn leaving an 8-inch tail. Thread the tail onto your yarn needle and weave it through the front loops of each remaining stitch. Pull tight to cinch the top closed, then sink the needle through the body to hide the tail end."},{"number":6,"title":"Step 6: Embroider the Cream Seeds in Staggered Rows","text":"Thread cream-colored yarn onto the yarn needle. The seeds go across four rows of the strawberry body, with the rows alternating in seed count and offset.Start on the third row up from the bottom: make a single straight stitch every 3 stitches around for 4 seeds. Move up to row 5 and add 6 seeds, spaced every 3 stitches. Row 7 gets 6 seeds spaced every 4 stitches. Row 9 (the highest) gets 6 more on every 3 stitches.Stagger the seed positions between rows so they don't line up vertically - this is what makes the seed pattern read as a real strawberry instead of a striped pattern."},{"number":7,"title":"Step 7: Crochet and Attach the Green Leaf Cap","text":"Switch to green yarn. Form a small magic circle and work 6 single crochets into it. Join with a slip stitch.Chain 4. Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook, work 3 single crochets along the chain. Slip stitch into the next stitch on the green ring to anchor the leaf. That's leaf one. Repeat \"chain 4, 3 single crochets back, slip stitch\" three or four more times around the green ring to make a full cap of 4-5 pointed leaves.Cut the yarn leaving a long tail. Center the leaves over the top of the strawberry and whip-stitch the green cap onto the body with the yarn needle. Weave in all loose ends."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-20T13:34:47.675Z","published":"2026-05-12T14:28:24.034Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}