How to Crochet Lemon Amigurumi for Beginners

Learn how to crochet a smiling lemon amigurumi, complete with leaves and a stem with a step-by-step tutorial from Njcraftycreations. You can use it as a keychain, bag charm, or even as a pocket companion. Let’s get started!

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Skills Used: Skills include creating a magic ring, single crochet, increasing and decreasing stitches, invisible decreases for a smooth finish, and proper stuffing techniques. The tutorial also introduces yarn-under-tension control for tighter stitches, embroidering facial details for added personality, and crocheting leaves using half-double, double, and treble crochets.

Additionally, it demonstrates how to seamlessly attach leaves and a stem to the lemon.

Guide Span: 28 Minutes Only

Personalization Tips: You can crochet a plush lemon using the chenille yarn instead of what the tutor recommended.

Crochet Lemon Tutorial

Crochet an adorable amigurumi lemon, ideal for gifts, decorations, or keychains. The tutorial carefully explains how to shape the lemon with structured increases and decreases, add facial details for personality, and attach leaves and a stem for a polished finish. With clear instructions, useful tips on securing stitches, and a creative approach.

Starting the Lemon Body: The lemon begins with a magic ring and six single crochets, increasing in rounds to create a firm, rounded shape. The tutorial suggests using yarn under instead of yarn over for tighter stitches.
Shaping the Lemon: The body continues with gradual increases and decreases, using single crochets to maintain a smooth, even surface. A stitch marker is used to track rounds accurately.
Adding Facial Features: Safety eyes are inserted between rounds 10 and 11, while a simple embroidered smile and rosy cheeks are stitched for a cute expression.
Stuffing & Closing: The lemon is firmly stuffed with toy filling before the final rounds are completed using invisible decreases for a seamless finish.
Crocheting the Leaves: Each leaf is crocheted separately, starting with seven chain stitches, then shaped using single, half-double, double, and treble crochets for a natural curved effect.
Attaching the Leaves & Stem: The leaves are sewn onto the stem, which is created by changing to brown yarn at the top of the lemon, completing the design.

Stitches Used

Following are the stitches you’ll use for crocheting this lemon amigurumi:

MR (Magic Ring): Create a loop, pull yarn through the loop, and crochet stitches into the loop.
CH (Chain): Yarn over, pull through the loop on the hook.
SC (Single Crochet): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.
INC (Increase): Crochet two single crochets into one stitch.
DEC (Decrease): Insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all loops on the hook.
SL ST (Slip Stitch): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through stitch and loop on hook.
HDC (Half Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through all three loops on hook.
DC (Double Crochet): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
TR (Treble Crochet): Yarn over twice, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through last two loops.

Supplies Mentioned

Following are the materials that the tutor uses for crocheting this lemon amigurumi:

Yarn: Yellow (body), Green (leaves), Brown (stem), Pink (cheeks), Black (smile)
Crochet Hook: 2.5mm
Fiberfill Stuffing
Safety Eyes
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Stitch Marker