I’ve been in a bit of a funk as of late, both creatively and in general. Last night I went to work on making new items for my Etsy shop and decided to make something I wanted to instead. I knew I wanted to make something cute with velvet yarn, and took to pulling books off the shelves to make something quick. Then I thought to myself that I could make my own pattern and that I needed to work up something quick and small to get my mojo back. And voila! Meet Berry!
Strawberry Pattern
Materials
- Velvet Yarn in pink and green
- 4 mm crochet hook
- 9 mm safety eyes
- small bit of white and black yarn for details
- fiber fill
- yarn needle
Stitches
- SC – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- inc – 2 sc in the same stitch
- dec – 2 sc brought together as one
Worked in the Round.
Berry
Rnd 1 – mc, sc x 6 (6)
Rnd 2 – sc in each stitch (6)
Rnd 3 – inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 4 – (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 5 – (sc x 2, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 6 – (sc x 3, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 7 – (sc x 4, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnds 8-11 – sc in each stitch (36)
Rnd 12 – (sc, x 4, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 13 – sc in each stitch around (30)
Rnd 14 – (sc x 3, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 15 – (sc x 2, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 16 – (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 17 – dec x 6 (6)
FO and stitch opening together.
Leaves
Rnd 1 – mc, sc x 6
Rnd 2 – (sc, ch 4, sc in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th chain from the hook) x 6
With your white yarn, stitch little lines around your berry for seeds and with your black yarn, stitch a little mouth. Sew your leaves to the top of your berry and voila! You have a happy little friend.
Happy Stitching Lovelies!
