How To Crochet Apple Keychain With Face for Beginners

Learn how to crochet a cute little apple keychain that features big eyes, a smiling mouth, and blushes on cheeks with a step-by-step tutorial from Crochet With Greta. This little apple has a basic shape but due to the adorable facial details will be a perfect hit over the usual apple amigurumi.

This Apple keychain can be used specifically as a gift for little ones, who can use it as a fun addition to a backpack. The tutor shares loads of tips throughout the guide that will enhance your skills.

That complete video guide will be available at the end of this post. To learn more about this project, read more below in this overview.

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Skills Needed: Making a magic ring, working single crochets, and increasing and decreasing to shape the apple’s body. Techniques for crocheting and attaching small parts like the stem and leaf using chains, single crochets, and half-double crochets are also demonstrated. Embroidery skills are used to add details like cheeks and a smile, bringing the apple to life.

Guide Span: 22 Minutes Only

Personalization Tips: Use green for a Granny Smith apple or yellow for a Golden Delicious. You can also customize the apple size to make it larger and more squishy. You can even adapt the pattern to create other fruits like oranges or peaches by adjusting the shape and colors.

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Crochet Apple Keychain Tutorial

This crochet tutorial has proved the ease of crocheting an apple amigurumi and making it extra cute with interesting facial details. You can learn to crochet it following a written on-screen pattern and also the verbal instructions in English. Therefore, this tutorial is great for both beginners and intermediates. Here is a quick overview of what this tutorial teaches:

Step-by-Step Instructions: The apple’s body is formed using a magic ring, rounds of single crochets, increases, and decreases.
The stem and leaf are crocheted separately using chains, single crochets, and half-double crochets, then attached to the apple.
Safety eyes and embroidered cheeks and a smile are added to give the apple character.
Finishing Touches: The completed apple is stuffed and secured, and a keychain ring is attached for functionality.

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Supplies Used

Gather the following crochet supplies for recreating this crochet apple keychain:

Red yarn (for the apple body)
Green yarn (for the leaf)
Brown yarn (for the stem)
Pink yarn (for cheeks)
Safety eyes (9mm)
2.5mm crochet hook
Stuffing material (polyester fiber)
Scissors
Yarn needle
Keychain attachment

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Abbreviations and Stitch Guides

Following are the common stitch abbreviations that the tutor used for crocheting this apple keychain:

sc (Single Crochet): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, and pull through both loops on the hook.
inc (Increase): Make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch.
dec (Decrease): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, and pull through all loops on the hook.
sl st (Slip Stitch): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, and pull through both the stitch and the loop on the hook in one motion.
ch (Chain): Yarn over, pull through the loop on the hook.
hdc (Half Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, and pull through all three loops on the hook.