Free Crochet Lemon Pattern For Fruit Baskets

This crochet lemon doll is one of the most oh-so-cute things you can add to the fruit basket. It is playable, and huggable due to softness and squishness, and also can embellish the dining table or any room. You can also use it as a pincushion. Luckily, in this post, we are sharing a free pattern for this amigurumi lemon that even beginner crocheters can tackle.

So, grab the crochet hook and yellow and green yarn and follow through the pattern! It will really be worth to gift to little ones!

Materials

The designer used the following crochet supplies with the following specifications. However, it is up to you whether you select your preferred selections:

The designer used cotton yarn in the following colors:

Colour A: Sirdar Happy Chenille – Sparkler (0025)
Colour B: Rico Ricorumi DK – Pistachio (047)
Colour C: Rico Ricorumi DK – White (001)
Colour D: Rico Ricorumi DK – Black (060)

Crochet Hook: 2.5mm
8mm safety eyes
Toy stuffing

Pattern For Crochet Lemon Amigurumi

Crocheting a lemon amigurumi allows crocheters to express their creativity and put a personal spin on their creation. From choosing the perfect shade of yellow to adding cute facial features or experimenting with sizes, etc. Below is the written pattern for crocheting the lemon. You can easily follow it:

LEMON

1. Using colour A, work 6 sc in magic ring (6)
2. Sc in each st
3. Inc in each st (12)
4. Sc in each st
5. [1 sc, 1 inc] x6 (18)
6. Sc in each st
7. [2 sc, 1 inc] x6 (24)
8. [3 sc, 1 inc] x6 (30)
9. [4 sc, 1 inc] x6 (36)
10. [5 sc, 1 inc] x6 (42)
11-17. Sc in each st 18. [5 sc, 1 inv.dec] (36)
19. [4 sc, 1 inv.dec] (30)
20. [3 sc, 1 inv.dec] (24)
Add the first safety eye between row 10 and 11, add the second safety eye between row 15 and 16, make sure they’re in line with each other. 21. [2 sc, 1 inv.dec] (18)
22. Sc in each st
Start stuffing the lemon firmly.
23. [1 sc, 1 inv.dec] (12)
24. Sc in each st, top up the stuffing.
25. Dec in each st (6), fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing the last stitches together (you can use DK in similar colour too).

STALK:

1. Using colour B, ch 7
2. Sl st 6, starting in the second ch from the hook.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for attaching.

LEAF:

1. Using colour B, ch 6
2. Starting in the second ch from the hook: sl st, sc, hdc, dc dc, ch 1, other side of the chain: dc, dc, hdc, sc, sl st
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for attaching.

ASSEMBLY:

Sew the bottom of the leaf and stalk to each other, with the leaf at the front.
Attach the stalk and leaf to round 25 as per the image.

DETAILS:

Using color C, make a st on the outside of each eye.
To avoid the yarn from slipping under the safety eyes, make a st across the middle to hold in place.
Using colour D, sew the mouth on across rows 12-14, 3 rows wide.
Using color D, sew the eyebrows on an angle across rows 9 and 10, 2 rows wide and with 5 rows in between.