Peppers in Sombreros

Free crochet tutorial for Peppers in Sombreros by TetArt.

With this pattern, you can crochet a keychain shaped like a pepper with a mustache in a Mexican sombrero. For amigurumi, any thin yarn and a suitable hook will work. The mustache can be made from black felt.

The author also suggests crocheting a large sombrero hat as a standalone keychain.

Materials and tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Black felt for the mustache
• Keychain hardware
• Glue
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Peppers in sombreros amigurumi crochet pattern

Pepper

Insert the eyes between rounds 6 and 7 with 4 stitches between them.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-8. 18 sc (5 rounds)
9. 16 sc, 1 dec (17)
10. 15 sc, 1 dec (16)
11. 14 sc, 1 dec (15)
12. 13 sc, 1 dec (14)
13. 12 sc, 1 dec (13)
14. 11 sc, 1 dec (12)
15. 10 sc, 1 dec (11)
16. 9 sc, 1 dec (10)
17. 8 sc, 1 dec (9)
18. 7 sc, 1 dec (8)
19. 6 sc, 1 dec (7)
20. 5 sc, 1 dec (6)
21. 4 sc, 1 dec (5)

Sombrero hat

A small hat for the pepper. In white:

1. 8 sc in MR
2. 8 sc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)
In green:
4. 12 sc
In white:
5. 12 sc
In red:
6. 12 sc
In white:
7. (2 sc, inc) x 4 (16)
8. 16 sc
9. 16 inc (32)
10-11. 32 sc
In red:
12. 36 sc

Sombrero hat keychain

In green:

1. 8 sc in MR
2. 8 sc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)
In white:
4-5. 12 sc (2 rounds)
6. (2 sc, inc) x 4 (16)
In red:
7-9. 16 sc (3 rounds)
In yellow:
10. 16 inc (32)
11-12. 32 sc (2 rounds)
13. (1 sc, inc) x 16 (48)
In red:
14. 48 sc