Lemon

Free Lemon crochet tutorial by @knitted.kitty.

With this pattern, you can crochet a cute lemon. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi project: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. You can use a wire frame inside the toy.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Cotton Gold yarn (110 yellow for the lemon)
• YarnArt Jeans 52 yarn (dark green for the leaf)
• YarnArt Jeans 62 yarn (ultra white for the eyes)
• YarnArt Jeans 53 yarn (black for embroidering the smile)
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Black felt for the eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Wire frame for the arms
• Sewing needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease

Amigurumi Crochet Lemon Pattern

Arms (make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: inc, 8 sc (10)
4-19: 10 sc (16 rounds)

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Insert the frame into the arms and stuff them.

Legs (make 2) and Body

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (inc, 5 sc) x 2 (14)
4-15: 14 sc (12 rounds)
On the first leg, cut the yarn and fasten off.
Do not cut the yarn on the second leg; continue crocheting.
16: 4 sc on one leg, 10 ch, join the second leg, crochet 14 sc around it, 10 sc along the chain, 14 sc on the other leg, 10 sc along the chain. Place a marker (48)
17-28: 48 sc (12 rounds)
29: (dec, 6 sc) x 6 (42)
30-32: 42 sc (3 rounds)
33: Crochet the arms into this round (42)
34-37: 42 sc (4 rounds)
38: (dec, 5 sc) x 6 (36)
39-40: 36 sc
41: (dec, 4 sc) x 6 (30)
42-43: 30 sc
44: (dec, 3 sc) x 6 (24)
45: (dec, 2 sc) x 6 (18)
46: (dec, 1 sc) x 6 (12)
47: (dec, 1 sc) x 4 (8)

Change color to dark green:

48-56: 8 sc

Fold flat and crochet 4 sc through both sides.

Eyes (make 2)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (inc, 3 sc) x 3 (15)
4: 15 sc

Leaf

Work in turning rows, making 1 ch and turn at the end of each row.

1: 3 ch, inc in the second chain from the hook, sc
2: inc, 1 sc, inc
3: inc, 3 sc, inc
4: inc, 5 sc, inc
5-9: 9 sc (5 rows)
10: dec, 5 sc, dec
11: dec, 3 sc, dec
12: dec, 1 sc, dec
13: dec, 1 sc

Single crochet evenly around the leaf. Fasten off and cut the yarn.