Category: Baby & Nursery
A crochet strawberry is a small stuffed fruit, worked in one continuous spiral. You start at the tip. It gets wider as you go up. Then a leaf cap goes on top and you embroider some seeds. That’s the whole thing. The stitches are all basics—single crochet, increases, decreases, and a few leaves made from…
This crochet bunny is a free amigurumi pattern worked in a continuous spiral of single crochet, with increases and decreases doing all the shaping. You’ll make five pieces (a head, a body, two floppy ears, two arms and a tail), sew them together, and embroider a simple face. Worked in worsted yarn with a small…
A crochet doll asks for a different kind of attention than an animal amigurumi does. There’s no fur or feathers to hide small proportion mistakes behind — a slightly uneven arm length or a head that sits a touch too large shows up immediately on a humanoid figure in a way it might not on…
A crochet dragon pattern takes the same round-shaping logic behind a simple amigurumi animal and adds the pieces that actually make it read as a dragon rather than a generic creature: wings, a tail, and a row of spikes down the back. None of those additions are difficult on their own, but together they ask…
Crochet animals are one of the most addictive corners of the craft, and it’s easy to see why once you’ve made one — a few rounds of single crochet, some stuffing, and suddenly there’s a small, recognizable creature sitting on your table. We can describe this style as amigurumi, the Japanese art of crocheting small,…
Newborn crochet patterns are some of the fastest projects you can finish, simply because everything is small. A newborn hat uses a fraction of the yarn a hat for an adult would, and a newborn blanket square can be done in an evening. That makes this size range a genuinely good place to build confidence…
Baby crochet covers some of the most rewarding small projects in the whole craft, mostly because they finish quickly, use relatively little yarn, and tend to be genuinely treasured by whoever receives them. Historically, a new arrival’s first wardrobe was called a layette, and handmade layette sets — a blanket, hat, sweater, and booties, all…
If you’ve picked up a hook wanting to make something a kid — or honestly, an adult — would actually want to hug, you’ve probably typed “soft toy crochet patterns” into a search bar and landed in a pile of unfamiliar terms. Amigurumi, invisible decrease, magic ring, safety eyes. None of it explains where to…
A free crochet duck pattern is one of the friendliest ways into amigurumi, the Japanese craft of crocheting small stuffed creatures that’s grown into a genuinely popular corner of modern crochet. A duck’s shape is forgiving by design: a round body, a slightly smaller round head, two flat wings, a simple beak, and small feet.…
A behind-the-hook look at how we designed our strawberry crochet baby gift set (hat, cardigan, booties, and blanket) for newborns, plus sizing notes and where to get the pattern.